Okay, what the hell did I just read? 
 Let me just start by saying, I hated this book. Let me tell you why. Travis. And Abby. And America. And the rest of the characters. And the plot. And basically everything. 
 But let me focus in on Travis, the supposedly sexy male lead. 
 Dear Travis, 
 It is people like Travis that make me lose hope in the male population all together. He is controlling, hot-headed, arrogant, disrespectful towards women, violent, a womanizer, and just an all around jackass. 
 Women who are competent, independent, and tough will have no problem dealing with guys like Travis. They won't let him control them. They won't let him mentally or physically abuse them. Women like Abby however, are going to be taken advantage of. Women who can't take care of themselves. Women who can't say no. Women who have virtually no respect for themselves. And this is Abby. Don't get me wrong, she does try to say no to Travis sometimes. They break up like thee times in this book. Because, see Travis, this is what happens when you act like, well, yourself. 
 But then Travis does his creepy, desperate, stalking thing, and Abby lets him back in. It's this never-ending vicious cycle of Travis doing something to hurt Abby, Abby leaving him, Travis not letting Abby out of a bet that traps her in his house, Abby taking him back, Travis doing something to hurt Abby, Abby leaving him, Travis buying Abby a puppy, Abby taking him back. Honestly Abby, you never learn! I just wanted to take her by the shoulders and shake her until she realized how much of an idiot she was being. 
 Oh and by the way Travis actually does buy Abby a puppy. When the bet that forced Abby to live with him was almost done, Travis buys Abby a puppy, knowing that Abby couldn't keep it in her dorm so she would have to keep the puppy at his house, meaning she would have to keep coming back to his house. Can you say desperate? I mean is it just me, or is that psychotic? Has he never heard of the phrase "if you love something set it free"? Set her free, Travis! SET HER FREE! But he can't, because he's a lurky, psychotic, creep he "loves" her. Also probably because he knows she won't come back. I wouldn't. 
 This book portrays abuse in it's finest. That's right: abuse. Travis might not have hit Abby yet, but he's hit like everybody else! Anyone who even talks to Abby decreases their chances of living through the day to about 20%, because let me tell you, Travis will beat the crap out of them with no remorse at all. And what's up with that? Travis gets into a couple tousles with his big bad brothers and suddenly he's Mike Tyson? There is no way that Travis would have been able to beat up two members of the freaking mafia with his small amount of practice and lack of training. It just doesn't make sense! Neither does Abby's "gift" for gambling. She wins every freaking time. Don't get me wrong, strategy and expertise are big parts of poker, and without them you would not be successful. But the cards you are dealt also matter a lot too! You're not going to win a round when all you have is junk, at a professional table. It's just not going to happen! You are bound to lose at least a couple games, because poker is mostly a game of chance. Especially when you're 19 and you're playing with professionals. Just. Does. Not. Make. Sense. 
 But back to Travis. 
 I hate you. Men like you are the reason that women become nuns. God knows if I was Abby I would gladly hop into a convent to get away from you. Let's face it, you don't want a relationship with a partner, with an equal. You want to own someone, to control them. 
 At the end when Travis and Abby get married (of course), Abby brands herself gets a tattoo of her married name, to show Travis that she really is his. What happens when Travis loses control of his property her again? He takes a hot poker and brands "property of misogynistic douche bag" on her forehead, to make sure she's really his? 
 Check out the rest of my reviews on my blog Read All Night, Sleep All Day