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dreamer4ever's review against another edition
3.0
More like 3.5., I enjoyed revisiting this world again and it was fun.
chlobobaggins'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.
yche09's review against another edition
5.0
Griffin's book sure took me out of my romance hiatus!!!
First of all, I really didn't think that Griff had a romantic bone in his body. I was skeptical, but I wanted to see where the author would take his character. In the end, I'm glad that I gave his book a shot.
To put it bluntly, THIS BOOK IS ALL ABOUT HIM... GRIFFIN.
He's a hard character to love. I swear. He's arrogant, he's an ass, he's so absentminded that I sometimes wondered if he has some form of memory illness. In his mind, he was awesome and he made sure everyone knew it! He felt so entitled to everything that he didn't even feel that he was about to lose everything.
There were so many times wherein I wanted to put this down and just leave the story alone... But I persevered, held on a went on for the ride. I wanted to get to that page wherein he's already realizing every mistake that he has made. I wanted his remorse, I wanted him to see his errors and make up for them.
However, I wasn't prepared to feel how I felt when I got what I wanted.
I truly felt bad for him. :( To the point that I even cried for all that he had lost. Frankly speaking, I think he deserved all of it, but I was still sad. It hurt to read that part, but it had to be done in order for him to grow up. Yes, I do believe that this book is all about Griffin growing up. The guy who just refused to grow up was forced to do just that. It was painful, but it was also inevitable and necessary in his case. I'm happy because he became successful in overcoming his inecurities and focus on what's truly important.
The other characters are also vital in this story. Anna and the rest of Griffin's family are all adorable. No wonder Griffin feels the way he does towards them. I love how his life somehow revolved around them. He's very different when it comes to his family. His bandmates on the other hand... Well, let's just say that they were hard on him. I get where they were coming from, I really do, but some of the things that they said here to Griffin were a little unnecessary. I'm glad they patched things up in the end, but I hope that the band will continue to listen to one another.
All in all, this was such a journey to me. I felt so many emotions for Griffin my head spun! The author sure made me grab on and not let go. Reading that ending made everything worth while for me. It's amazing! :)
5 perfect stars for Griffin, the imperfect star!!! :)
First of all, I really didn't think that Griff had a romantic bone in his body. I was skeptical, but I wanted to see where the author would take his character. In the end, I'm glad that I gave his book a shot.
To put it bluntly, THIS BOOK IS ALL ABOUT HIM... GRIFFIN.
He's a hard character to love. I swear. He's arrogant, he's an ass, he's so absentminded that I sometimes wondered if he has some form of memory illness. In his mind, he was awesome and he made sure everyone knew it! He felt so entitled to everything that he didn't even feel that he was about to lose everything.
There were so many times wherein I wanted to put this down and just leave the story alone... But I persevered, held on a went on for the ride. I wanted to get to that page wherein he's already realizing every mistake that he has made. I wanted his remorse, I wanted him to see his errors and make up for them.
However, I wasn't prepared to feel how I felt when I got what I wanted.
I truly felt bad for him. :( To the point that I even cried for all that he had lost. Frankly speaking, I think he deserved all of it, but I was still sad. It hurt to read that part, but it had to be done in order for him to grow up. Yes, I do believe that this book is all about Griffin growing up. The guy who just refused to grow up was forced to do just that. It was painful, but it was also inevitable and necessary in his case. I'm happy because he became successful in overcoming his inecurities and focus on what's truly important.
The other characters are also vital in this story. Anna and the rest of Griffin's family are all adorable. No wonder Griffin feels the way he does towards them. I love how his life somehow revolved around them. He's very different when it comes to his family. His bandmates on the other hand... Well, let's just say that they were hard on him. I get where they were coming from, I really do, but some of the things that they said here to Griffin were a little unnecessary. I'm glad they patched things up in the end, but I hope that the band will continue to listen to one another.
All in all, this was such a journey to me. I felt so many emotions for Griffin my head spun! The author sure made me grab on and not let go. Reading that ending made everything worth while for me. It's amazing! :)
5 perfect stars for Griffin, the imperfect star!!! :)
kimeesoda's review against another edition
4.0
“I was awesome wrapped in awesome smothered in more awesome.”
An Advance Reader’s Copy (ARC) of Untamed was provided by Netgalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) in exchange of an honest review.
I never thought I’ll be annoyed with Griffin Hancock this much. I mean, I loved him during the 1st three books of Thoughtless that’s why I’ve been disappointed on how annoying he became in this book, considering the fact that it was his Point of View. And I was annoyed of Matt, too.
