This review contains unmarked spoilers.

Find my vlog review here. I tried not to rant as much, but I might have failed.

TAKING CHANCES remains one of my least favorite books of the year. I have never - never - been more enraged in a book.

I didn't finish reading it. I quit at about sixty percent and skimmed the rest. I couldn't bear to do it. I'm not brave enough. The book outraged me. You're going to be hearing a lot of these words, so prepare yourself.

Synopsis

TAKING CHANCES is incredibly cliché a More...

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I'm an emotional wreck right now. I think I'm going to need therapy after reading this book. I am devastated and distraught with too many emotions that I can hardly think straight.

I don't even know where to begin. This book was a bittersweet find for me. It has everything I love in my angsty reads- and the one thing I hate.

Raised by her strict Military single father, Harper grew up around jar heads her entire life. She doesn't have a normal relationsh More...

Non spoiler review – Spoiler review at the very bottom, but you will have enough time NOT to read it.

TEAM CHASE!!!!

I finished this book 8 hours ago and I was hoping once I had a few hours to think about the events that happened, I would have a different opinion. Well, 8 hours later and I still feel the same. When I started Taking Chances, I was really looking forward to it and you know what, it was so damn good too. Within 4% of reading, I was hooked. It had similarities to Beautiful Disaster b More...

I COULDN'T FINISH THIS.
IT WAS TOO HEARTBREAKING, I CHOKED UP AS MY HEART BROKE INTO A MILLION TIMY PIECES, I AM STILL SITTING HERE SHOCKED AND GASPING FOR BREATH WITH TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY FACE.

(view spoiler)[ I'm sorry Chase is what?? DEAD? NO NO THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING. AND THEN THAT SKANKY TRISH HAS THE NERVE TO WALK INTO HIS HOUSE WHERE HIS PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND IS ON THE FLOOR DYING AND HIS FAMILY IN PIECES ONLY TO TELL THEM THAT SHE DRUGGED HIM, SNUCK INTO HIS BED AND TOOK PHOTOS BECAUSE SHE WAS JEALO (hide spoiler)] More...

Oh boy! I think I found my new favorite book :')
It was just.. I don't have words at the moment.

It was so much like Beautiful Disasters, Thoughtless and Vampire Diaries(the show, without the fiction) and yet so much more ❤

A total emotional roller coaster, I cried, I laughed, I blushed, I was shocked, I fell in love with two wonderful guys tonight! Stayed up the whole night to finish the book, reach the end and damn was it worth loosing sleep over.

The twist which is comes around 50% through the b More...

This book should come with a warning label...

I'm scared of bananas. True story. I'm absolutely terrified of a yellow fruit shaped like a penis...I feel sorry for inanimate objects. I once bought the ugliest bird shaped candle just because I was afraid nobody else would. I named him Herbert...I think that every time someone renews their driver's license they should be required to take a test on the rules of a four-way stop...I've never kissed a girl and I'm pretty sure I'm the only human being wi More...

I'm not in the mood for an in depth review right now. I'm so devastated. My heart is crushed to its core. A beautiful story and a lovely ending but I can't seem to accept the bittersweet truth of it all.
Because I was shocked... utterly shocked! The twist is an uber blow, I swear I didn't see it coming.

So allow me to show you how I felt..

I was like this...


And this..


Then this...



I'm glad Brandon and Harper have their happy ending... But is it so wrong to wish one for Chase?

I'm sorry but all I More...

Spoiler Free Review
3.5 to 4 STARS out of 5
Genre: YA/New Adult-Mature content

Passengers please lower your harness and fasten your seatbelts for safety. This book hits sharp turns has high peaks and fast drops.
**smiles** Please enjoy the ride!
Emotional Roller-Coaster does not even begin to describe this book. My face leaked from every hole it has I'm talkin can't stop cryin nose blowin mouth drooling weeping. YES it is that intense. Don't say I didn't warn you.

'I wanted to have dysfunctional rela More...

