Him by Cecilia Scott

Him by Cecilia Scott
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

*ARC kindly provided in exchange for honest review*

This book does not have a name for the lead male, nor the lead female, nor the spare wheel. What you will be reading is like this:
The lead male: HIM.
The spare wheel in the love triangle: THE BOY.
So it's HIM and THE BOY. No names.
WARNING: Spoilers follow
When a woman is so needy and desperate to get a man's attention that she has to call and leave a message of her having an orgasm...I just don't know. That was kinda the beginning of the end for me and this book. All I kept reading about was WANTING and NEEDING, but there was never a reason why.
The Good, Bad, and Ugly...
The biggest thing that killed this book for me was the lead female's constant reference to HIM. I'm serious. She always called him, HIM, in capital letters. And I hate quoting people, but every time I read "I wanted HIM" or "I was thinking about HIM" the only thing that came to mind was a little movie called Superbad, and Michael Cera's voice: "Who are you, Seal?"

"Your breasts are so round and full..." He said.
"I know." I said. "Oh my God, please make love to my tits."

The sex scenes were atrocious. Ladies, I'm not saying this lightly. If you are looking for a J.R. Ward, E.L. James, Sylvia Day type of deal, then look elsewhere. What you get is a paragraph, a lot of movements, but nothing remotely sexy.
The man (HIM) is supposed to be 40, yet he comes across as a 14-year-old boy whose just had his first orgasm.
Insert, text messages.
HIM: OMG. I luv the photo. Totally hard 4 you. I have to fuck you now!
ME: Be my guest.
Honestly, I was waiting for:

Point Blank: it's like a teenager wrote this. You've been forewarned.

Conclusion: It was a HOT mess.
1) Monotone voices.
2) 33 year old woman, fuckin THE BOY, and HIM...BOY is 20, HIM is 40 something...
3) Oh Cool! Wow! OMG! (Lots of those words in this...)

4) HIM: Gtta Go. Fuck you later
5) Most common word: Yes. And it came from lead female. (Nope, she doesn't have a name either, seriously.) Anytime HIM would ask her to do something, she's all "Yes."
I gotta stop here. It's ridiculous. Terrible. *Pinches bridge of nose* I'm over this review. Too much is wrong with this book to name. Read at your own risk.



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