Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The premise of this book sounded amazing and I was eager to dive in. It started off good but about a quarter of the way through I started to severely dislike two of the MC's - Nathan and Sloan. First, I'm going to say that I knew this was going to be a love triangle going in...and that was ok. What I didn't know was that Nathan was already in a relationship when he met Sloan. I absolutely hate cheating and when Nathan made no qualms about hiding the fact that he was in a relationship (6 months) I figured "ok, so he'll take the protector and defender stance which fits because he is a cop..." Well, thats not exactly what happened. He started omitting things like where he was and who he was with almost immediately. He then started ditching his girlfriend for Sloan. All of this didn't sit right with me. Finally when we meet his girlfriend we find out that she is Sloan's high school nemesis. I think the author tried to use this to get us to feel that Sloan was getting some type of revenge considering Stephanie stole Sloan's boyfriend in high school - side note is that these characters are in their late 20's and they were teens when the boyfriend stealing happened -- additional side note, it takes two to cheat...kids do stupid stuff when at that age and holding onto a grudge for 10 years is extremely childish. I should also note that Stephanie treated Sloan fine upon their re-meeting. She didn't belittle her or talk down to her. She treated her the way an adult would, HOWEVER, Sloan and her best friend repeatedly made fun of Stephanie and made sure to rub it in her face when Nathan and Sloan were spending time together. Furthermore, Nathan didn't do anything to defend or stand up for Stephanie..he just let this happen. Ultimately all this did was leave a bad taste in my mouth for Nathan and Sloan and I felt horrible for Stephanie. As for Sloan's character in the beginning I found her likable. She was sarcastic and witty and came off as a strong character. But due to what I mentioned above by 1/2 the way through the book I found her extremely unlikable and shallow. Her witty comments and dirt slinging became insufferable and totally ruined her character. As if all of that is not enough when Warren entered the picture (2/3rd way through the book) she felt an immediate attraction to him BUT continued to string Nathan along. Yes, I know they were all working together on the case but her and Nathan kissed, kept it a secret, and continued to "be close". For Warren...he was an ok character. Considering how late he entered the story it was hard to get a feel on him except to know that him and Sloan are alike but are opposites. They have a crazy spark between them and suffer horrible migraines when they separate. I found him to be a bit of a push over though consider he knows that Nathan wants Sloan and doesn't really appear to worried about it - yes, they exchange words and threats but ultimately he just lets it go. I hate not completing a series so I went ahead and downloaded the sample of the second book "The Siren" but only made it to the middle of the first chapter. At that point Warren had moved into Sloan's house (uprooted his life to do so I remind you...), they were having smex BUT Sloan was still talking about the fact that Nathan took a bullet for her and that means he must love her - honey, he's a cop...he did it protecting you - and how she just didn't know what to do with that. Dear God...I wanted to strangle the woman and I realized that I really loathed her. What was even worse was that Nathan was still hanging around every day and was STILL with his girlfriend. Nathan had told Sloan that he wanted her BUT was still with Stephanie! I know some people have stated the liked the characters but seriously...how is this guy or Sloan likable? While there is no physical cheating Nathan is emotionally cheating on his girlfriend continually. Sloan knows this helps perpetuate it and ultimately she is cheating on Warren - I consider it cheating because Sloan and Warren are having smex regularly and talk about how they can't be without each other (Hell...she considered moving to another state with him!!). They even refer to each other as bf/gf...THEY ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP!! Last but not least...I know I'm in the minority and I'm not bashing anyone for liking the characters. For me, it just didn't work. Overall the story had great promise but I don't think I could really get into it due to my distaste of Nathan and Sloan. Writing was ok but nothing fancy or enthralling. It was really only the premise that had me interested.