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mvkramer
Nov 22, 2015mvkramer rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Like many other reviewers, I read "Euphoria" and loved it, then read this...and, well, didn't. This book suffers from "tell don't show" characterization, in which the narrator assures us of a certain trait in another character and expect us to take their word for it despite all evidence to the contrary. In this case, Daley tells us over and over how charismatic her father is - but we only ever see him being a jerk. Why does he have such a hold over her that she'd go back and take care of him when she has her dream job and sexy boyfriend waiting for her? In the end, that failure of characterization killed the book for me. Well, that and the extremely slow-moving plot and a few cringe-inducing sex scenes.