Good...
Bewertet mit 3.5 Sternen
~ 3,5 Stars
Somehow I didn´t had an easy start into this book. I kept rereading the first lines over and over. Eventually I pushed through. I never DNF books. I know that the best parts always are in the middle and till the end.
However. This book, this story, the characters were good. The Forbidden... well.. I expected more- something shocking. But it was fine.
The book is mainly about people whose feelings rule their lives, actions and hearts. People who are helpless and just can´t help themselves. People whose head says it´s wrong, while the heart says it´s right. It´s about two people who fight a fight they will lose but at the same time they´ll win something that is much more important.
The main characters are Annie who is an architect and Jack, a contractor.
Fate leads them into a bar where their story begins. Instant attraction, sparks and a connection they both can´t understand brings them together. One passionate and amazing one night stand in a hotel turns their world upside down. From now on both can´t keep each other from their minds. And then fate brings them together again. But the problems are: 1st: Jack is married, 2nd: They have to work together.
Shocked, heartbroken and scared of the news and the continuing sparks, feelings and the intense connection, Annie tries to avoid him as much as possible. She is fighting against her heart and Jack isn´t making it easier for her.
Jack is also fighting... for Annie and against the things/ the person who makes his life hell. With Annie he´s found himself, with Annie he is alive. But still... nothing is easy and he finds himself torn, helpless and desperate.
Can two people overcome the forbidden? Can two people fight their feelings or will they break? Can they live with the threats looming? Can they find a way to happiness? Will there be a happy end?
My opinion:
I liked the characters. Mainly the main characters and Annie's male friend. Her girlfriends were annoying, though.
As I already said-I expected more of the forbidden. The blurb said that Jack is dangerous so I was expecting him to be someone with power or him being criminal or a Mafia Boss or whatever. He wasn´t though. He was pretty "normal".
When they met in that bar and their story began...phew... hot...intense.. Loved it. I was totally sucked in. When I read I could "feel" their attraction, chemistry, the sparks, the everything. It was good. But till the end it lessened a bit :(
I also loved how they- mainly Annie- were fighting their feelings and the connection. I loved how both struggled and how they eventually couldn´t keep going like that anymore.
Sometimes I could feel with them. I was grinning and laughing. I was sad and also torn. The characters seemed pretty real to me.
I know some have problems with cheating. I´m not a fan of it in the real world too- of course. Therefore I liked how this book showed that cheating isn´t necessarily something to hurt someone. There are always reasons and this book showed that ppl shouldn´t judge ppl who cheat without knowing the reasons. Sometimes people who cheat are the ones who hurt. Up until this book I honestly thought there were no good reasons for cheating and hurting their partner on purpose. This book though had one very good one. It made it easier to understand Jack and his behaviour. SPOILER START I think worrying and being scared that someone kills themselves is a pretty good reason for cheating. Of course everyone should end a relationship if they are unhappy but Jack did it once and it didn´t end well for his wife. She blackmailed and manipulated him. Not only had he go through physical abuse by her but also emotional abuse. Therefore I can understand why he didn´t left her, although he was so miserable and unhappy. And then when he met Annie- she was his light. She made him happy. I could understand him being so torn. Wanting to be with the love of his life and being married and stuck to a woman who would kill herself when he would leave her. I suppose everyone would break more and more of/from it. No one would want someone else's life on their conscience. And he didn´t find a solution for this situation (well he could have gotten her in a psych ward and could have involved her parents so they could have watched over her, but I suppose it was more important to have her cause some drama at the end ;) ) SPOILER END
The thing with his wife being pregnant... that was all predictable and also not really logical SPOILER START Jack said he didn´t had sex with her in months and that she would be 4 or 5 months along. They were either stupid or I don´t know. He would have seen if she would have been pregnant. Most women already have a baby bump when they are that far along. Also- why didn´t he freak the fuck out and took her to a doctor? She was constantly drinking alcohol. She was drunk all the time and he just didn´t care if his baby, if there would have been one, is healthy? Headshaking SPOILER END
The scene at the hospital when he told her the news... sad :(
I´m happy with the way the story turned out. The end was nice too. Loved how the start became the end :) And I love how the end was the beginning... <3