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No, but seriously. The only reason I finished this book was because it was so bad that it was actually keeping me amused enough to turn the page. Plus, I desperately wanted there to be something at the end that could somehow make these wasted hours actually worthwhile. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. The novel is slowly built up to be one thing, and then transforms into some hideously regurgitated Twilight-esque romance that made me wonder if I was still reading the same book. First of all, we have Bryn's "dark past," which I suppose was the author's way of lending some depth behind the reason for her protagonist's utter lack of personality. I'm not kidding. All Bryn does is sigh and whine about how "life is so unfair and I'm just so hideous, why are guys even paying attention to me? Oh woe is me I killed my parents because I ordered dessert." WHAT?!?! And the fact that her parents were randomly murdered by some insane passerby with a gun is just...never expounded upon. I really hate when authors ignore the rules of probability just to give their characters an excuse to drag their feet and act generally emo. Honestly, Bryn is not only pathetically negative about every aspect of her life, but she's seriously thick on top of it all. Why would you go around thinking you're nothing much to look at when the most popular guy in school as well as the (apparently) most gorgeous guy on the face of the planet both have the hots for you? It takes more than self-esteem issues to distort reality to the point where you're being called "exquisite" and "gorgeous" (literal quotes from the book, mind you), and you simply pass them off as people either lying or being polite about how truly heinous-looking you are. What. I wish I were joking; really, I do. Then comes the plot. Just...I don't even know what to say about how ridiculous basically everything was. Your eyes change color if you have sex? Really, now? Really??? Somewhere between William's nauseating declarations of undying love (for the most one dimensional creature in existence, mind you), a random sing-a-long session with William's absurdly Cullen-esque family, and Bryn somehow becoming all-powerful, I came to the realization that this book was actually a serious piece of work, when in reality it was starting to seem more like a parody of every cliché fantasy/romance novel out there. Honestly, if this was some sort of satire, I probably would have given it five stars for just how well it illustrates the way so many modern books are taking ridiculously underdeveloped characters and calling them "soul mates" in the hopes of making a hit with the ever-impressionable, lovesick teenagers of our world. From the amount of positive ratings this book has gotten, I'm guessing Nicole Williams lucked out on who ended up reading her sloppy mess of literary garbage. That was kinda mean, huh? But I can't help it - it was just that bad. PLEASE save yourself the money on this book, unless you'll be reading it for the sheer amusement of how simply horrendous it is.