I wanted and frankly expected to utterly love this book, yet somehow I didn't.. I know exactly what went wrong (for me) and I know that some of the things that annoy me others find sexy / a turn on, yet I am who I am, and when I read a book, I need to be able to somehow relate to the character, to understand HER and what and why she finds things attractive or compelling. In this book both MC were "off" for me. Dakota wasn't who I thought she was (or who she perceives herself to be) and Shane was a total turn off. I didn't like him and I wouldn't be attracted to someone like him and Dakota, with how she sees herself, shouldn't either..
I've read and absolutely loved Christina's "Between Breaths" New Adult series. All her characters are simply amazing. Each has a unique story, something to deal with, alone as well as together with their love interest. All 5 books were a PLEASURE to read (all are 5 stars reads). So this is what I expected from this one even though the problems that Dakota and Shane (the MC in this one) encountered were naturally more "outside" problems and not the New Adult variety (meaning a "coming of age" internal struggle) since both are in their late 20s.
