A review by _i_am_et_
Love Me by Ashley N. Rostek

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Who would've thought that this series could get worse. Every single character has piss poor communication skills. 3/4 of them are at least 18 years old. Gracious gods!
We obviously got a smut montage. I really could've gone without, but it was fine. I just skimmed those parts.
The further we are in the story the more disappointed I am with Logan. I know he is grieving, but, man, you gotta do some logical thinking and grow up. But the lack of logical thinking runs in the family, I guess. Also, you DO need therapy, dumbass.
What's also annoying are those pseudo deep mini monologues. Like I know, this is a heavy topic that needs to be discussed. But who talks like that? It's so weird to read that and then remember that she's actually talking to another (real) person.
Colt's confession was pretty cute, though.
Back to the logical thinking thing, this girl has made more haters during the time she lived there than Percy Jackson during the entire first book. Ignoring how unrealistic that is (I read historical fantasy mecha novels), how does she keep getting in those situations? Like, miss girl, you are being stalked by an obsessed pedo, stalked by another piece of r*pist trash, bullied by a bunch of wannabe high class thugs and their sheriff dad is threatening you. Why do you keep going to isolated locations by yourself? I know it's partly her trauma and it's obviously not her fault, but gracious, you'd think she'd take like precautions (guns don't count and she can only use jiu-jitsu if she's already in danger) like taking one of her FOUR boyfriends with her. But no, miss ma'am just keeps going by herself. Also, denying that it's the pedo stalker until it was way too late and mutually gaslighting each other into believing that was such a white people-horror movie-move.
 I am already so done with the series, at this point. I can't even bring myself to be positively surprised by the twist. The ongoing disappointment just overshadows any feeling that remotely resembles happiness.