Too Good Girl

 
 
Hmm, I am not entirely sure how to rate this book. It really wasn't what I expected after reading the synopsis. For the first 60%, Jack was honestly just a secondary character, and it was mostly just Syra whoring around and making one bad decision after the other. However, the last 40% of this book was fantastic and total 5-Star material. We finally get Jack's POV and the book started to go in a much more enjoyable direction for me. So it wasn't a bad book by any means. It was certainly well written and well paced, and the plot was still engaging and had me turning the pages. I think mainly, I would have just preferred we had gotten to the 60% point a bit sooner. I needed a bit more Jack and a little less of Syra's bad decision parade.


 


This book really wasn't heavy on secondary characters. I was actually quite intrigued by Doug even with him being a supreme asshole. I would have liked to have seen that storyline fleshed out a bit more. Neither were virgins. The sex scenes were pretty mild. There wasn't any OW drama or any OM drama per se, but Syra got around A LOT. There is also drug use by the heroine. Unfortunately, I can't say that I ever really warmed up to Syra. We get a brief glimpse at the end of a more “likable” heroine, but for most of the book I thought she was a self-centered twat who took the easy way out (drugs, sex, etc.) instead of pulling up her big girl panties and taking the hand of at least two people that were trying to help her. I guess my tolerance is low for “woe is me...I've had such a rough life” heroines today (lol). Jack, on the other hand, was a frigging SAINT. He certainly deserved better than Syra for sure. 

Last, it was all wrapped up in an OK happy for now ending. I think I would have liked to have seen some type of epilogue for this couple. A look into the future so I at least could have a feeling that Syra got her life together, and it stayed that way. So yea, a bit of a mixed bag with this one. The first 60% of the story was probably a 3-Star read. The last 40% kicked it up a couple notches making that part a 5-Star read. So I guess I'll go with 4-Stars for now while I marinate on it a bit more.