Review: This Love Hurts

This Love Hurts by W. Winters
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Note: An ARC was given generously by the author in exchange for an honest review.

Another Note: This is part of a series. This is the first book in the series. Please read in order.

Warnings: Mentions of physical abuse, domestic abuse, traumatic pasts, etc.

This book I thought, when I had first looked at it, had so much potential. It was a Willow Winters book, so of course I had high hopes for it.

But you know, sometimes, life doesn't go as planned.
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The book was okay, I have to be honest.

Some things were definitely interesting:

The writing.

The history of Cody and Marcus.

And Marcus himself.

Marcus. Marcus. Marcus.

These were only three things I could appreciate from the novel. The rest, I wish had lived up too.

The female character was a heck load irritating. Her name should've been - drunk in coffeeland and wine (she was so busy drinking, I sometimes wondered if she ever even ate, maybe she was a smoker?) Not whatever her actual name was. I just...couldn't relate and connect to her like I wanted. She was just too much for my liking honestly.

On to Cody. He was bland as tea. (And I personally hate tea, unless I am sick). He lacked the edge, and the wittiness, and the general bad boy look he was trying to go for. Most of those things were missing honestly. I still wonder what's-her-name saw in him. I didn't see any chemistry or anything to root for.

They were boring, bland, and over complicated enough at times to give me a headache. I wondered why they were the main characters at all.

The plot was all over the place - so many things were going on at once - that I felt literally confused. Due to no spoiler giving, I can't exactly say (neither can I remember) the exact plot holes that I kept falling into like Alice in Wonderland (no potion to save me from this one).

Thankfully Marcus (even with his few and far between appearances) made things a heck load interesting. I mean that kiss with what's-her-name (see, it shows how little interest I had in knowing her or this novel), daaamn me. I'd have rather loved this couple, than Cody and WHN (what's-her-name). Things would have looked up more.

But hey, there is a sequel to this, so I keep my hopes up anyway.

And the writing being smooth and not troublesome, flowed well, so I moved faster than I did while reading this, despite thinking this novel would have been better. So yeah a plus point there too.

Thank god I have a sequel to look forward to, hopefully saving this one.

Whew.

Until the next read,

-TMR

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