Revision 10/07/12 because I laughed my ass off that this new book already made it to number 1 on Listopia's Books that seriously piss you off

...and Shark Contemporary week rolls on...

I made it a goal before finishing Taking Chances to remain zen for the writing of this review, knowing full well that the last part of the book might set me on edge. Well guess what? I'm perfectly okay.

Look at me, I'm not raging! It's an early Christmas miracle!

See, the thing is, the part of the book that was su More...

TO: MOLLY MCADAMS--- “FOR THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES, WE ARE NOT FRIENDS."

This book ripped my heart out and left me in mourning. I had to gather the strength to read on and finish. How can it be that the main character is blissfully happy and I am utterly miserable to the very end of this amazing story?

There are three drool worthy guys included in this book, but one of them stole my heart from the very beginning: “Oh My God! Princess! You're my new favorite." I fell completely in love!

I found myself More...

PRICE DROP ALERT: OMGOSH!!!! This book is on sale for 99CENTS!!!!!!!! This is seriously a must buy! I love Molly! And You will fall in love with both Chase and Brandon! GO GO GO GO! January 29, 2013
Somewhere between 4.5 and 5 Stars!

I loved this book soooo much! I'm still an emotional wreck from this book! GAH.


So how was this book for me? Well Let me tell you I did not expect to read what I just read. I wasn't expecting all of the things to happen that did and for my emotions to get such a wor More...

Let me see if I can scrape together the pieces that are left of my shattered heart and try to come up with a way to review this book. I debated for a few days whether or not I wanted to bother, but I decided to go ahead for one reason, and that is to give the character I fell head-over-heels for the attention and remembrance that he didn't get in this story.

I freely admit that I'm an emotional reader. I read as an escape, to immerse myself in the thrills, suspense, romance, and beautiful writin More...

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To sum it up: Eighteen year old Harper has grown up under her career Marine of a father's thumb. Ready to live life her own way and experience things she's only ever heard of from the jarheads in her father's unit; she's on her way to college at San Diego State University.

Thanks to her new roommate, Harper is introduced to a world of parties, gorgeous guys, family and emotions. Some she wasn't expecting yet, and others she never knew she was missing.

Sh More...

Harper has grown up with only a very strict Marine father to guide her and she is sick of it. She decides to find herself and move to San Diego to go to college. There she meets her roommate, Breanna, who introduces Harper to not only her feminine side but to the world of parties and boys.

I might as well cut to the 'chase'...as I'm sure you've heard, some major emotional drama goes on in this book and then some. The "then some" is the worse....I really can't get over it. BUT...it is what made th More...

Being a big fan of Beautiful Disaster and Thoughtless/Effortless, I'm always looking for a book that will give me the same adrenaline rush I felt when I read those. Taking Chances was that book for me. It has the incredibly sexy, tatted, buzzed-head hero who makes a living as an underground fighter like BD and the heart-wrenching love triangle between a sweet girl and two equally awesome frat brothers who are both in love with her like T/E. Can Romancelandia get any better for me? Not likely.

Har More...

That I subject myself to stuff like this over and over again can only be definitive proof of my masochistic tendencies. I really don't know why I choose these absurd stories, un-freaking-believable, where the characters are clearly made out of cardboard, where the writing is bad, bad, bad and the editing is worse, where there isn't an original idea even if you look for it with a microscope and which are also about 75% too long than needed.
I kid you not, I was at 30% and had the impression that More...

My thoughts on Taking Chances.....

I felt myself being pulled back and forth between Chase and Brandon, I couldn't decide at first but I decided on Brandon, and I have to say he was my choice throughout. And yes, I know I am in the minority! So Harper's actions peeved me off no end!!!!!

However, my thoughts on that is that here's this girl who has been like a bird locked in her cage throughout her life, starved from love with no Mum and a Dad who she respected but had a pretty cold and no affectio More...

