Even weeks after reading this book, I still can't quite put my thoughts in order. I wanted to like it...I really did. After all, one of my blog mates loved it. But page after page, I couldn't get into the story, couldn't like the characters, and it was too easy for me to find other things to do instead of picking up the book. I realize that maybe I'm in the minority here but in order to love a book I need to relate, even in a small way, with the characters. Even if they're broken, I need to see a light at the end of the tunnel. I need to feel that deep down, redemption is possible...that they want to be better even if they fight it every step of the way. I didn't feel that here. I thought Vicious was aptly named - a cruel bully. But I kept reading, hoping that somehow I'd change my mind and that Emilia would save this book for me. But when she said (view spoiler)[ "I just want you as you are. Broken. Misunderstood. Jerk." I realized that she wasn't the hero he needed to make him less of an ass...she was going willingly into the future with a bully who had ruined her life (hide spoiler)] ...that was all I could take. I'm giving the book 2 stars because the writing was good but this definitely wasn't the book for me.