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A review by cityofstarlight_library
Untamed by S. C. Stephens
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.