No restraining order will
stop Dare from protecting Teal.The blackouts started happening when Teal was eight. There are long periods of her youth she doesn't remember. She has woken up in strange places, feeling disoriented and unaware of how long she's been out.
After two years abroad attending a private school and sessions with a top-notch psychiatrist, she's been deemed cured. The blackouts have ceased, or so Teal thought, until she wakes up in a ditch back home in North Carolina. Dare, the man pulling her broken body from the wreckage, has a restraining order against him. He’s no longer the clean-cut boy she went frog gigging with but road-hardened. His lean, muscular arms, riddled with tats, drag her out of the SUV. She should fear him, but instead, his touch sparks memories that tell her she once worshipped him with all her heart.
New Adult Romantic Suspense.
Steamy psychological thriller for 18 and older.
Review
This synopsis immediately got
me. I needed this book immediately. I am not a very big thriller reader. I don’t
know why cause I love thriller movie but anyway. The plot in this book was
really good. I had no idea what was going on and I couldn’t put the book down.
I read it in one sitting and in a few hours. This book consumed me even though
I had some big problems with some of it.
Let’s start with talk about
the plot. Since Teal was eight years old the blackouts started. There was
tragic day that she can’t remember. Ten years later she comes back home to deal
with the blackouts and help take care of her sick grandmother. What she doesn’t
expect are the blackouts to start again and the hatred that comes from Dare,
her childhood friend. I thought that the mystery and the angst was amazing in
this book. There were so many things going on and so many people that could be
doing I really couldn’t make a good guess and those are the books I love the
most. The plot and all of the twists and turns were really well laid out. They
kept you guessing and kept your mind planted firmly in the world.
The characters were another
good part about the book. Teal has been having blackouts since she was eight
and you can really tell how they disabled her development. She seemed really naïve
and childish sometimes. But I mean how easy is it to grow up not depending on
people when you blackout at random times. For what Teal actually went through
she was a pretty normal character. She has insecurities and bad moments but she
was also strong. She stood up to her father and the monsters that were
following her. She didn’t give up and hide, she kept fighting. Dare was
interesting. His life was completely destroyed the night that started the
blackouts. He was gentle, kind, and intelligent. Then one night and one set-up
ruined everything. Now he is hard, cold, and filled with hatred. He has a rap
sheet a mile long and everyone thinks he is a pervert. I didn’t like him as
much as I liked Teal but he was ok. He was protective, my problem was that he
never really gave his “good friend” the benefit of the doubt. All throughout
the book you could tell that even though he wanted to claim her there was still
some hatred there. The characters worked well together throughout the story.
Now this is where the story
lost its stars, the romance. The romance between Dare and Teal really confused
me because of the back and forth. Teal wanted to be with him but didn’t want to
cause any more problems. She wanted to be with him but he wasn’t stable enough
for her. I don’t mind back and forth as long as it stops at some point. Dare
wanted her but hated her. Dare wanted her but didn’t trust her. Dare wanted her
but couldn’t jeopardize anymore of his future. There was so much back and forth
and it kept on right until the last chapter. The end of their romance really
confused and angered me as well. Their whole romance just made me angry. There
was nothing that I really like about them together. The story and the mystery
was amazing and I loved that. Their relationship however is a different story.
THIS IS
A TINY SPOILER SO SKIP IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW
Dare and Teal hadn’t seen
each other very much for two years after everything came to end. To the point
that Teal actually went on a blind date. Then they see each other for a few
days and he freaking proposes so that when they move in together in the future
they can be together. It was ridiculous and didn’t make that much sense. It
drove me a little insane.
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