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minseigle's review against another edition
5.0
This second book was as good as the first. We learn more about one of the sisters and her true love. We also get to see more drama from the half-brother. Onto book #3.
avid_read's review
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
melaniemccreary's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
whatcha_listening_to's review against another edition
4.0
Jed is NEVER going to be the father of the year my god what this man has done.
I wish his “son” would just go after him and leave the sisters along.
I loved the back and forth with Sky and Mitch, he was so hurt he was lashing out you can’t blame a guy but you can all at the same time. I loved the little drama’s that happened.
Erin, Sky’s daughter stole the show I loved how open she is. She brings out something in Mitch he buried deep, and I think she helped him heal just a little bit.
It will be interesting this next book, will we find out if they can fix what has been done or will they all have to start over.
I loved the narration, the girls voice to the women to the male voice it was seamless and I enjoyed!
I wish his “son” would just go after him and leave the sisters along.
I loved the back and forth with Sky and Mitch, he was so hurt he was lashing out you can’t blame a guy but you can all at the same time. I loved the little drama’s that happened.
Erin, Sky’s daughter stole the show I loved how open she is. She brings out something in Mitch he buried deep, and I think she helped him heal just a little bit.
It will be interesting this next book, will we find out if they can fix what has been done or will they all have to start over.
I loved the narration, the girls voice to the women to the male voice it was seamless and I enjoyed!
jmcgregor79's review against another edition
4.0
Another great story by Susan Mallery. I have really enjoyed reading Ms. Mallery's books. The Titan sisters are great characters and while I wasn't thrilled to see such a horrible family experience the way it was handled was definitely interesting. I am looking forward to reading more about this family and other boss by this author. Her talent is amazing and her stories are relatable but still story worthy.
eggletv's review against another edition
The first book was OK, this one is making me want to vomit, so I have to stop reading. I'm sorry, but the main character does whatever the he** her father wants her to do. What a ditz.
leahkarge's review against another edition
5.0
Skye Titan owns her own foundation and plans parties for her father. She is the "good daughter" and her father thinks that he can continue to run her life. He did the same to her years before by making her marry a man she didn't love and leave the man that she did. Amid the family tragedies that have been occurring lately, Skye learns that said love of her life, Mitch Cassidy, has returned, injured after many years as a Navy SEAL. Skye has missed Mitch and hopes that they can be friends upon his return. However, Mitch still harbors an intense anger towards Skye and what she did to him all those years ago. He does nothing but insult and hurt her when she tries to reach out to her, and furthermore, he demands a paternity test for her young daughter, Erin. After learning Erin is in fact not his child, he ends up in the hospital. During his stay, Garth, Jed Titan's illegitimate child and the man devastating Skye's family, comes to visit and enlists Mitch's help in bring the family down. After getting to know Skye once again and learning how Garth has hurt her, he stops working with Garth. Little does he know, Skye has heard everything he said to Garth and leaves, damaging their relationship further. After many apologies and an explosion that damaged Izzy Titan's eye-sight, Skye and Mitch have a talk, during which she confesses that she never stopped loving him. Then, Pete, the man who saved Mitch's life, dies and Skye attends the funeral with Mitch, bringing them even closer. The two have them have just started a new relationship when Jed tells Skye that she will marry who he tells her to or else he will take her daughter away from her. In a heartbreaking moment, Skye hurts Mitch once again in order to protect her daughter, the most important thing in her life. In the end, Mitch comes to Skye's rescue and calls Jed's bluff, and the two of them, and Erin, live together in happiness.
This was a very, very emotional book for me. I mean, hell, I was probably crying through most of it. I cried when Mitch insulted her after they had sex the first time, when he agreed to work with Garth, when Skye heard him talking with Garth, when Jed threatened to institutionalize her and take her, when Skye hurt Mitch and told him she needed a man who was whole, when he came to her rescue at the end, when he called her a whore in the beginning. So, yeah, I was a crying mess during this book.
I love Skye, even more than Lexi, and the fact that she's a strong woman who protects those she loves. I was kind of hoping Erin was Mitch's but knew she really was Ray's, just like Skye. I loved when she told Mitch that she'd loved him all those years when they were at the hospital, and I loved when she accepted his missing leg when she finally saw it, even though he expected her not to. And I absolutely loved when she threatened Jed at the end.
I really wanted to beat Mitch up for a while when he was being a jackass to Skye because, while I can understand his anger to a certain extent, I felt he took it too far sometimes. I love that he loved Erin and did anything for her. I was positively ecstatic when he and Cruz decided to work together, and when he and Lexi found out that all Jed's doctors were fake. He was a real sweetheart once he got past his anger. It did bother me a little bit, though, that no one ever told Mitch that Skye left him the first time because Jed threatened him and let him keep thinking it was all about not losing her father's love.
Izzy irritated me a lot with the T.J. thing, especially when she slept with him "for Skye's own good." I still like her, though. I freaked out when I read about the explosion, and if Garth didn't do it, and for some reason I believe he didn't, then who the hell did?!
T.J. was a bastard, sicko, scum-sucking pig. I should have suspected he was working for Garth. But, it's no matter because I didn't like him anyway, especially with the messing with both Skye and Izzy. I love that, when Mitch told Skye that T.J. was working for Garth, she and Lexi started rumors about him.
Garth...grrr. What is with this guy! I want to beat his face in, and I hated when he approached Mitch about helping him.
