I would have given this book a 4 star for the first half of the novel, except then there was a horrible rape scene between the two main characters. After that I just couldn't enjoy the book. I read it for a bit more wondering how the author was going to deal with the situation, but she did a terrible job. It was made out to be an almost loving act and Whitney's reaction was far too forgiving and not as upset as she should have been in the circumstance. In general, what was actually a disturbing relationship between the two characters was being passed off as romantic. I had to stop reading. It was too nauseating.