3.50 stars

I'm gonna say a few things about the book. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it. The problem in this 3.50 is probably in me, but I just need to share my opinion.

So the thing I like was the way the author wrote, but everything else seemed off. For the most part of the book, I was so confused, that I couldn't concentrate. I think I died a few times until I had everything clear. Yeah, the suspense was good, but I think it was way too much. And that's the reason why I found it pretty hard to read.

The characters were not bad. Allie did grow up in her way, she found the meaning of love and stick the pieces of her heart. But there was nothing in her personality that made me like her. Like something was missing.

The hero - Dean, was not bad. Without the child trauma and parents who weren't there, he actually had a pretty decent life. He wasn't pitying himself and he held his fate in his hands. But still, there was something about him that couldn't make me fall in love (Which is rare because I love almost all male characters in books).

There was something that I, personally, really enjoyed. And it was the part that explained everything. Why did this happen? Who is guilty? What happened in the past?
I think if the book ended with Kevin's death the justice, it would be perfect. It would end up on high and even when it's not a real situation it would be way better, than the way it finished.

Heroine - 4.5/6
Hero - 5/6
Plot Twist - 5/6
Ending - 5/6
Storyline - 4/6 ( )

Estava navegando Goodreads e vi este livro, pensei "Ah, deve ser daqueles livros tipo 50 Shades of Gray e tal. Vou espreitar, talvez goste!" E bem... Não desgostei. Para avisar logo, este livro é recomendado ser lido pelas pessoas com mais de 18 anos pois envolve muitas cenas preocupantes.

A hitória é sobre um rapaz Dean e uma rapariga Allison. A rapariga gosta de coisas mais a bruta e o Dean parece a pessoa certa para lhe dar aquilo que ela quer. Ela gosta de jogos, de provocações e não hesita perante nenhum rapaz. Mas com o Dean, as coisas tornaram-se demasiado sérias.

Para ser sincera, este livro teve 3 fases para mim. A primeira foi: "okay, estes dois vão acabar na cama!", segunda foi "Ela esconde um segredo, mas o quê? E porque as cenas de sexo têm que ser tão agressivas...?" e por fim foi: "OMD! Então é por isso que este livro se chama assim! Não estava nada a espera!"

É um livro super simples, mas puxa assuntos demasiado complexos. Para ser sincera, achei desnecessário criar aquele ambiente sexual todo à volta das personagens principais, para depois discutir temas tão pesados. Acho que tornava um livro melhor, se em vez deles andarem a f**** à bruta, podia-se criar algo mais...ou melhor, algo menos! Porque na minha opinião esta mudança torna o livro muito anticlimático. Para mim, segunda parte do livro em termos de história é mil vezes melhor! ( )

Don't let the title fool you, or at least, don't let it scare you away. This book is important. It's timely. It's cathartic. It can be many things to many people. It made me laugh and cry, it drove me to anger, and I even got a little frustrated, but I was never apathetic.

She Asked for It starts with a short prologue five years in the past, where Allison and Dean both have life-changing incidents that start them on a path towards each other. Then we flash to the present day, where they can't deny an attraction to each other when they see each other at college - even though Allison definitely doesn't need Dean in her life.

They fall into a relationship that's push/pull at best, and agonizingly painful at worst. When they're tested, it could go to hell in the worst way possible, and they have to find out if they can make their way through the fire without getting singed.

Dean is the quintessential tortured, angry boy. A mother who tosses him aside because she cares more for a wealthy husband, a school system that doesn't give a crap about him, he learns that there's nobody he can count on, and everybody leaves. So he leaves first. But for Allison? He wants to stay.

The way the light hits her hair, the way she blinks away the tears that threaten to fall. The way she smiles up at me with the sound of some movie playing on the television in the background. Some moments are burned into your memory forever, and maybe it’s because deep inside we wish it could stay like this. With her nestled into my arms, knowing she’s safe and that nothing bad is going to happen tonight. Not tonight.

On the other hand, Allison had a pretty normal life until an earth-shattering moment in time shook her world. She made a promise, and she was determined to keep it. Later on, an opportunity fell into her lap to keep that promise, so she had to take it.

Allison's promise and Dean's attraction aren't exactly working in cooperation with each other, so the issue is overcoming all of the demons that chase them, and all the things in their pasts that have made them what they are.

I loved this book, and I especially dug that it was fully self-contained with no cliffhanger.

I give She Asked for It 4.5 empty house stars ( )