ARC received for an honest review

Ugh, I am so conflicted with this book.

I mean, the first 1/3 of the book was a case of what in the misogynistic BS is this Rip guy. Heck no I say to you sir.

He did get better the last half of the book, but his words and actions tainted him for me for the rest of the story - sorry RVD.

I liked Colby from the start. Both Colby and Rip are thrown into an unthinkable situation, but the way they dealt with it at the start told me a lot about their characters. One all sunshine and grieving out in the open, one a grump holding it all in, and pushing his way on to her (he really was very douchey to her).

I liked that he did change his ways (and if he hadn't I really was considering DNFing because of him)

The light of this story was the children they became guardians of. They light up the page every time they are on it, even as they are going through the worst time of their little lives.

I wanted to love this story, but unfortunately this was a very rare RVD miss for me.