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Well........I REALLY wanted to love this book. I REALLY REALLY wanted to love this book.

I fell in love with Rush and Blaire in the first book and was hoping for a stellar ending for them. At the end of the first book, Blaire seemed like this strong, independent woman that really knew who she was, even if she had been dealt a horrible hand in life. She had been betrayed and stuck to her guns that it wasn't okay. And....sigh.....I wanted so badly for her to go back, forgive Rush, and give him another chance. The way he came back and begged for her broke my heart. So when she did kinda go back for the, ahem, reason that she did, I thought that I'd get to see their story played out and they'd get their HEA.

Well, I guess they did. But I don't know. It just didn't seem like the same writing. I was disappointed. It just seemed like this book was mostly sex scenes with a few non-sex scenes thrown in. The first book had more of a storyline. This one seemed to be more about her horny need for sex than anything else. And Rush would let her down and be down right hurtful TIME AND TIME AGAIN. Of course, there was the obligatory five minute period where she appeared to be angry, but without any real effort on his part to change or prove himself to her, Rush would merely apologize, get her turned on, and they'd go have sex. All would be forgiven and gee, how wonderful is life. Seriously?? There were so many other ways this story could have gone.

I also would have liked to see how things would have played out once the baby was born....you know, when it isn't about having horny pregnancy sex anymore and they have to deal with the realities of life and having a baby to care for. I would have liked to see if Rush truly stepped into that role....because honestly, after reading the second book, I'm not so sure in my mind that he sticks around. And that makes me sad.

And as I got to the end of the book, as much as I wanted them to be together and I wanted to see him man up and take care of her and the baby, I found myself really hoping that she really would wake up to what an idiot he was and make the decision to do it on her own- not because I'm a fan of that.....I'm actually the opposite. I'd rather see a relationship work out any day. But because I was tired of her being a doormat, rolling over, and just taking it from him. He walked all over her more times than I cared to count in this book and she came crawling back every time. What happened to the truly independent girl with a backbone from the first book?? And I'm not saying that Rush doesn't love Blaire. I think he probably does......but he said time and time again how she and the baby came first and time and time again, he proved that to not be true. I just don't see her responding the same way in this book as she did in the first one. It wasn't the same Blaire. I find myself very disappointed. :(


4/7/13-
***okay......not changing my review. I still feel like Blaire and Rush weren't the same from the first book to this one. But I just saw where Abbi is planning to write a third book for Rush and Blaire. I might be tempted to read it and find out what happens to them. I'd like to believe that they truly get their HEA. I really loved them in the first book! This might be a chance for Abbi to redeem herself in my eyes, at least with this series. I suppose we will see!