We suspend our disbelief, and not our intelligence in reading. So, know that plenty moments in this had me calling BS (never been to a mall, my patootie.) Frankly, I do see why it's well received by some, what with its tatted-up bad boy, secret fighter good boy, and the girl with zero experience... except, as usual, for me, things got a bit much...

The story's Drama's Progression:

1. Cow eyes from one or two of them directed at her.
2. Love is in the air, and their inner cavemen start coming ou

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I'm blown away reading these reviews. I'm sorry, but am I the ONLY one who found this book painfully predictable and poorly written? Am I the only one who saw the picture-perfect characters and situations completely unrealistic? I may be a happy girl with a happy life, but even I was rolling my eyes SO OFTEN at the cheese factor. Why did I keep reading? Because I never start a book and don't finish, it's just a thing. (Some tiny spoilers in this review but nothing major. Just general ranting).

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I’m quite confused on this one…
I just didn’t “see it” as in what was soo freaking good about Harper. She had a smart mouth yes. She was an 18 year old Virgin. Had never been kissed, and hadn’t really LIVED.
She was home schooled her whole life and decided she wanted to go to College away from her overbearing father. She always got along better with boys than girls. Then she goes to College and meets Breanna who immediately becomes her best friend. Bre teaches her well how to be normal.

However More...

EEEEEPPPPP!!!!!!!!!! HOLY HELL! I just found out some of the stuff I always need to know before I start a book and I'm pretty sure this book is gonna rip my heart to itty-bitty shreds but I so totally want to read it!! ... will have to save it for when I can lock myself in a room and cry away

Oh my - Great angst-filled emotional read. Bless Harper's heart - how do you choose between two great loves? I am an emotional wreak, and my sleep deprived brain is having trouble forming coherent sentences. I don't even know what to say - at one point, I didn't know if I could finish, I was crying and yelling a string of obscene words at my kindle - while my husband was laughing at me and questioning my sanity. That said, this story will stay with me for a long time, and any book that leaves su More...

2.5 stars

This book started off strong for me. But what ruined the experience completely was the fact that while reading some reviews on Goodreads - I saw a review where the spoiler wasn't hidden and the big twist in the book was mentioned in THE FIRST LINE. Having seen that - I was prepared and had figured out the twist by the time it happened. Although I was really enjoying the book and sucked into it until that point - once the big event took place, I was quickly bored and had no desire to rea More...

4 (maybe a little more stars)

Initial thoughts:
Total engrossing story and believe me it takes you over. Some amazing chances this author took with the story line, it grabs you and it may break you. Huge love triangle and cheater plot, but I liked the characters so it worked for me. I felt it was too long or maybe I was just so exhausted from the first half that I needed a break, but I couldn't put it down and when I was forced to I was thinking about it and I couldn't wait to get back to it. More...

***REVIEW EDIT: 9/17/2012 Contains Spoilers:





This will be the first time I have done this, drop a book rating after I posted my original review. My reason for this; I cannot let this story go and not in a good way at all. I keep thinking about the first half of the book compared to the second half. I LOVED the first half, loved the dynamics between Chase and Harper and even Harper and Brandon. I was prepared for the angst of the story and the emotional ride of what would happen with this love tri More...

Made me feel, made me smile, made me cringe, made me CRY!!!

This was a long and emotion read.

I'm currently unsure about the star rating since I love it and wanted to give it 5 stars, but then I hated it and wanted to give it 1 star and then I thought about giving it 3 stars but that would do the book a disservice.

So, while I'm finishing my review, I'm going to hold off on the star rating.
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Upon further reflection, I decided that the book deserved 1 star. Unfortunately, I couldn't overlook certain events to rat More...

Cover & Title - five out of five. (my number five (and six), my question mark & apostrophe keys are are all broken)
Favorite Line - “That first night, I did realize I would never meet another girl like you. But you deserve someone who has waited for you as long as you have waited for them. And no matter how much I wish I could be that guy, I can't Harper.”
Favorite Character - Bre i think.

I am so lost as to how i feel about this book, I think i liked (a lot) it but i also know i hated pa More...