DNF Review for A Single Glance by Willow Winters

A SINGLE GLANCE
by WILLOW WINTERS

I saw her from across the bar.
My bar. My city. Everything in that world belonged to me.
She stood out from the crowd like she was looking for someone to blame for her pain.

That night, I felt the depths of my mistakes. I felt my scars. With a single glance, I knew her touch would take it all away. I craved it more than anything.

I knew she would be a tempting, beautiful mistake.
One I would make again and again... even if it cost me everything.

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REVIEW: DNF

It's always sad for me that when a book promises to be good based on the blurb alone - and then it doesn't live up to said blurb. Such is the case with this one, for me. With the synopsis being as enticing as it was, and the cover being as sexy as it was, this was sure to be a slam dunk for me. I was positive of that. The teasers alone made me drool for this sexy story that was going to introduce me to the world of Willow Winters. Unfortunately....

The story felt noisy. And without having a more tactile way to say it, it just felt like there was too much background noise for me to even get to know Jase and Bethany. She has the most amazing name though, don't you think? Anyway, this was a spinoff from her Merciless series and was supposed to be able to be read as a standalone and was Jase Cross's story. I'm not denying it can be read as a standalone, but what I got was a very confused mind while trying to settle into their story. It picked up after a bit, but then I found myself squinting awkwardly at how forced it was feeling.

I didn't know of Jase's personality before, so I didn't go into this knowing who he was and his power in the city (beyond the synopsis). I know others that read the Merciless series first have a better understanding for him and this powerful world he lives in. I just don't think he was 'set up' very well for me - a newbie, so he came across as inept, especially when his first action was an "oops" on how he handled it. Yeah, yeah...I know. He had to stumble across Bethany and be completely enamored with her at first glance. I get it. But then we have Bethany, a very strong and independent woman who is beyond stubborn, and she cannot understand her feelings for Jase at all - especially given the situation she was in. Well, book-me, as stubborn as we both are, neither can I. I am pretty sure I wouldn't be feeling those feelings right away, but that's just me. I'd be too scared to feel my nether regions perking up. But this is also exactly why it felt so forced to me. I wasn't endeared to the characters. Their plight. Their story. Their background. It was quick and immediate and ZERO buildup for any kind of sexual tension at all. Maybe it was the words. Maybe it was the characters. Maybe it was the written storyline. Either way, instead of making me smile with anticipation of the debauchery ahead, and letting me "meet" these characters and get a feel for their actions, it made me roll my eyes and wonder where all this desire was coming from. I don't think it reads well as a standalone is what I'm basically trying to say here. I'm probably failing miserably, and for that I apologize profusely. I just know that by the time I gave up, I was mad at the story and the characters and their actions, because I wanted to love it and I couldn't get into it. Here's the deal though; I bought Merciless so that I could get into this world, this frame of mind for the story, so that I could better understand the buildup and the depravity behind the characters and the world I would then be inhabiting because I don't feel like I got that at all. I will try again. I am determined.

I guess I walked into this one with the expectation for.....more. I mean, I didn't think I was expecting too much, but I definitely didn't get what I thought I was going to get. And most definitely not the story I wanted. I gave this book until 54% and then decided I was done. So instead of trying to finish it, not understanding the characters' thought processes or actions or feelings, I decided this one just wasn't for me - YET. I am sure the surprise cliffie tainted me greatly, but I'm not ready to admit that yet, either. Just give a girl a little warning. *cries*

~BEE

~MEET WILLOW WINTERS~

Willow Winters is so happy to be a USA Today, Wall Street Journal and #1 Contemporary Bestselling Romance Author. She likes her action hot and her bad boys hotter. She certainly doesn't hold back on either one in her writing!

Willow started writing after having her little girl, Evie, December 2015. All during her pregnancy with Evie she continued to read and she only wanted to read romance. She was reading a book a day -- sometimes two.

In January 2016 Willow was staying up late with Evie and just thinking of all these stories. They came to her constantly so she finally sat down and just started writing. She always wanted to do it so she figured, why not? Today Willow cannot be happier for making that decision!

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