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A review by seffra
Spider by Ilsa Madden-Mills
1.0
1 star
Spoilers abound!
THIS BOOK HAS CHEATING (I wish I knew so this is why it's the first thing I'm saying since you deserve to know too).
Okay well this book was not for me..... comment above can say why....
I was prepared for some portrayal of how difficult it can be to overcome drugs but I was okay with not getting it.
I was prepared for some serious angst because of the set-up but I was semi-okay with not getting it.
I was prepared for character growth and some serious "epic love" and I was not OKAY with not getting this.
In fact people... I could not for the life of me see why these two were put together. They would not last in real life. They were polar opposites who never talked about their problems nor did they try to work on them...EVER. It was just physical and some wooing words thrown in.
While Spider did a big oopsie.... w/e our heroine's name didn't even let him fully apologize before jumping him like a person who was dead thirsty and never had a drop of water ever and he was the first glass in sight... He had so much he needed to do in order to win her again and we did not get it.
I wish we saw his struggle with drugs, I felt that Madden-Mills glorified it a bit and made it look so simple, being a drug addict. It clearly isn't and I wish we saw what Spider went through to be who he "thought" he became.
ALSO I WISH I KNEW THIS BOOK HAD CHEATING IN IT. IT HAD SOME SERIOUS CHEATING. H "seemingly" cheats on h and he did it for selfish reasons, trying to make it look like he did it for her to have a better life...what a load of cow crap.... WTF..you are not a good person...don't pretend you are.
ALSO...get this, our nasty h cheats on her man of like 4 years to be with our hero (I hate using this word to describe him). Yeah, she cheated on a great guy who loved her. Yeah they had problems but I cannot ever forgive a cheater. She didn't even really feel bad about it because she was alllll about Spider...
UGH. This book was not my cuppa and you can see why. I did enjoy the beginning and the set up of the story. The first 60 or 70 pages really was my shite and I was feeling some PHS (Phantom Heartache Syndrome) but it fell so quickly that it made my head hurt.
Spoilers abound!
THIS BOOK HAS CHEATING (I wish I knew so this is why it's the first thing I'm saying since you deserve to know too).
Okay well this book was not for me..... comment above can say why....
I was prepared for some portrayal of how difficult it can be to overcome drugs but I was okay with not getting it.
I was prepared for some serious angst because of the set-up but I was semi-okay with not getting it.
I was prepared for character growth and some serious "epic love" and I was not OKAY with not getting this.
In fact people... I could not for the life of me see why these two were put together. They would not last in real life. They were polar opposites who never talked about their problems nor did they try to work on them...EVER. It was just physical and some wooing words thrown in.
While Spider did a big oopsie.... w/e our heroine's name didn't even let him fully apologize before jumping him like a person who was dead thirsty and never had a drop of water ever and he was the first glass in sight... He had so much he needed to do in order to win her again and we did not get it.
I wish we saw his struggle with drugs, I felt that Madden-Mills glorified it a bit and made it look so simple, being a drug addict. It clearly isn't and I wish we saw what Spider went through to be who he "thought" he became.
ALSO I WISH I KNEW THIS BOOK HAD CHEATING IN IT. IT HAD SOME SERIOUS CHEATING. H "seemingly" cheats on h and he did it for selfish reasons, trying to make it look like he did it for her to have a better life...what a load of cow crap.... WTF..you are not a good person...don't pretend you are.
ALSO...get this, our nasty h cheats on her man of like 4 years to be with our hero (I hate using this word to describe him). Yeah, she cheated on a great guy who loved her. Yeah they had problems but I cannot ever forgive a cheater. She didn't even really feel bad about it because she was alllll about Spider...
UGH. This book was not my cuppa and you can see why. I did enjoy the beginning and the set up of the story. The first 60 or 70 pages really was my shite and I was feeling some PHS (Phantom Heartache Syndrome) but it fell so quickly that it made my head hurt.