kingsqueen27's review against another edition
4.0
Griffin has always been too much to handle, which is why I was reluctant to start this. I'm glad I gave it a chance and got to see his evolution into a semi-decent human being.
aschae's review against another edition
5.0
Oh, Griffin... (smh). First off, I am a HUGE fan of the Thoughtless series. This is one of my all-time TOP favorite series. SC Stephens has a way of writing that brings you so close to the characters that you feel as if you know them personally. I was completely caught up emotionally in this series from day one and I still carry it with me. It's almost scary his much this series affected me... I was so overly sensitive to their thoughts and feelings, it was as if I was experiencing it firsthand. This most recent addition was no exception. On a personal note, this was a very tough book for me to read as the overall theme hit very close to home for me. Watching the lies and deceit flow so easily from Griffin was very hard to stomach. His snowball of bad decisions was painful to watch, for him, Anna and the girls and for the rest of the band and family. I love the D-Bags but always saw Griffin as that annoying friend that you just can't help but love and hate. I found him incredibly annoying at times and hearing it all from his POV was interesting as you saw that he did truly justify his actions.. in his own Griffin kinda way. As frustrating as it was at times, making me want to smack the $hit out of him, he was easier to understand. In the end, he rectified himself in a way that I never thought Id seem, nor did anyone else!? We all got to finally see out Hulk grown up. He's still there, just in controlled doses.. ;-) His relationship with Anna and the girls was beautiful to witness.. we really got to see a whole other side to him. This book tore me up, left me hanging at moment, scared to death and made me bawl my eyes out... Yet another masterpiece form SC Stephens.. surely not to be missed!
planningwithgrammy's review against another edition
1.0
how this got 4 stars I don't know. The author ruined this character. And she says it's her favorite. He was annoying in the trilogy but redeemed himself a few times. But in this book 70% is ruining him. Whiney, selfish, annoying even the sex was poorly written. I forced myself to finish just so I could get the info on other members of the band. It was so painful to read.
cherryredsreads's review against another edition
4.0
totally enjoyed this book! I was waiting to here all about Griffin's story and the author delivered! I enjoyed seeing Griffin come into his own in this book and i was not expecting the urn out of what Griffin decided to do. Anna was his support and Griffin was lucky to have Anna be there for him.
hannas_heas47's review against another edition
4.0
Thanks Netgalley for a copy to read and review.
Wow, what a ride. This story about killed me to get through. Fabulous writing but Griffin was such a piece of work that it took awhile to actually wade through his gigantic ego. This book captured me with the interesting conversations and the nutty inner dialogue that Griffin couldn't stop spouting. Still even though I hated Griffin, I couldn't put the book down. It was like a train wreck, I just had to know how the hell they were going to nut check this guy. Anna was just a brave girl, but she was my hero by the end. Fascinating book and great ending! Four stars!
Wow, what a ride. This story about killed me to get through. Fabulous writing but Griffin was such a piece of work that it took awhile to actually wade through his gigantic ego. This book captured me with the interesting conversations and the nutty inner dialogue that Griffin couldn't stop spouting. Still even though I hated Griffin, I couldn't put the book down. It was like a train wreck, I just had to know how the hell they were going to nut check this guy. Anna was just a brave girl, but she was my hero by the end. Fascinating book and great ending! Four stars!
hannas_heas47's review
4.0
Thanks net galley for a copy to read and review.
This book was a train wreck. Like one of those books that make you feel all awkward and you can't put it down. Griffin was an idiot, I'm not going to lie. He is the most socially awkward and ego saturated fool that I've seen in quite sometime. Some things that he did made me cringe.... Still a dbag fan though and loved the ending. Four stars. Superb writing but just couldn't give that idiot five stars.... So four for me!
This book was a train wreck. Like one of those books that make you feel all awkward and you can't put it down. Griffin was an idiot, I'm not going to lie. He is the most socially awkward and ego saturated fool that I've seen in quite sometime. Some things that he did made me cringe.... Still a dbag fan though and loved the ending. Four stars. Superb writing but just couldn't give that idiot five stars.... So four for me!
honey1382's review against another edition
4.0
I underestimated how badly I hated Griffin. Yes I was happy about the whole redemption story, but it was nice to seem him stew in his bad decisions. Does that make me mean? Yep, but most times the hard truth is just that, a very difficult, humbling lesson that you will never ever forget in your life. But I am glad to be done with this!
cityofstarlight_library's review against another edition
2.0
-- Contains mild spoilers -- Read at your own risk --
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review - thank you Little Brown Book Group!
