Don't Pretend I'm Yours

This whole book felt like one big argument stretching on and on, it was a little exhausting. I love angst but unfortunately I did not find this to be angsty at all, there were mean words spat back and forth between Ben and Lilah but they weren't dwelled on enough for me to feel any real emotion. They'd get into an argument about one thing and then immediately into another. Not to mention Ben was so hot and cold, it was incredibly frustrating.

At first I genuinely thought Lilah had no backbone at all. Ben trampled all over her and she let him even when she knew what he was doing. He made constant digs at her being a burden to her grandfather, immature, spoiled, selfish, having no work ethic, and being a disappointment, and Lilah never truly acknowledged his hurtful words, it was incredibly frustrating to witness. When the huge secret he'd be keeping was finally revealed, I thought Lilah's adamance of staying away from Ben and not giving into him was admirable but too little too late. By that point I had already been soured to their relationship.

In the end Ben did finally open his eyes and see that Lilah wasn't the spoiled brat that he had made her out to be and he suffered in trying to prove that he truly did love her and atone for what he did but I found it hard to find him redeemable considering my earlier distaste of how their arguments were handled.