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"I started this series years ago and really enjoyed books 1 and 2. I do remember this book being delayed and after awhile the series became another book on my TBR. So I decided to finally get back to this series and read books 1 and 2 again, which I still love. This book, nope, nada, no!
I was annoyed 95% of this book. Eva lost her appeal, Gideon was acting shady, and the secondary characters were so annoying.
Eva - I don’t understand why she lets everyone step all over her. She had no backbone and is not a strong lead anymore. She lost her appeal and her “zing†in this book. The whole Brett storyline was disappointing.
Gideon - while I understand why he acted the way he did, he should of communicated better with Eva. His loyalty to Corrine was just annoying and unnecessary, especially at the end.
Secondary characters- Eva’s mother was always annoying but somewhat tolerable in the first two books, but for some reason, she was downright insane and dramatic for no reason. I wished Eva would’ve put her mother in her place and kept her there instead of backing off. The whole not telling her father what happened was a low blow, but to then justify why her mother kept it from him was just stupid. He’s your father!!! He should have known. If anything he probably could’ve help with her mother’s actions. Clary, was just an idiot throughout the book. He was a horrible BFF, especially his actions in the second book. He is a hot mess who has no right to give any opinion on anyone’s personal life. He annoyed me and was so ughh...
If I can describe this book with one word it would be childish. Everyone in this book was a child with adult jobs. No one communicated, no one had common sense, no one respected each other, and the whole back and forth was getting old. I’m disappointed in this book and will not read/buy books 4&5. The sparks between Eva and Gideon was gone. They played this back and forth game with Brett and Corrine that the appeal of their love for one another was lost. I can’t understand why or how they can put the feelings of their ex’s before each other. Between Gideon running to Corrine, who by the way disrespected Eva on multiple occasions and then had the nerve to kiss Gideon in front of her, was a WTF moment for me. After all of that, Gideon still would run to Corrine every time she cries. Why? Over some unfounded guilt that happen years ago. Then there’s Eva and Gideon. She knows he wants her back. You would think she would decline and break all ties with him out of respect for all parties involved, but nope! She instead goes on a “date†with him, goes to an event with him and make plans to see him on a weekend - huh! I can’t with this book or the characters. This will be the first time I stopped reading a series without completion. Usually, I try to stick it out to get to the epilogue, but I don’t think it’s worth it. This series had such high hopes and ugh... failure for me. So disappointing. Okay, rant over."
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Entwined with You Crossfire Sylvia Day Books Reviews
- Wow, where to start. Let me first say that I was waiting for this sequel like a kid at Christmas. I even pre-ordered it so I would get it as soon as it was available and then stayed up late checking my kindle until it appeared and at the risk of being exhausted at work, I stayed up and read front to back all night long. Well, the happiness I felt at 2am was long gone by the time it was 5am and I'd finished reading this book. It was nothing like its predecessor "Bared to You" which was a wonderful read with strong, mature characters who were interesting and pushed you to the point of not wanting to put the book down.
I don't know who the people were who showed up in this book. Eva a sassy, strong young woman of 24 turned into a needy, whiny, weakling who phoned in her robotic performance. As for Gideon, he was an alpha male who commanded attention with a cool, dark veneer and intelligence made even more enticing by his secret past and love for Eva. But, for this book, he too phoned in his robotic performance and became a two note of sex and violence. I was looking forward to these characters fitting the original title of the book "Deeper in You" because I thought that's exactly the direction this book would take the reader but it didn't even come close. This leads me to think Ms. Day herself knew this book wasn't going anywhere and therefore changed the title to "Reflected in You" because that's exactly what large parts of this novel were, a reflection back to the most filler parts of "Bared to You." It seems this book was written under the assumption people would read it without having read the first due to all the over-telling of places, events, and secondary characters. And yes I understand the reflection part is supposed to be Eva reflected in Gideon but I hardly find that to be true given she was an open book and he was a closed one.
I want to say if you decide to take on a subject such as Child Sexual Abuse or any form of abuse it should be treated in a manner that is respectful and intelligent for those out there who have really suffered from abuse. It's not something to be taken lightly and research is required before putting information out there, yes even in a fictional book. This is the problem I had with "50 Shades of Gray" along with the general bad writing and plot, but I digress. I get that Eva and Gideon are victims who have been pre-disposed due to their abuse to use sex like an addict uses drugs - when they're happy, sad, angry, bored, lonely, etc. to feel good about themselves and their relationship. But, Gideon was made to appear like he was using Eva as his sex toy and Eva was just happy he would show up to use her. The scene in the limo was the worst ever - not romantic in the least. None of the repetitive sex scenes were what I would classify as "HOT." There was so much hair fisting in every sex scene I seriously wondered if these people would show up bald in book 3. And, while I'm on repetitive, Hello- raised/arched eyebrow is the new biting lip. Geez everyone's response to anything was always a raised or arched eyebrow - I guess this means no one in the book had botox.
