HEAT: Forbidden New Adult Romance

*** 3.5 STARS*** Cliffhanger warning So this is the second book in the elements of chemistry series. It takes off where Attraction left off and continues the story of Kaitlyn and Martin. Overall, I enjoyed this book until the end. As I mentioned before, I like Penny Reid's writing and I did like the characters. To be honest though I ended up liking and feeling sorry for Martin a lot more in this book than in the first one. I liked the development of their story. Having said that I had a number of issues with the book. It was again focused on the rest of the week they spend together. I don't understand why the time is so constrained. It makes the emotions weaker. Also a number of things came to light about Martin's past, and Kaitlyn way of dealing with issues, but these were never explored in the book. And that kept the characters from developing depth. I also had massive issues with the cliffhanger ending. It felt unnatural and forced. I didn't like Kaitlyn's righteous and holier than thou attitude, her unwillingness to fight, and her lack of empathy for Martin. I get that he was living in the past but expecting him to drop all that in a second just because she wants him to seemed childish. And giving him an ultimatum also seemed childish. Martin also acting badly in the last argument and that seemed out of character, considering how much he worked at trying not to hurt Kaitlyn. Again, it felt angst was created for the sake of angst. It really detracted from their story. Having said that I went ahead and read the third one because I wanted to see this through.

I like the content and am interested to read what happens next but feel $4.99 for a 90 page short story is a bit high. This is more a .99 cent book.

Another great read from Penny Reid