First reading: Dec. 31st, 2012 
 Second reading: Dec. 12th, 2013 
 Reread the series as a refresher of the final book, Avoiding Temptation, and boy am I scared to start it. I'll need some kind of vice to get me through the aftermath and some saccharine contemporary romance to make me feel warm and fuzzy again. I have a bad feeling I'm not going to enjoy the emotional torture of AT. 
 Review written 12/31/12: 
 After reading Avoiding Commitment and Avoiding Responsibility in a 24-hour time frame I'm strung out. I had a love/hate relationship with Avoiding Commitment. I hated it... no, I loved it... & then I'd hate it again... It was a train wreck. I'd love to say that it wasn't realistic, but f*ck, I've done some of Lexi's stupid shit, and then I grew up... 
 I almost felt blackmailed while reading AC. I didn't want to read it and I didn't like it. It wasn't enjoyable, but I couldn't NOT read it either. It was painful- torturous. I knew it was going to be bad- train wreck approaching- sirens blaring. I obviously had to read AR immediately. 
 I had nightmares about my own past last night- that's how freakin' bad this book affected me!!! *Bravo* 
 Avoiding Responsibility was amazing. I give massive props to the author. Whereas I loved hated AC, I loved AR with equal fervor. Past... Present... Past... Present... I hated that in AC. I wanted to skim read, but not in AR. I'd think to myself, "Come on! Not again. Not now! Not freakin' now!" And I'd get hooked into whatever time-frame I was reading... and BAM... "Come on! Not now! Not freakin' now!" & then I'd get hooked in the time-frame- over and over again I went through this roller-coaster of torture and I reveled in it. 
 Damn, if I didn't love Ramsey.*smh* Even when it was 'misconstrued' my faith held with Ramsey. I hated AC because I hated how weak Jack made Lexi. I hated how weak Jake was- spineless, but none the less, realistic. I know a Jack- he shared my life from age 12-32. In some ways we all have a Jack that we have to contend with. 
 Avoiding Responsibility was just a better book than Avoiding Commitment- tighter, stronger, and more enjoyable. I loved both in their own twisted way, but nothing could have gotten me to put AR down for a moment- even to take a potty break (I had to wait for those, "Come on!" moments). 
 To avoid spoilers: I liked how it ended. Thank God you didn't write that differently or I'd have screamed. So thank you & bravo on the fabulous book, KA Linde! I can't say it was enjoyable or pleasant or even entertaining, but you sure captured my attention. I loved your twisted nature- so tortuously refreshing! 
 I feel like I need a smoke, a drink, a shower, and depression meds- yeah, it's the type of book. I don't drink/smoke/medicate, but I guess I can shower! Chocolate... yeah... I'll eat some chocolate. 
 Off to read a different book to get this story out of my head- I can't write with it fighting in my mind...