Jed-Can he die, please? I knew he was a horrible person and father from the first book, but I was horrified when he threatened Skye and then said his children were useless to him. I say, let him rot in a federal prison or something!
I love Dana and I love that she did something illegal to try to stop Garth after the explosion.
Erin is the cutest thing ever. She's funny, smart, utterly adorable. I loved when she was mad at Mitch because he made Skye cry. And I loved when she asked him to talk at her school and how she introduced him to her class. I love how she played a large part in making Mitch realize that he needed to change.
Pete died! So. Un. Fair.
I loved Mitch's physical therapist, Joss. I loved how he was a hardass with Mitch but also helped him, and I thought he was funny in his sarcasm. And I loved when he gave Mitch the brochure for the class and told Mitch he thought he would be a great listener/instructor.
This was a very, very emotional book for me. I mean, hell, I was probably crying through most of it. I cried when Mitch insulted her after they had sex the first time, when he agreed to work with Garth, when Skye heard him talking with Garth, when Jed threatened to institutionalize her and take her, when Skye hurt Mitch and told him she needed a man who was whole, when he came to her rescue at the end, when he called her a whore in the beginning. So, yeah, I was a crying mess during this book.
I love Skye, even more than Lexi, and the fact that she's a strong woman who protects those she loves. I was kind of hoping Erin was Mitch's but knew she really was Ray's, just like Skye. I loved when she told Mitch that she'd loved him all those years when they were at the hospital, and I loved when she accepted his missing leg when she finally saw it, even though he expected her not to. And I absolutely loved when she threatened Jed at the end.
I really wanted to beat Mitch up for a while when he was being a jackass to Skye because, while I can understand his anger to a certain extent, I felt he took it too far sometimes. I love that he loved Erin and did anything for her. I was positively ecstatic when he and Cruz decided to work together, and when he and Lexi found out that all Jed's doctors were fake. He was a real sweetheart once he got past his anger. It did bother me a little bit, though, that no one ever told Mitch that Skye left him the first time because Jed threatened him and let him keep thinking it was all about not losing her father's love.
Izzy irritated me a lot with the T.J. thing, especially when she slept with him "for Skye's own good." I still like her, though. I freaked out when I read about the explosion, and if Garth didn't do it, and for some reason I believe he didn't, then who the hell did?!
T.J. was a bastard, sicko, scum-sucking pig. I should have suspected he was working for Garth. But, it's no matter because I didn't like him anyway, especially with the messing with both Skye and Izzy. I love that, when Mitch told Skye that T.J. was working for Garth, she and Lexi started rumors about him.
Garth...grrr. What is with this guy! I want to beat his face in, and I hated when he approached Mitch about helping him.
Jed-Can he die, please? I knew he was a horrible person and father from the first book, but I was horrified when he threatened Skye and then said his children were useless to him. I say, let him rot in a federal prison or something!
I love Dana and I love that she did something illegal to try to stop Garth after the explosion.
Erin is the cutest thing ever. She's funny, smart, utterly adorable. I loved when she was mad at Mitch because he made Skye cry. And I loved when she asked him to talk at her school and how she introduced him to her class. I love how she played a large part in making Mitch realize that he needed to change.
Pete died! So. Un. Fair.
I loved Mitch's physical therapist, Joss. I loved how he was a hardass with Mitch but also helped him, and I thought he was funny in his sarcasm. And I loved when he gave Mitch the brochure for the class and told Mitch he thought he would be a great listener/instructor.
gemmalaszlo's review against another edition
2.0
Couldn't finish this one. The heroine was way too much of a doormat. And she kept insisting that breaking up with the man she loved had been the "right thing" to do because she didn't want to lose her father. Give me a break! If her father can't accept the man she loves, then tough cookies.
The hero was a jerk, too. I didn't like either of them. Mallery is a talented writer. I don't know why she has to create such unlikeable characters.
The hero was a jerk, too. I didn't like either of them. Mallery is a talented writer. I don't know why she has to create such unlikeable characters.
sarah1984's review against another edition
4.0
20/1 - 3.5 stars. It's amazing how much faster you can read a book when you're not highlighting passages with editing errors in them every few pages. Just because it was such a relief to read a book free of mistakes I've rounded it up to four stars, probably more than the plot/characters warranted. Mitch was such a self-absorbed, angry bastard at the beginning that I took pleasure in his downfall. Skye was so far under her father's thumb (and not just at the beginning, she was still thinking of bowing to his parental pressure right at the very end of the book) that I just couldn't respect her, and that made it hard to like her. If that doesn't sound like a promising introduction to the main characters in a romance then you might be in the same boat as me. I also had a problem with the condom-free sex that happened in the opening chapter. That scene reminded me of the westerns of the eighties, but this is much more recent and so doesn't have the excuse of "STIs were a new thing, so no one worried about what diseases (let alone children) you might be contracting from your partner". Skye's older sister and her hero were secondary characters in this book and from the way Lexi talks about their father I think her book would be more up my alley. No doormats for me. This isn't the 1800s (or earlier), or a country known for its arranged marriages, fathers don't order their daughters to marry old guys for their connections and daughters don't reply with "Yes, Daddy dearest.". I will definitely read more by Mallery (I think my dislike of these main characters was just an anomaly), fortunately since I have another seven of her books on my Kindle. I paid $1.85 for my Kindle edition.