This book sadly was just not for me...
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So I really liked getting to see more of Tanner and Collin in this book.  They both go to the beach to work for the summer and stay together  which I really loved that they got that time together.
But all the drama and he kissed him and he hugged her and that guy is cheating on his girlfriend while she did the same to him was so much unneeded drama that it just started to annoy me so much.
Yes you do get the sweet between these two men but everything else just overshadowed the good and was just really annoying.
So while I really liked getting to see Collin and Tanner growing closer together, the rest just brought this book down for me..
So I am sad to say this book was just not for me..

I received this book free in exchange for an honest review from Inked Rainbow Reads.
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I had heard so many good things about this book that I was pretty excited to read it.

So you can understand my disappointment when I started it and it just wasn't what I thought it would be.

Don't get my wrong, the storyline is a nice one but what ended up happening, at least for me, is that I felt like I was being preached to throughout the whole book.

Sometimes this works and sometimes it just doesn't. In this case it just didn't work. It was a little over the top for me and I am so sad about that.

I really truly wanted to love this book but I just couldn't.

It always saddens me when that happens and I do realize that this is a first novel for the author and the first book in a series but I still wouldn't be honest with myself if I rated this higher than 3 stars.

I think with a little less preaching and more actual action and storyline this could really have been a much better book, first in a series or not.

I think maybe I am the wrong age group too, I can see this appealing more to the tween market.

I would like to say that I would be willing to give the second book a try but I think this is just a series I will have to pass on. It just wasn't for me.
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Ok, I am all for reading and discovering new authors. And most new ones that I find..I love. However, this book just wasn't for me.
On the Rocks is full of very wordy descriptions and lush over the top, almost minute by minute descriptions of what the characters are doing. If you like that sort of thing then this book is certainly for you. Not once while reading this book did I wonder who was doing what and when.
Maybe that sounds weird because usually the more info the better. But reading repeat info gets monotonous.
But...This author is very good at giving a picture of places and people.
The chemistry between the main Characters just seemed a little forced.
And then there were intros of new characters that just seemed to come from no where without any backstory.
But at the same time Braun broke my heart as she tried to heal from something that would have broken most people.
Levi was sweet and funny and quite the heartthrob.
On the Rocks is a story about starting over and second chances to begin living again after your world crashes.
A girl who; 4 years later is still living in a world that holds a nightmare close enough to her mind that she even lives it during the day.
Levi is a guy who thinks all he needs is his work, his friends and his bar. Girls are a alway available and as he lives in a college town they aren't hard to find either.
Sounds like a good book, yeah?
Well maybe for most people, but not for me. Rereading the same thing albeit worded different so it fits isn't always a bad thing.
This book isn't terrible, it just wasn't for me.
Reviewed for FMR Bookgrind Blog
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This book is not for me. The story seems to be well written but I didn't enjoy it.
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Okay...I'm having a tough time with this one. I hate giving it 2 stars, but that's just how it has to be.  This book just wasn't for me, and that's the main reason for the low rating.  The writing is good, so that wasn't it, and I liked the previous book in this series, Want It, so I do think the author's writing has an appeal.  Just the whole premise wasn't something I enjoy, and once I got to that first club scene, where Dani works, and Rand came in for the first time in the story, acting the way he acted, that made me instantly dislike anything else in the story; it was tainted after that.  The way Rand acted was enough to make me not like him, and Dani's reaction to those actions was very unpleasing to me.  I was having an issue liking the characters from the beginning anyway, and this just made reading further a tough act; it was almost a DNF, but I hate not finishing a book, so I persevered and continued on; I did have to skim some of the story though.  It's difficult to care anymore, when I don't like the characters too much, and the rest of the book is mainly sex scenes, which are mainly of the BDSM variety, and I actually don't mind that, but reading about characters, whom I don't care about, being intimate just doesn't do it for me.  Dani being a con artist was a turn off for me as well.  So it's tough for me to accurately rate this when I just don't like the story idea.  I actually really enjoy alpha males, but not when they do what Rand did in that club.  I think those actions just turned me off to the whole rest of the story, and that's a shame.  The ending was nice enough, I would have liked a bit more ending, but I think it was good.  This book is all about Dani and Rand's relationship, and not much else happens, this is definitely a sex driven book, and I don't mind books that are all about the relationship of the couple because it shows the way in which their connection grows, so I enjoyed that aspect, and I knew what was going to happen,  but I didn't see very much growth in Dani and Rand.  All in all, this just wasn't for me, I stopped reading motorcycle books because if the crud that the guys do in those books, and Risk It, wasn't that bad in that department, but I prefer books with guys who are alpha, but sweet.  Okay, Okay, I ranted too much, but that just shows how much it influenced my view.
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I'm very much in the minority with my rating of 2 stars, but I just couldn't get into this book!  The cancer topic made me think the book would be very serious and somber, however, I felt that it didn't want you to truly FEEL the pain and agony of the characters health issues.  I couldn't seem to muster up the empathy I should have felt.  In fairness to the book, I didn't finish reading it, so it's possible that later on it got better.  Another thing is that I'm not into young adult books.  So, while I gave a low rating, maybe a lot of it is just me.  Friends who have read it all feel it was worthy of 10 stars.  Oh, well, I hope if you try it, you will enjoy it.
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There was nothing I liked about this book....
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I had already read (and reviewed) Hooked on the Game. I really liked that book, finding it a good plot with likable characters and good sexy scenes.

