REVIEW

This book was a first for me. First in the sense that this is the first book I've read that lasted for five days. Yes! almost a week. Normally, I would go through books like they were candies - one after another. But this one had me constantly on debate with myself if I gotta finish it or not. Half of the time, I was tempted to just let it go and go on to the next item on my to-be-read list but being the bookworm that I am, I sucked it up and finished it even if it takes longer than what I normally do.

What made me feel this way about this book? Its just not what I hoped it would be. I had great hopes for this book because some people told me that it is within the lines of Find You in the Dark series and the Breathing series by Rebecca Donovan - both books have a special place in my heart. It got a perfect mix of abuse, dark past, troubled hero and a loved that will wipe the hurt of the pasts away but I just wasn't feeling it. Yes, the storyline is too cliche and yet the author didn't do anything to make this book standout from the rest other than making it boring. She was too focused on the build up of one character (in this case, Serena) that she forgot to include other characters that were as much as  part of this story with the lead.  Take for instance, the male lead Alex. Yes, he too had a troubled past that was "just" mentioned along the pages. It would've been better if she created some sort of a little background story about him for us to know him more. Another thing that makes this too bland for my taste is that the secrets were already too obvious for me. I think I wasn't halfway through the book that I had guessed what happened to Serena in the past so when I got to that part, it was already anti-climactic. I was just hoping for a little more drama.

Nevertheless, this is still a good read. I would definitely recommend it but if you're looking for something more or something that will leave you days of book hangovers, this is not for you.