Too Late

I love everything by Colleen Hoover and this is no exception. However, I think the title should be “MIND OF A MAD MAN,” because Hoover exposes the antagonist's mind so well in this novel.

As always, I fell for the setup. Sloan, the female lead is stuck in a horrible situation through no fault of her own and for very altruistic reasons. Carter (aka Luke,) the male lead, can't be truthful for the noblest of reasons. And the bad guy, Asa, who has his own complex background that explains why he is as messed up as he is. Then, there's attraction a forbidden relationship provides. It's all here.

Because this book was written over a long period of time and published episodically, it does read a bit like a soap opera told from three points of view. The cliff-hangers were irresistible.

There is a possibility that there should be a trigger warning for this book when it comes to the unwanted sexual advances from the Asa toward Sloan. It didn't bother me, but I can see where it would others. I think it skates on the edge of unsavory until maybe the last scene.

Overall, another great story by Hoover that I read in a couple of days despite it being 384 pages long. Lost a little sleep doing it though.