Review: Once She Dreamed (Part 2) by Abbi Glines

Once She Dreamed by Abbi Glines
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I'm not even going to do a overview of this book, because I'm just done with it.

Sammy Jo is beyond naive at this point. She goes off with a stranger that she has met a total of 10 times and expects her happy ever after? No. Then she starts to think that she is doing something wrong when Hale is upset with something she did? No. Sam is thinking that she is not doing her job right when in fact Hale is judging her person and trying to change her. And Sam is letting him! Sure, she is mad during the moment, but she doesn't try to stop him.

Then when Hale has finally been pushed too far, he starts to abuse her, and Sam has NO ONE to turn to because of the situation she has put herself in. She is helpless. Sam never thought to go out and learn self defense when she moved to the big city. No. Hale was going to protect her. Guess again.

And then the whole Ezra thing. Seriously? First she hates the guy and thinks he's a weirdo who she just wants to leave her alone. And then he's doing a creepy stalking thing where he is always around when Hale is gone, and basically tells Sam that he is going to follow her around so she might as well just let him join her during her shopping and food outings.

So then, of course, Sam realizes that she likes Ezra as more than a friend and wants to be with him instead of Hale, who is being weird. Magically Sam is now in-lust with another guy, but he is so mysterious and Sam wants to know all of his secrets.

And then the end? When Sam thinks she can change Ezra's mind because of their sexual attraction? That's just a load of crap and it is very degrading to Sam as a person. Don't try to change someone's mind with your body. He told you the score, he told you his situation, and you still basically bullied him to do what you want.

I don't feel pity or anything toward Sam, and I feel bad about it, but it's true. Sam deserved everything she got because she was a little child with her head in the stars hoping that all of her dreams would come true without lifting a finger. Sam is everything I hate in a woman because we are independent beings and we need to be able to take care of ourselves and make our own dreams come true, rather than rely on a big, strong, handsome man to come to the rescue.

I really wish I didn't hate this book so much, but I can't pretend I liked it. I love Abbi Glines books so much, so I'm very upset that I didn't love this one just as much. I will definitely continue reading her books, and I will be getting rid of my copies of this series so I don't have to stumble upon them again and remember the terrible time I had with this.

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