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Be Your Anything by Jillian Liota
3.0
It kills me to say this because Jillian Liota is one of my favorite indie authors in the New Adult genre and I've absolutely adored every book I've read of hers to this point. But, Be Your Anything didn't do it for me. I don't know if it was the characters or the slow progression of the story line but it was an okay read for me. Like not love.
Lucas, who I adored despite his flaws from the first book in the series, just came off as an indecisive, "have your cake and eat it too" schmuck. Yes, his loyalty to his family and friends was still very much there but his romance life was A MESS!!!! I couldn't wrap my brain around how he wanted the relationships he'd built and felt like that was normal or acceptable. His blinding love for Remmy had me so angry with him, I wanted to throw my kindle more than once. Dude needed a serious reality check and I'm so glad that Paige verbally slapped him upside the back of the head on numerous occasions.
Lucas' girlfriend Remmy who lived hours away and wanted an open relationship was.... Ugh. That's all I can say about her character. I disliked her in the first book. That escalated to a deep loathing in this one. I can't say I liked a single thing about her character. From the bits and pieces of her past that were revealed, it seemed she'd been through some trauma but it didn't redeem her actions or behavior in the slightest for me.
Lennon. Poor sweet Ditzy Day. She was basically a doormat for 90% of the book. It made my heart ache. She was so much more than he gave herself credit for or allowed. She took the bits and pieces of love, affection and attention that people would offer her and let herself believe it was all she needed. She deserved SO much more than everyone in her life gave her, aside from maybe her BFF. But her acceptance of being Lucas' side piece finally had me feeling less sorry for her and more angry with her. She knew what she was getting herself into, yet let it continue. But, the heart wants what the heart wants. When she finally grew a backbone, I wanted to high five her. I was bummed it basically took the entire read but in the end she finally showed her true worth and made sure others acknowledged it as well.
I loved the ending, how the characters' relationship came back around. Things fell into place and resulted in the outcome I was hoping for. It was just a super slow progression and basically took their entire worlds burning to the ground before the H and h figured it out.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author for providing an honest review.
Lucas, who I adored despite his flaws from the first book in the series, just came off as an indecisive, "have your cake and eat it too" schmuck. Yes, his loyalty to his family and friends was still very much there but his romance life was A MESS!!!! I couldn't wrap my brain around how he wanted the relationships he'd built and felt like that was normal or acceptable. His blinding love for Remmy had me so angry with him, I wanted to throw my kindle more than once. Dude needed a serious reality check and I'm so glad that Paige verbally slapped him upside the back of the head on numerous occasions.
Lucas' girlfriend Remmy who lived hours away and wanted an open relationship was.... Ugh. That's all I can say about her character. I disliked her in the first book. That escalated to a deep loathing in this one. I can't say I liked a single thing about her character. From the bits and pieces of her past that were revealed, it seemed she'd been through some trauma but it didn't redeem her actions or behavior in the slightest for me.
Lennon. Poor sweet Ditzy Day. She was basically a doormat for 90% of the book. It made my heart ache. She was so much more than he gave herself credit for or allowed. She took the bits and pieces of love, affection and attention that people would offer her and let herself believe it was all she needed. She deserved SO much more than everyone in her life gave her, aside from maybe her BFF. But her acceptance of being Lucas' side piece finally had me feeling less sorry for her and more angry with her. She knew what she was getting herself into, yet let it continue. But, the heart wants what the heart wants. When she finally grew a backbone, I wanted to high five her. I was bummed it basically took the entire read but in the end she finally showed her true worth and made sure others acknowledged it as well.
I loved the ending, how the characters' relationship came back around. Things fell into place and resulted in the outcome I was hoping for. It was just a super slow progression and basically took their entire worlds burning to the ground before the H and h figured it out.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author for providing an honest review.