Griffin Hancock had been a jerk in this book. Yes, he became a jerk. An arrogant, selfish, mean, and so full of himself kind of jerk that irks the hell out of me. Their band, D-BAGS has the spotlight in the music industry, they’re helluva successful band but Griffin want a spotlight of his own, he want to be THE ROCK STAR. He wanted to take the lead. His band members, however, didn’t like his idea and won’t allow him to do so. He felt being left behind, or he felt was if they were keeping him in the shadows, he therefore made some drastic decisions, and I meant, drastic, really stupid decisions. He also keeps on lying, I mean, “Man, he’s your wife, you should tell her everything because you are a TEAM!” His decisions obviously affected his relationship with his family and his friends.
It was indeed a smack of reality for Griffin. It was like the hurtful things as well as the fruit of your drastic actions are being rubbed in your face. It was like the happy world you once created crashed down infront of you.
I love how S.C. Stephens wrote his point of view, the same Griffin well, most of the time, yea, and readers can still picture the same old Griffin that we learned to love in the 1st three books of thoughtless as well as Anna. I love how her character developed in this book and I love her even more, and Gibson. <3 Griffin however needs some growing up to do. Nonetheless, he was able to redeem himself and that’s the best thing happened.
This book is irritating but definitely heartwarming at the same time. It was a roller coaster of emotions, you’ll be irritated like hell and you’ll find yourself laughing, getting angry and tearing up because of heartwarming friends/family scenes. I was annoyed but I really enjoyed the book. It was… awesome. HAHAHA!
I’m happy and content on how the book ended but I still want MORE of KELLAN and KIERA, I miss them so much and the rest of the D-Bags, too.
kassilver's review against another edition
4.0
I'd rate this 3.5, the beginning and end were good but the middle was way too long. I could not deal with all the lying, it was a little ridiculous. I still love this series though!
bfdbookblog's review against another edition
1.0
DNF at 62%
I really thought Griffin was going to be the kind of fun jerk that was endearing so you overlooked him being a jerk but he just wasn't. He was a whiny child and completely unlikeable. It got to the point that I just couldn't take the lies and secrets. He treated everyone around him badly...including Anna by the time I stopped reading.
I honestly don't even care what happens to him and Anna so I just walked away. And that was really disappointing to me.
I really thought Griffin was going to be the kind of fun jerk that was endearing so you overlooked him being a jerk but he just wasn't. He was a whiny child and completely unlikeable. It got to the point that I just couldn't take the lies and secrets. He treated everyone around him badly...including Anna by the time I stopped reading.
I honestly don't even care what happens to him and Anna so I just walked away. And that was really disappointing to me.
bookishbookseller'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.
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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.
connyale's review against another edition
5.0
Nooo, I didn’t want to end it :(
This book made me so mad ~ I felt bad almost the whole book because I get Griff’s POV, but what was wrong, were his decisions and the way he made them. I will miss Griffin 😢
This book made me so mad ~ I felt bad almost the whole book because I get Griff’s POV, but what was wrong, were his decisions and the way he made them. I will miss Griffin 😢
bookphenomena_micky's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
This book was a battle for me in some ways. As a fan of the series, I obviously have a settled perception of Griffin Horrocks. In truth, my opinion of him isn't that favourable which I'm sure many will identify with. He's not supposed to be lovable, he's the band jester, the immature clown and crude sexaholic. All this I knew and yet I struggled terribly to engage with him as a lead character in the book. He didn't have many saving graces, it was like constantly hearing the mind of a teenager. However, he wooed the beautiful Anna, she sees something in him that he doesn't share with anyone outside of close family.
This is a book where band dynamics fall apart, Griff is unhappy with his lot, Kellan is paternalistic and Anna is the sensible one. Then I hit 75%, the book exploded and my interest grew fast. Griffin does grow and develop in this book, but not always in a believable way. One thing shines through, Griffin loves his children and is a caring good dad. SC Stephens can write and this talent is evident in her ability to make me admit a reluctant mild regard for Griffin by the end. I would certainly read more of this series.
The publisher provided a copy of this book in return for an honest review.
Reviewed for Jo&IsaLoveBooks Blog.
This book was a battle for me in some ways. As a fan of the series, I obviously have a settled perception of Griffin Horrocks. In truth, my opinion of him isn't that favourable which I'm sure many will identify with. He's not supposed to be lovable, he's the band jester, the immature clown and crude sexaholic. All this I knew and yet I struggled terribly to engage with him as a lead character in the book. He didn't have many saving graces, it was like constantly hearing the mind of a teenager. However, he wooed the beautiful Anna, she sees something in him that he doesn't share with anyone outside of close family.
This is a book where band dynamics fall apart, Griff is unhappy with his lot, Kellan is paternalistic and Anna is the sensible one. Then I hit 75%, the book exploded and my interest grew fast. Griffin does grow and develop in this book, but not always in a believable way. One thing shines through, Griffin loves his children and is a caring good dad. SC Stephens can write and this talent is evident in her ability to make me admit a reluctant mild regard for Griffin by the end. I would certainly read more of this series.
The publisher provided a copy of this book in return for an honest review.
Reviewed for Jo&IsaLoveBooks Blog.