Unabridged Audiobook
*THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS* I really, really wanted to love this book! I didn't. Gaaah! I honestly tried. Promise! So, the story revolves around Cass Daniels who is basically living a dead end life. She works in a diner, lives in a trailer with her drug addicted mother AND her drug addicted boyfriend Jackson. One day while working, in walks a gorgeous stranger named Tucker White who happens to be the lead singer of an up and coming band. Said gorgeous stranger/lead singer proceeds to sweep her off her achy, swollen feet which is problematic due to Mom and Jackson shooting up back at the trailer park. As you can probably guess-angsty shenanigans ensue. Now...my problem is not with the story itself (or the offensively stereotypical characters). My problem is with Cass. Dear God, I loathed her! Okay, totally ignoring the fact that she's got A LIVE-IN boyfriend (I hate love triangles), but Jackson is an absolute jerk! Not only is he mentally, verbally, and physically abusive; he's also a rapist. Literally 85% of the book is spent defending her loyalty (codependency) to Rapey through flashbacks of their teenage years when he was "all she had". Anyway, an explosive confrontation, a selfless decision, and countless tears segues into a sequel.
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