I had no idea what to expect when I picked this up, but because I work at a bookstore I am trying to expand the range of genres that I read. Romance is not something that I gravitate toward, and from what I've read so far this book could quite possibly turn me away from the genre entirely. 
 From the almost 300 pages I've read (so far), I cannot fathom why the author had to take even this number of pages to detail out the alarming and near abusive relationship between Tessa and Hardin. Who in their right mind would continue to agree to hangout with (let alone fool around with or date!) a person like Hardin? They've just met and he continually treats her like garbage, has severe mood swings, and at times tries to force himself upon her by holding her down until he hears her say what he wants to hear (aka: he just comes short of raping her!). 
 I keep reading in hopes that the characters will somehow evolve and develop in complexity, but with every chapter I finish I'm further disappointed. In addition, I find myself skipping over chucks of Tessa's inner dialogue that seem to ramble over the same points every other chapter. 
 Now, don't get me wrong, the writing itself isn't the downfall of this book. I am just surprised that this story made it to publication in it's current state because it feels much more like a first draft in need of editing for length, characterization, and strength of plot. 
 Despite my extreme disappointment I'll finish the book since I'm about half way through it, but based upon the terrifying relationship dynamics I will not read further into the series and cannot in good conscience recommend this to my customers. 
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 Update: 
 When I heard this was a fanfiction, I assumed it was a spin off of Twilight or something, only to be floored by.... ONE DIRECTION? 
 What the actual fuck? I didn't even know that was a thing... and maybe I'm super fucking old or something, but who the hell is Harry Styles? 
 Actually, don't answer that! Because any person that even remotely inspires the disgusting character of Hardin is not worth an ounce of my time. 
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 Update: 
 After "hate-reading" for the last couple of days I have finally finished this POS. 
 I can honestly say that I was disappointed with the ending, because I really just wanted Tessa to drive off into the winter storm and die in a car accident so that Anna Todd wouldn't be able to write a sequel. But that clearly didn't happen and now the world has been subjected to more of her atrocious writing. 
 In the end all the characters are left just as shallow and cliche as they were at the beginning of the story. 
 Now that I've satisfied my masochistic curiosity, I feel the extreme desire to have a lobotomy so I can forget that I wasted 582 pages of my life on this garbage.