My Despicable Ex fell short and then nothing came of it. I don't care to read about an angry character that never reveals redeeming qualities, and due to the cliffhanger/brevity, I didn't see the redemption with Ashly. She came across too princessy at the start and with her friends, so I couldn't forgive her deserved anger at Jake. Simply put, it just wasn't for me.
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I am just not a fan of this Author; could not find the characters interesting enough to keep my attention
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I really like books so I  wanted to really like this book. I just didn't. It has an interesting approach. I thoroughly enjoyed the descriptions along the river as they traveled. The characters were  a bit too different for me. I would have liked to see the literary apothecary part of this expanded. This book might be just the right one for someone just not me.
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While there was a lot going on when I was trying to finish this book, reading is escapism for me and I just never felt compelled to pick this back up.  Perhaps I need my protaganist to be more likeable, maybe the setup was just too drawn out, maybe the supporting characters didn't draw me in-whatever the reason this book just didn't do it for me.
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I read the first couple of pages and then started flicking through trying to find something to keep me interested....just wasn't for me sorry...
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I am an adult and I just finished reading this book for the first time because a few friends of mine remembered it fondly.  They are dog lovers as am I.  I truly wanted to love this book, but found myself not connecting with the characters as I would have liked.  I suppose since I have no interest in hunting that the many coon hunting adventures were not of interest to me.  Also, I wondered why Billy was so very emotional.  I mean there were parts where even he said he didn't know why he cried.  I appreciate his ability to display his emotions but he cried so much that in this day and age he might have been prescribed medication.

I did enjoy the tight knit family unit that was obviously displayed throughout the book.  I was not off-put by the sisters not having names.  I think they were fondly mentioned often enough for that not to matter to me.  I was most touched by the connection between the two dogs.

All in all it was a well written book.  It simply was not my kind of book. I don't regret reading it, but I doubt I will ever pick it up again to re-read it.  I will pass it along, as I feel that it can and will be enjoyed by someone who likes this genre of reading.
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I wanted to love the book, I just could not get into it.
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I wanted to love this based on the premise and I don't like giving such low-star reviews, but because of the hype and my overreaching hope of falling in love with a brand new world, I think it made my disappointment that much more. I realise books need hype to get in front of eyes, but sometimes the buildup sets a reader up for a bigger let-down. Schwab can clearly write and has an army of fans, but I'm afraid this just wasn't for me. I was never sure if it was meant to be YA or adult, as it leaned more toward YA as far as some of the more ... derivative elements, and character development (or lack thereof, until at least 2/3 of the way through the book). As I say, she's an excellent writer, but this was just not for me. I grew bored at various stages and when I find myself skimming, with a towering TBR pile of books on my nightstand, it's time to finish it and move on. Sorry to say, I'm not one of the legions of fans!
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Could not get into it....just a little too weird for me.
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It kills me not to finish a book and especially a book by one of my very favorite authors, but by the 60% mark, I knew for sure, this book just wasn't for me.  Unfortunately, I don't seem to be a fan of Aleatha's lighter side.  Here are a few very vague so as not to be too spoilerish reasons why:

For a Rom-Com I realized by about the halfway mark that I had not yet actually laughed at anything in the book, not even a chuckle. I believe this is partially because most, if not all of the humor, seemed very immature and corny to me; much of it was too easy, too simple, punny, and seemed to be aiming for a cheap laugh (like basically everything about Kimbra's mom and grandma)

I didn't really connect with either of the main characters.  Neither was particularly likable or endearing in any way that invested me in their story.  I didn't really believe that Duncan was all that interested in Kimbra without so much as a word or inclination up until their deal.  I thought that Kimbra was quite often doing things that seemed out of character such as what takes place on the way to the wedding considering her past with long-term relationships.

I am not a fan of the way in which the story unfolds.  Kimbra catches Duncan having sex with another woman at the office and as an HR employee decides to blackmail the owner of the company with a date to her cousins wedding?  I don't love seeing, or hearing, the hero having sex with other women and the whole situation just seems too ridiculous and another out of character moment for the shy and bumbling Kimbra that gets flustered, clumsy and stutters around her attractive boss.

Finally, the flower metaphor really rubbed me the wrong way as I found it to be pretty unoriginal and used way too much over the course of the story.