by M. Never
Genre: Romantic Suspense/Ménage
Release Date: May 21st, 2018
Blurb:
Genre: Romantic Suspense/Ménage
Release Date: May 21st, 2018
Blurb:
A.C.H.E.
A is for Ache
C is for Choice.
H is for His.
E is for Everly.
I've always gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to my personal life. Drug-addicted mother, obsessive stepfather, shitty upbringing, and one soul-shattering, heart-wrenching relationship.
But everything changed when I met Alec Prescott. I couldn’t stand the cocky, hotshot lawyer at first, but after assisting him on one case, my opinion changed drastically. He became the beginning I so desperately needed, even if romantic relationships at work are completely forbidden.
Unfortunately, falling in love with a coworker is the least of my problems. Funny thing about the past, it’s never truly far away. No matter how fast you run from it, or how hard you try to suppress it, it’s there, lingering like a fog, blinding your vision, impacting your decisions, affecting your life.
That’s where Tage Andrews comes in. He’s the heartache I can never outrun. The man who saved me from my past while pillaging my emotions. I want to avoid reliving it—avoid him—but he’s always there, lingering like a fog, blinding my vision, impacting my decisions, affecting my life.
This is my paradoxical predicament.
Two men.
One choice.
Inevitable heartbreak.
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About the author:
M. Never resides in New York City. When she's not researching ways to tie up her characters in compromising positions, you can usually find her at the gym kicking the crap out of a punching bag, or eating at some new trendy restaurant.
She has a dependence on sushi and a fetish for boots. Fall is her favorite season.
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My review:
Um... I dreaded writing this review because I
don’t want to offend anyone as I am not really good with words so I just
tell you right up front that I didn’t like this book. I’ll try to
explain why but please keep in mind that it’s just my personal opinion.
The
blurb sounded promising and I was really excited about my first read
from this author. As great as the prologue started out though, it sadly
didn’t continue this way. First off, I never warmed up to Everly. I just
didn’t like her tedious and repetitive thoughts. Her character was dull
and Alec’s wasn’t much better. I couldn’t form any excitement and found
no interesting characteristics of either of them which was a pity
because Everly thought of herself as 'fucking damaged, plain and simple - a defective product of her destructive past',
which would have been interesting but I just didn't see a damaged
character in her. Color me surprised when the plain and boring girl with
glasses and no make-up only bought clothes from brands and had perfect
never worn dresses for any occasion in her closet even though she never
went to parties. And although she never wore make-up, she knew exactly
how to apply it without much of practice and owned enough to make her
look so different that she didn't even recognize herself in the mirror
afterwards.
I was very confused about Alec who I
disliked right from the start. His thoughts were weird and I didn’t
understand him at all. He was supposed to be this cranky lawyer but then
Everly thought of him as sweet and funny and I just saw neither.
The
way Everly and Alec started off was strange as well because how could
he have not recognized her just because she wore make-up and was dressed
differently, when he had just hours ago talked to her at work?!
Everly
really had balls and no reservations whatsoever to talk to him in a way
I would have never dared to talk to a superior at work right from the
start. If you develop a certain friendship and atmosphere where you know
you can loose up and talk back that way, that’s fine. But going from
almost no contact to being that relaxed with each other at work was a
mystery to me, especially in a world of lawyers. The lawyers I’ve met so
far looked down to their assistants and there’s rarely something like
instant friendship. That’s not to say that it can’t develop over time
but the way it happened here bothered me. There was also no development
of feelings and I never felt any building connection between the
characters.
Feelings came out of nowhere and a lot of
things happened way to fast. I felt like the story played within just a
few days. I've also never been bored reading a sex scene before but I
guess there's always a first time. The writing was just too clinical and
matter of fact. Where was the passion and the deep feelings?! Where was
the depth of the story and the talking through of important
situations?!
I'm not sure if it would have made much
of a difference but I felt like it would have been better to write the
story from the third person instead of first person and three POVs. The
writing sometimes felt like written in third person and I think it would
have made more sense.
This was all in the first
quarter of the book and the rest wasn’t much better. The only slight
silver lining was Tage but even he had flaws and couldn’t give the story
what it was missing. He was an alpha and overall enigma which was the
only tiny joy in this book. And because he's the only positive in this
story, I wanna share my favorite quote from him:
'There's a saying I once came across about the sun loving the moon so much he died every night just so she could breathe.'
To
be honest, Alec bored me, even during the sex scenes which were such a
disappointment; not to mention Everly’s thoughts during the sex which
bothered me a lot. Why couldn’t she just enjoy what must have been
overwhelming feelings?! I obviously couldn’t deal with the writing. I’m
sorry. Things like 'Her body bows and her voice squeaks every time I thrust upwards. Around and around we continuously go...'
bothered me too much. The scenes didn’t give me the feelings they were
supposed to be because of how they were explained instead of felt from
Everly. Even the way it came to the scene with the three of them
happened without much afterthought and they acted as if it was the most
mundane thing in the world.
I hope you can understand
my reasons for my rating. I really tried to give a few examples of why I
didn’t like this book without being mean and as I mentioned before it’s
my personal opinion and just because I didn’t like it doesn’t mean that
you won’t enjoy the story as so many others did.
This quote sums up my feelings of this book quite well:
'Do you ever feel like your life is just a set of revolving doors? In, around, and out, day after day. Time seems to bleed together, and you find yourself in the exact same place over and over wondering exactly how you got there?'
-- I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book given by Give Me Books Promotions. --
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
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