1.5 STARS FOR UNTAMED.
This book in a gif:
GRIFFIN, what happened to you??
I'm so disappointed.
This is 100% not the Griffin we knew and loved in the Thoughtless books. Yes, in those books he's a bit of a dick and he would say things to annoy them, but he wasn't this bad. He'd say and do things to upset the people around him, and end up being stuck and alone with only himself to blame.
His ego was massive, he was attention-seeking, fame hungry and was so me me me all the time. Dude - you're a father! Fucking act like one.
I hate people like this, so it's natural that I disliked him in this book. I tried not to hate him, but I did.
Griffin in the end fucking things up so bad that he finally realised what a fucking idiot he is.
His decisions were awful, he'd not listen to anyone who cared about him and make such poor judgments. During this whole book, my face was pretty much like this
like, seriously mate. What is wrong with you? And the amount of lies he told Anna was fucking ridiculous. The thing about Griffin in the Thoughtless books is that he's very honest, which is why he always puts his foot in his mouth, but it's always harmless stuff. Stuff people could laugh about and forget. Not this book though, there was so much lying and going behind Anna's back, and so much 'I'M AWESOME AND BETTER THAN EVERYONE'. It got boring really fast.
And the amount of times the word 'awesome' was used.
Jeeze.
(Just like to point out - there's no cheating in this book, in case you're wondering. It is Griffin, after all)
He screwed up his future, the band, and everything for his wife and children. He really went too far, and it was his own fault. Not him, but this new him. Urgh, I don't like him at all.
It's funny because around the 70% mark, he suddenly changed and he was this other person. I don't want to spoil it too much, but it was as if the reverse button was pushed and he turned into fucking Mother Theresa.
He even started a fucking charity!
what the..
And don't get me started on all the other characters. Kellan and Evan had no opinions on anything (which is unlike Kellan), Kiera was this wise old Dumbledore, Anna was a doormat who had no backbone and just had sex with Griffin and was a baby-machine. Griffin's family were uninteresting and the rest of the characters were unimportant. Le sigh...they're not the characters I know and love at all!
I also think the story was pointless. I don't understand what we're supposed to get from this? It started with them as the D-Bags and ended the same, only with people respecting Griffin less and them having more children. It's not really done anything for the Thoughtless-verse at all, and I would have preferred the series to have ended where the Reckless epilogue finished. I adore the Reckless epilogue, it's so cute and sweet, and a perfect ending to the story. This epilogue? Babies.
So many babies
BABIES EVERYWHERE
It's definitely the fluffiest epilogue I've ever read, and if you like that, then you'll for sure love this one. I did, but even I was like 'alright...enough now' haha. So much pairing off and trying too hard to make sure everyone is happy. We know they're happy, no need to beat it over our heads.
So yes, I'm quite disappointed with this book. It's not at all what I wanted or expected, and I hate to say this, but I won't be re-reading this one. I will be re-reading and re-listening to the other books though because I love the series. Just not impressed with this one.
I'm sorry.
1.5 stars.
------------
UPDATE #3
THERE'S A COVER.
A COVER!!
IT LOOKS AWESOME. I'M SO EXCITED!
GIVE ME THIS BOOK NOW OMFG
UPDATE #2
THE SUMMARY.
THE FUCKING SUMMARY.
HE LEAVES THE DBAGS AND THEN REGRETS IT. MAKES SENSE, IT SOUNDS LIKE GRIFFIN
BUT OMFG.
POST-RECKLESS.
KELLAN KYLE.
BABIES.
GIBSON AND RYDER WILL BE IN IT.
*DIES*
I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS BOOK!
I NEED THIS BOOK IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW
OMFG
UPDATE
THE BOOK HAS A NAME.
UNTAMED
*squee!*
saying I'm excited is an understatement!
I can't-
*dies*
*comes back to life*
I abso-fucking-lutely love Griffin, no matter how crude he is!
I can't wait to read his book. so can't wait! Yay!