Getting back to plot fails - I read this book twice because I really thought I was tired and it wasn't as bad as I initially thought, but it was. There was so much potential here from "Bared to You" like Eva facing her own abuser and using her Krav Maga skills to kick his a** maybe even kill him in self-defense then Gideon would have to deal with a woman who took control of her own problem while being submissive in the bedroom - that would be something I'd like to see him work with. And, that would be a true reflection of him since I think he probably killed his abuser.
There are many other plot fails, but the biggest is to bring in a non-descript character to run down the Cliff Notes of what happened to Nathan and for anyone who's watched one episode of" Law & Order" knows that was a complete fail and just plain lazy writing. If you didn't want to get into the Nathan thing why even put it in the story? It did nothing except make Eva look like a desperate women and Gideon a thug - not the refine "urbane" New Yorkers they've been painted as. Not to mention the whole "event" and most of the book was predictable from chapter 2.
I'm going to be completely honest and say I feel like this book was dumb downed to match in my opinion the "50 Shades" series. And if that's true then this book was written for the money and not for the art evident in I paid $3.82 for "Bared to You" and this book is $9.99. Sad being picked up by a publisher killed this series. I would not recommend. - Audible Review This is the same narrator from books 1 and 2. Overall, a good narrator. I don't exactly enjoy her Gideon voice, but I am very picky about that and it's probably a me issue.
Story Review While I enjoy getting as much of this couple as I can get, this is my least favorite book so far.
Gideon and Ava spend the whole book pretending not to be a couple. You know why because of the ending in book 2. Personal preference has me wanting to read a couple together, not separate.
As one threat comes to a slow close, a new one pops up with a reporter trying to make Gideon look nasty because of her own agenda. These past women in his life are annoying and tiresome. The worst is Corrine.
My biggest pet peeve about this book was Gideon is still constantly catering to Corrine. I don't doubt his love for Ava and I do not think he wants Corrine, but he needs to cut her loose. It's disrespectful to keep going to her when all she wants to do is come between Ava and him. I don't care that he feels guilty. He shouldn't. Corrine broke it off with him and she made her bed.
Ava still has Brett trying to get back with her and yet I'm actually not bothered that much by it. For one, Gideon deserves to feel what that's like since he won't cut Corrine loose and two, Ava is not encouraging Brett. In fact, she has been pretty insistent to him that she is in love with Gideon and he doesn't have a chance. Should she cut ties to a friendship? Yes, but why should she if Gideon won't show her the same respect. I am usually much harder on the female in books but in this instance, I agree with her.
I enjoyed the ending but I hate that when a good thing happens a bad thing follows closely behind. That can get a bit tiresome, as well. I am, however, still looking forward to book 4. - I started this series years ago and really enjoyed books 1 and 2. I do remember this book being delayed and after awhile the series became another book on my TBR. So I decided to finally get back to this series and read books 1 and 2 again, which I still love. This book, nope, nada, no!
I was annoyed 95% of this book. Eva lost her appeal, Gideon was acting shady, and the secondary characters were so annoying.
Eva - I don’t understand why she lets everyone step all over her. She had no backbone and is not a strong lead anymore. She lost her appeal and her “zing†in this book. The whole Brett storyline was disappointing.
Gideon - while I understand why he acted the way he did, he should of communicated better with Eva. His loyalty to Corrine was just annoying and unnecessary, especially at the end.
Secondary characters- Eva’s mother was always annoying but somewhat tolerable in the first two books, but for some reason, she was downright insane and dramatic for no reason. I wished Eva would’ve put her mother in her place and kept her there instead of backing off. The whole not telling her father what happened was a low blow, but to then justify why her mother kept it from him was just stupid. He’s your father!!! He should have known. If anything he probably could’ve help with her mother’s actions. Clary, was just an idiot throughout the book. He was a horrible BFF, especially his actions in the second book. He is a hot mess who has no right to give any opinion on anyone’s personal life. He annoyed me and was so ughh...
If I can describe this book with one word it would be childish. Everyone in this book was a child with adult jobs. No one communicated, no one had common sense, no one respected each other, and the whole back and forth was getting old. I’m disappointed in this book and will not read/buy books 4&5. The sparks between Eva and Gideon was gone. They played this back and forth game with Brett and Corrine that the appeal of their love for one another was lost. I can’t understand why or how they can put the feelings of their ex’s before each other. Between Gideon running to Corrine, who by the way disrespected Eva on multiple occasions and then had the nerve to kiss Gideon in front of her, was a WTF moment for me. After all of that, Gideon still would run to Corrine every time she cries. Why? Over some unfounded guilt that happen years ago. Then there’s Eva and Gideon. She knows he wants her back. You would think she would decline and break all ties with him out of respect for all parties involved, but nope! She instead goes on a “date†with him, goes to an event with him and make plans to see him on a weekend - huh! I can’t with this book or the characters. This will be the first time I stopped reading a series without completion. Usually, I try to stick it out to get to the epilogue, but I don’t think it’s worth it. This series had such high hopes and ugh... failure for me. So disappointing. Okay, rant over.
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