Haven't given anything a 1 star in a while. There were more things that annoyed me in this rather than entertain me. 
 1. Bethany is a 23 year old homeless girl who's been living on the streets for 4 years yet there is no mention whatsoever of her hygiene. How in the world does she keep herself clean? Showers? Grooming? Clothes? Considering the fact that she agrees to have sex with 2 men 2 hours after meeting them, yeah it was an issue for me. 
 2. Jace performs oral sex and has vaginal & anal sex with her without using any protection knowing her history with drugs and promiscuity. He never bothered to get both of them tested before going on a sexual marathon. Seriously dude?? You're an idiot. 
 This went above and beyond realism and was just plain moronic. I found it careless and--I'm sorry MB but--irresponsible writing. There is no way you can convince me a girl who had multiple partners and had unprotected sex while doing drugs walked away clean. Yeah right. That's not the kind of fantasy I want to buy into. 
 3. The insta-love. I wasn't a fan of this and don't think I ever will be. Sorry but it just didn't work, way too much too fast. After 24 hours of meeting Bethany, Jace is making grand overtures to make this girl his, wanting to own her, take care of her and be HIS forever and eva. Just didn't buy it for a minute. He's spouting words of forever to her and wanting her to live with him after just one week. 
 4. THIS: 
 "It took two attempts before she managed to open the box and then she pulled out an intricate leather choker with a huge diamond teardrop in the very middle, designed to rest in the hollow of her throat. 
 He'd spent a lot of time searching for just the right piece of jewelry. It wasn't just a necklace. Far from it. It was a stamp of his possession. A signal of his ownership. It was a...collar. Not that he would tell her that. Later. When she was more comfortable in their relationship. For now, he was content with the knowledge that he knew what it was and that she would wear it." 
 He bought her a collar. A fucking collar. 
 5. The cheese factor is at an all time HIGH. I don't know what was exactly worse, the incessant swearing that happens every two seconds or the cutesy petname that follows every line. I usually melt when guys get affectionate with special nicknames but the number of 'baby, baby, oh baby' Jace does in here made me want to physically reach in the book and punch the dude. It's not cute. The strangest thing was there was more talking about sex than actual sex. And for the supposed brooding 'quiet' guy Jace likes to talk. A LOT. The dialogue is what exhausted me the most. Very very repetitive and heavy on the saccharine flowery confessions. It's exhausting and I found it extremely hokey. Jace is endlessly described as a dark dangerous quiet guy but he's super emotional and over-the-top in his reactions. I love me some tender affectionate men, but no man acts like this. Ever. I honestly thought this guy was gonna shit rainbows and unicorns the way he carries on. The last 10 pages was a real chore to finish with all the suffocating cornball dialogue. I just wanted everyone to shut up. 
 6. The swearing. What's with all the 'damn, g-ddamn, fucking bullshit, fucking hell'? It's 
 everywhere 
 . When you are counting the number of times 'damn' is used in one sentence page then it's a problem. Nobody talks like this. And why the hell are Jace & Gabe using British slang?? The last time I checked guys from the States who are born and raised there do not use the term bloody. 
 7. This was trying too hard. It's as if MB felt compelled to use the overtired 50 Shades template and insert it here with her own characters. And they aren't much different to be honest. Do the guys in all these erotica trilogies have to be arrogant rich jerks hellbent on being obsessive kinky pricks who like to swear a lot? It isn't necessary. And believe me trying to copy E.L James is no prize IMO. MB and every other author I've discovered so far can write circles around her. Similar to Rush, there was little-to-no plot in this, very little character growth or dimension for that matter. And I'm sorry but a girl who pretty much grew up on the streets cannot be as naive and oblivious to things as Bethany is in here. Just, unreal. 
 8. Note to authors: If you have to have your heroine continuously tell readers that the hero is badass, then they are most likely NOT a badass. -__- 
 The only reason this made it on my 'sexy' shelf was because of the threesome with Ash in the beginning of this. That was hot and pretty much the only exciting thing I got out of this. I was gonna give an extra star just for that but everything that followed after just weighed the entire story down.