Thoughts on Collide

Goodreads summary (with some edits from me):

A missed first encounter…

Colliding with a second chance…

On the heels of graduating college and trying to cope with her mother’s death, Emily Cooper moves to New York City for a fresh start.

While harboring secrets of his own (such as being an abusive alcoholic asshole and total slut), Dillon Parker takes care of Emily through her grief. Knowing he can’t live without her by his side, he’s sweet (what?), thoughtful (yeah, and I’m the fucking queen of Estonia) , and everything Emily has ever wanted in a man (you need to sort out your shit, girlfriend).

Until she meets Gavin Blake—a rich and notorious playboy who is dangerously sexy and charming as hell. Emily tries to deny the instant connection she feels, but Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome is not inclined to let go so easily (stalker alert!). Recovering from his own painful past, Gavin will stop at nothing to win Emily over.

This unexpected encounter compels Emily to question her decisions, forcing her to make a choice that will destroy friendships, shatter hearts, and forever change her life.

 

My valuable thoughts:

My third entry into the angst-filled and sex-crazy world of New Adult fiction. And like The Edge of Never and The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden, I found this book to be unremarkable.

But I have to say, Collide is my favorite NA novel (not like that’s saying much).

I paid $0.99 for this a while back. I didn’t regret shelling out $0.99 for the book as much as I regretted paying for The Edge of Never and The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden, but I still wish I spent the $0.99 on a candy bar instead of this angst-filled shit.

For the first 40%, I was fucking bored. The chemistry between Emily and Gavin – I didn’t fucking see it. And most of their conversations were DULL. Plus I didn’t think their conversations warranted so much laughing. Comedians, you two are not. Witty banter, your conversations are not.

And Emily, oh my God, she was so stupid.

The spineless moron can’t exist for a freaking second without a man, and why the hell did she accept Dillon’s obvious bullshit so easily but wouldn’t believe Gavin when he said he didn’t cheat on her?

And why did she get engaged to Dillon AGAIN when she knows he’s an abusive asshole? And when he has cheated on her multiple times, which is pretty much obvious to everyone but her moronic – or willingly fucking blind – ass?

UGH.

And how is this chick smart enough to teach?????

Now on to Dillon…

Seriously, I didn’t see one fucking reason why Emily stayed with this douche bag. Unless she’s a gold-digger. But as we are assured many times in this book, she’s so sweet and kind and cool that she wouldn’t date a guy just because he buys her expensive clothes and takes her out to fancy restaurants.

Seriously, Dillon was controlling, possessive, and abusive! He manhandled her and beat up a guy just because some guy touched her hand (all he wanted to do was see her engagement ring!) when Dillon slept around with probably multiple women behind her back.

And he had the audacity to tell her what to wear and to tell her who she could or couldn’t hang out with.

And Emily, the pathetic excuse for a human being, just accepts this shit.

On to Gavin…

I didn’t hate him. I kind of liked him (although I didn’t like how he almost took advantage of Emily when she was drunk). But the love at first sight shit was a bit too much for me. I can handle insta-love when it’s handled well enough, but it wasn’t really handled well here.

But the guy is kind of a pussy. I wish he fought dirtier for Emily. Come on, I know Dillon’s, like, your friend and all (even though I have no clue why), but if you know Dillon’s cheating on Emily and being an asshole, USE THAT INFORMATION AND GET THE STUPID GIRL.

Ya fucking pansy.

Anyway, this book did get better at 50%. A little too much angst and stupid misunderstandings for me, but I kept reading with some level of interest.

Won’t be reading the sequel though.

3 out of 5 stars