Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I don't usually write reviews of books I purchase on Amazon because everyone has their own tastes and likes what they like. But I disliked these books so much that I had to get my frustration out. The Ravenhood Duet books were recommended to me by some very good friends, so I really wanted to enjoy them and be able to come back to my friends to discuss them, but I just couldn't. ***WARNING: SPOILERS*** First and foremost, this is mostly a review of the second book because it makes the first book almost entirely irrelevant. What was the first book even for? All we needed from that was maybe the prologue and a line or two about how Cee had had sex with both Sean and Dom and, bless her much-too-young heart, thought she was in love with both of them. Then, boom, on to this story, which makes almost all of the first book not matter at all. I gave two stars instead of one because, for the most part, the sex scenes were fantastic and very well done. It's always nice when an author doesn't shy from the good stuff. My main issues with the book are: (1) we get none of the answers about the Ravenhood we assumed we'd get, and (2) I absolutely despise each and every one of the guys Cee was trying to decide among. Regarding the first, I can't make myself care about a secret society like the main character does when she knows next to nothing about it. Cee was all-in because of her love interests, but I was left just sitting there going, "These guys are idiots who like to drink and party and tell themselves that they're doing something great for society." Because we got almost no other information. And that brings me to the second point. The series likes to portray Sean, Dom, and Tobias as these deep, mysterious guys with noble motives, but all I could see in each of them was every 20-something guy I knew in college who thought he was the last word in what was right and wrong with the world and that George Orwell was the end-all-be-all of political literature. Not to mention that not one of them actually treated Cee well. (For example, the scene where Sean arrives SIX HOURS LATE for a dinner that he knew Cee was cooking for him, and he manipulated HER into apologizing?! Um, no.) I couldn't make myself care which one was going to be The One. It was more like, "I wonder if she's going to pick the controlling one, the abusive one, or the controlling-abusive one." When in reality, I wanted her to run far away and find a guy who actually respects her. Sure, they each had good moments with her, but overall I couldn't make those moments redeem all the awful things they said and did to her. If all you're looking for are some delicious sex scenes (maybe a ménage-a-tois or two), then give these books a try. But ONLY if that's all you're looking for, because the story is almost non-existent and the main guys are such terrible people that you'll want Cee to run screaming.