2.5 
 At last, after how many days of reading this, I am finally finished. 
 I've waited for this book ever since I read the last one in the series. I was hoping that it's better. I was a bit disappointed with the second book because it was too drama-filled. However, this one beats that by a mile. The plot was supposed to be great since both characters have such sad, yet interesting pasts. It didn't feel all that great to me because the characters are just two of the most stubborn characters I've ever encountered. Like wow, both of them are winners when it comes to the I-pity-myself-too-much contest. 
 I think my biggest issue about this book is that Maddox (the main guy) is very good at blowing things WAYYYY OUT of proportion. I mean, his guilt has been eating him all along and this has been eating his life away. He thinks he's the reason why his dad did what he did. He thinks he's the reason why his mom is the way she is. He thinks he's the reason why his sister had to suffer in the hands of her own mother blah blah blah, I could go on and on about him blaming himself. He's always angry because of it and he thinks everything revolves around the things that he couldn't do when in reality, HIS PROBLEM IS JUST ABOUT THE SIZE OF A PINKIE WHEN COMPARED TO THE GIRL'S PROBLEM. I mean, a girl being kidnapped and then returned to her home a few years later only to find that she can't fit in anymore? THAT'S A LOT HEAVIER, don't you think? 
 I'd take Bee's past and partner her with a guy with a BIGGER issue who bemoans his sad life any day. 
 These two characters may be super compatible, with all their same wants, same attitudes, same reactions to things, but there are some things that you just can't easily write off. There are TOO MANY scenes wherein they were both lying to each other, saying that they didn't feel/think this way in that etc. It was weird. And because these two have such strong personalities, in my head, I see two people that I'm afraid to even approach. In my head, I imagine a girl whom I'd be scared to talk to because of how straight-forward and at the same time, self-contained she is. In my head, I also see a guy whom I will never like in a million years because even though he's hot, he has some serious anger management issues and I personally don't wanna be involved with that. LOL 
 All ended well in the book though. The characters opened up and finally let each other live freely. Even though I felt like the story was really dragging because of all the whining and the self-pitying-monologues, I still finished it, though I didn't like it much, even with an ending like that.