The only reason why I managed to finish this book as quickly as I did, was because I was stuck in a hospital for two days, with nothing to do but read. Trust me, that is not a good thing. Had I been home, it would have taken me more than a week to get through this one. 
 Nothing annoyed me as much in this book as how the author used he said she said in the book. Without exception, it was always verb before noun/name. Let's put that to the test where we swap out the names with the nouns, shall we? 
 Author: Admitted Jason. 
 Swap 1: Admitted he. 
 Correct grammar: He admitted. 
 Swap 2: Jason admitted. 
 Author: Stammered Claire. 
 Swap1 : Stammered she. 
 Correct grammar: She stammered. 
 Swap 2: Claire stammered. 
 Author: Offered Jason. 
 Swap 1: Offered he. 
 Correct grammar: He offered. 
 Swap 2: Jason offered. 
 See where I'm going with this? In dialogue, it's never 'said he/did she' - it's he said/she did'. Noun/name before verb. The other way around only serves to make for awkward reading, and is most often found in fanfiction. There are some books who sport verb before noun, but they are rare. 
 This is one of the bigger issues with the book, but there are more. Like continuity issues. At one point Claire lives with her mother, then a few pages in, she's living on her own. At first we learn that Jason lives in the penthouse above his offices, then towards the end of the book he lives in a house he designed and has been for years. In the beginning we learn Jason only eats take away since he can't cook, but towards the end he's quite handy in the kitchen and can whip up a number of meals. 
 We also learn early on that Claire's dad was never physically abusive to anyone, he just yelled a lot and had a mean way with words. Towards the end, it is strongly hinted at that he also was physically abusive to her mom. Again it seemed like the author forgot about very cruicial details and just randomly changed characteristics. 
 It feels like once a chapter was done, the author completely forgot how the little details went. Which is an issue which is also often found in fanfiction due to one chapter being written, posted, reviewed, and then some time later the author writes another chapter following the same format. In the end so much time has passed by, what was written weeks ago is vague and often details are forgotten. 
 I'm not claiming this is a rewrite (pulled to publish), but it sure does read like one. Both the author and the book would have benefitted greatly from brining on a good editor who could have picked up on all these things. Using your friends to correct your grammar doesn't help, a professional is a much safer bet. 
 I nearly fell out of my chair when the author called Claire a drama queen. That was the first time I whole-heartedly agreed with the author. And I was nearly 3/4 done with the book at this point. 
 In parts, a lot of info-dumping happened all at once, making for a lot of skimming. And it was too heavy on the telling and not a lot of showing going on. A lack of balance, if you will. 
 A heroine who keeps lying, even if it's explained ad nauseaum why and how much she hated it, it's just... Off-putting. Makes for an even less likeable heroine. Had she avoided the subjects she had to lie about. Had she chosen to not reply when asked about her whereabouts. Anything would have been better than the outright lying. 
 And I never warmed to the sudden, but very handy solution to all of Claire's financial problems. It seemed to come from left field, and as if it was written in to just wrap up the story already. 
 Seeing how lately I have been literally attacked over some of my negative reviews, here's a lil' something to chew on from the Goodreads guidelines before you decide to use me as an outlet for your frustraions: "Please don't flag items for having foul language, as Goodreads does not believe in censoring content and will not delete anything for foul language alone. Negative book reviews do not count as inappropriate."