About This Book:
Goodreads Summary
✥Series: #1
✥Release Date: 8/25/15
✥Format: Paperback
✥Setting: Lawton, Alabama
✥Page Count: 352
✥Genre(s): Romance, NA (or YA), Contemporary, Fiction
✥Date(s) Read: 9/18/18-9/21/18
✥Rating: Book: 3.5/5
My Thoughts:
*Some parts will have spoilers so read this at your own risk if you haven't read the book already.*
Book:
Overall, I liked the book and the characters, but I will take it by each character and talk about them one at a time.Just as an FYI, this book does have cursing in it. Quite a bit actually.
West:
In the beginning, he was a bit of an ass but I understood why he was the way he was. He was hurting due to the fact of his father slowly dying from cancer (in the summary). As the book progressed though, he became very possessive, jealous and controlling. He was jealous of people and situations he shouldn't have even been jealous. And I mean scary possessive. The kind of possessive made for True Crime TV and what the true crime books are made of! As time went on though, he redeemed himself and got checked, which I was truly grateful for. I wanted to go on to the second book at least but if that had not been handled, I am not sure if I would have or it may have taken some time for me to do so.
Maggie:
I really liked her. She dealt with a lot at her young age (not spoilers, it says so in the summary) and found her own way to cope with it. Although at some points in the book, I felt she allowed things to happen with West that many may not have allowed him to do, especially early on unless there is a heavy amount of insecurity. The relationship between them both seemed dangerously close to obsession. She was smart enough to know when to try to back off though in many cases. I think that had a lot to do with her past and seeing the things she had. There were some other issues I was not liking too much but I won't give too much more away, but as a parent and an adult, I was just not feeling some things.
Brady:
He was a jerk many times when I am not sure it was needed. I understand his protection of his cousin, yet, sometime things could've been left unsaid. I would like to see a book about him though. I am taking this series on a book by book basis. Hopefully, if there is one about him, I will be able to make it to him.
Maggie's Aunt & Uncle (Brady's parents):
They both seemed to have been very sweet and accepting of who she was and why she wouldn't speak. Didn't push her to talk. They just loved her anyway.
West's Mother (Olivia) & Father (Jude):
(I think I got their names right)
She was a really sweet to Maggie, even in a time she was hurting herself and trying to make it through her husband's illness. She didn't make many appearances in the book but I did like her and the one time dad was able to appear in the book and be able to enjoy the family, even when he wasn't feeling great at all. Again, this is another situation that I'd like to say more but that is giving too much of the plot away and I have given a lot of that away as it is (in my opinion).
I will continue on to the next book, Under the Lights. This one appears to be about Gunner, Brady (who were in Until Friday Night) and a young lady named Willa. I am hoping to buy Under the Lights soon.
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