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I couldn't finish it. It was just too infuriating. I made it 44% of the way through before I had to give up.
It started off fine but quickly became annoying when the other guys were actually introduced and talked about.
So, the main girl, Monroe, has three guys [Sin, Chaser, and Rome] in her life. She's in love with Rome but still likes Chaser and hate Sin, who is the son of the family who took her in after she lost her parents.
Sin acts as though he hates her but is clearly obsessed with her, Rome is obviously in love with her but refuses to take the plunge because of some deal he made with Sin, and Chaser is in the same boat as Rome.
The problem I have here is that these guys still screw around with other girls while pining after Monroe and telling her they can't do anything with her which ultimately leads to her stalker getting to her first. And that moment makes little sense.
Allow me to set the stage: they are at a costume party and after Rome rejects her [again], she decides to say screw it and lose her V-card her way so she heads for the first attractive guy in the room. She takes him upstairs, he disappears saying he'll find a condom and be back and she ends up in a pitch black room where her stalker finds her and proceeds to ... take matters into his own hands, regardless of her obvious non-consent. And when he's done, the chapter ends and the next chapter picks up a few days later with her adoptive mom driving her to the frat house where she will be living with the guys and according to Rome after, she just disappeared after he rejected her. I'd like to point out she had come with a friend of hers so I'm assuming she was also that friend's ride? Assuming she went with the guys, Monroe just up and left [which is fair after what happened] and then is MIA for the next few days until they meet again at the Frat?
Oh, and those girls they have been screwing while pining for Monroe, yeah, Sin has a girlfriend[?] who is clearly seeing often since he made her queen of the Frat. And then that same night sneaks into Monroe's room while she sleeps and ... enjoys himself without going all the way.
I feel like I might like the book more if I had more of the guys POV, especially Sin's, since the only ones from him we really get are when he sneaks into her room and little else. Rome and Chaser get a couple out in the world but none with Monroe, always when they are away from her. And I'm not the biggest fan of Monroe.
I also hate the "cheating" trope and this feels like a cheating trope. I always get the ick when the main character is with someone who is not their endgame and said endgame is right there and both obviously want each other. It has always bothered me so knowing the three guys are supposed to be with Monroe and are screwing other girls and Sin is flaunting his girl around in front of her, I just get sick to my stomach and get a headache. I get too attached to books and get too wrapped up in them