After

I don't have words to describe any of this mess.
This is not a romance, this is a dysfunctional, disturbing, romanticized abusive relationship. It's toxic and unhealthy.
600 pages of no character development, zero character growth, no plot and choppy writing.
Don't recommend and won't continue this series.

2.5 stars
The lowest rating I've given any of the after books. This book could've been half the size of what it is, with all the meaningless drama between Hardin and Tessa. Hardin was so infuriating in this book and annoying. He did get his redmption arc, in the last 100 pages of the book.
I'm glad Tessa is standing up for herself this time around.

Oh, how can I talk about this book? I was seduced by the words floating around (YA, romance, fanfiction) and didn't know anything else about it. So, I ordered all of them on kindle (pre ordered the ones that aren't available yet) all happy because in Brazil there's only the first one and it's more expensive than the two first ones.
And then I started reading it. To this point, I don't know what kind of fanfiction it originally was. There were excerpts of Ten things I hate about you, of Wuthering heights (why not, every YA is now using them liberally) and honestly, it is all ok. It was sexy (too sexy, for an YA, but they are over 18, so I went along with it), and he was brooding, and intense, and too much of a Heathcliff for me (honestly, I could barely get that with Heathcliff, and only did in the name of period, pure literature, violent love and originality, but only that once). But then he was also very very sweet at times, and I do have a penchant for broken, misunderstood, crazy psychopath lit heroes.
I did think it was getting REALLY tiresome to hear her say I hate you, I know you wanted to ruin me, I'm never coming back every two pages, and cry, and all of that, I mean, NOBODY bought it after the seven first times, right? Cry wolf and all. And he reaally should go see a therapist, if he was serious about understanding he was being too moody and hurtful on purpose. Also, all of us have dysfunctional families, but theirs hit all charts. Not for the formation, but for the relation with the couple. But again, ok, let's see what is going on, he can be sweet, and she is still a child, with a crazy mother at that. They still have some hope for salvation.
Up to that ending. It was mortifying. Horrible. (I'm hiding it because maybe someone will think it may be a spoiler, even if I don't intend to say what it was, because it is too embarrassing. Not because of the fact, just because someone thought it could be a good idea to write that out.
What really, really impresses me? one, that there are three books after that. (I actually read the second one the following night). Two, that I have a strong enough OCD to want to read them all. I am giving it two stars because there were scenes I honestly thought were ok and cute and even if copies of better books, well, good copies. And not badly edited. Also, I just wouldn't recommend it to people out of embarrassment for the poorly intertwined story, but we know there are dysfunctional couples like them. Maybe not just so young, and not boasting it. I worry about our youth.