Name: Matilda's review of Collide by Gail McHugh
Item: Collide
Rating: 3
Author: Matilda

Gail McHugh

Her mind tried to fight a bloody battle against what her body already knew. She wanted him, and she wanted him bad. On the heels of college graduation and the unexpected death of her mother, Emily Cooper moves to New York City to join her boyfriend for a fresh start. Dillon Parker has been sweet, thoughtful, and generous through Emily’s loss, and she can’t imagine her life without him—even as her inner voice tells her to go slow. Then she meets Gavin Blake. A rich and notorious playboy, Gavin is dangerously sexy and charming as hell. Their first encounter is brief, but it’s enough to inflame Emily’s senses. When their paths cross again through an unexpected mutual acquaintance, she tries to deny the connection she feels, but Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome won’t let go so easily. As she discovers Gavin’s pain-filled past and Dillon’s true nature begins to surface, Emily knows she must take action or risk destroying everyone—including herself. But how can she choose when she can’t trust her own heart?

Book One in the Collide Series

Collide

Sophie Page

Matilda

** spoiler alert **
           Listen - I love the hero-chases-heroine trope. Like, I LOVE it. I didn’t think there was a limit to how many times the hero could profess his love, be rejected by the heroine and I would still love it - but this book proved me there is! 

This woman is torn between two men: one who’s controlling, abusive and practically an alcoholic - let’s call him Chad - and another who’s super hot, rich, kind, and loves her - our hero. Oh, the dilemma... 

She continues to get back together with her abusive boyfriend - without any convincing motivation - and sleeps with him even after she and the hero professes their love for each other. She’s going ahead with wedding plans with Chad all because of a misunderstanding with the hero! 

Like okay, you thought the hero was cheating - but that doesn’t mean you have to marry yucky Chad! Like what? 

Then this continues: the hero begs her to choose him, tells her he loves her, they make out, and then she rejects him. And goes back to Chad. Super frustrating! 

I was at my breaking point at the end of the book - but I finished it. Will I read the next book? Yes. But, for once, I hope the hero makes the heroine grovel a bit before smushing. Maybe more than a little bit. 

Honestly, if this was real life I would tell him to drop her ass...

Gretchen Gomez

I was sooooo into this book. I loved the writing because it was written in third person so I got to see both mindsets of the main characters. Usually, New Adult's are in 1st person. What lacked for me was how dragging the book was and how typical New Adult it became. I was not into the last 100 pages of the book. It was too much back and forth of the same drama. Emily got on my nerves A LOT! I'm probably going to take my time getting into the second book.

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