Bring.
It.
On.
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review - thank you Little Brown Book Group!
1.5 STARS FOR UNTAMED.
This book in a gif:
GRIFFIN, what happened to you??
I'm so disappointed.
This is 100% not the Griffin we knew and loved in the Thoughtless books. Yes, in those books he's a bit of a dick and he would say things to annoy them, but he wasn't this bad. He'd say and do things to upset the people around him, and end up being stuck and alone with only himself to blame.
His ego was massive, he was attention-seeking, fame hungry and was so me me me all the time. Dude - you're a father! Fucking act like one.
I hate people like this, so it's natural that I disliked him in this book. I tried not to hate him, but I did.
Griffin in the end fucking things up so bad that he finally realised what a fucking idiot he is.
His decisions were awful, he'd not listen to anyone who cared about him and make such poor judgments. During this whole book, my face was pretty much like this
like, seriously mate. What is wrong with you? And the amount of lies he told Anna was fucking ridiculous. The thing about Griffin in the Thoughtless books is that he's very honest, which is why he always puts his foot in his mouth, but it's always harmless stuff. Stuff people could laugh about and forget. Not this book though, there was so much lying and going behind Anna's back, and so much 'I'M AWESOME AND BETTER THAN EVERYONE'. It got boring really fast.
And the amount of times the word 'awesome' was used.
Jeeze.
(Just like to point out - there's no cheating in this book, in case you're wondering. It is Griffin, after all)
He screwed up his future, the band, and everything for his wife and children. He really went too far, and it was his own fault. Not him, but this new him. Urgh, I don't like him at all.
It's funny because around the 70% mark, he suddenly changed and he was this other person. I don't want to spoil it too much, but it was as if the reverse button was pushed and he turned into fucking Mother Theresa.
He even started a fucking charity!
what the..
And don't get me started on all the other characters. Kellan and Evan had no opinions on anything (which is unlike Kellan), Kiera was this wise old Dumbledore, Anna was a doormat who had no backbone and just had sex with Griffin and was a baby-machine. Griffin's family were uninteresting and the rest of the characters were unimportant. Le sigh...they're not the characters I know and love at all!
I also think the story was pointless. I don't understand what we're supposed to get from this? It started with them as the D-Bags and ended the same, only with people respecting Griffin less and them having more children. It's not really done anything for the Thoughtless-verse at all, and I would have preferred the series to have ended where the Reckless epilogue finished. I adore the Reckless epilogue, it's so cute and sweet, and a perfect ending to the story. This epilogue? Babies.
So many babies
BABIES EVERYWHERE
It's definitely the fluffiest epilogue I've ever read, and if you like that, then you'll for sure love this one. I did, but even I was like 'alright...enough now' haha. So much pairing off and trying too hard to make sure everyone is happy. We know they're happy, no need to beat it over our heads.
So yes, I'm quite disappointed with this book. It's not at all what I wanted or expected, and I hate to say this, but I won't be re-reading this one. I will be re-reading and re-listening to the other books though because I love the series. Just not impressed with this one.
I'm sorry.
1.5 stars.
------------
UPDATE #3
THERE'S A COVER.
A COVER!!
IT LOOKS AWESOME. I'M SO EXCITED!
GIVE ME THIS BOOK NOW OMFG
UPDATE #2
THE SUMMARY.
THE FUCKING SUMMARY.
HE LEAVES THE DBAGS AND THEN REGRETS IT. MAKES SENSE, IT SOUNDS LIKE GRIFFIN
BUT OMFG.
POST-RECKLESS.
KELLAN KYLE.
BABIES.
GIBSON AND RYDER WILL BE IN IT.
*DIES*
I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS BOOK!
I NEED THIS BOOK IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW
OMFG
UPDATE
THE BOOK HAS A NAME.
UNTAMED
*squee!*
saying I'm excited is an understatement!
I can't-
*dies*
*comes back to life*
I abso-fucking-lutely love Griffin, no matter how crude he is!
I can't wait to read his book. so can't wait! Yay!
Bring.
It.
On.
chloboyoung's review against another edition
5.0
S.C. Stephens, you've done it. I didn't realise I could fall in love with Griffin, but by the end of this book, I 100% was in love with him, and felt everything he went through.