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There are stories where the girl gets her prince, and they live happily ever after. (This is not one of those stories.)

Jenna Lord's first 16 years were not exactly a fairy tale. Her father is a controlling psycho and her mother is a drunk. She used to count on her older brother - until he shipped off to Iraq. And then, of course, there was the time she almost died in a fire. There are stories where the monster gets the girl, and everyone cries for his innocent victim. (This is not one of those stories either.)

Mitch Anderson is many things: A dedicated teacher and coach. A caring husband. A man with a certain... magnetism. And there are stories where it's hard to be sure who's a prince and who's a monster, who is a victim and who should live happily ever after. (These are the most interesting stories of all.)

Drowning Instinct is a novel of pain, deception, desperation, and love against the odds - and the rules.

©2012 Ilsa Bick (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Coming of Age Dating & Sex Depression Depression & Mental Health Difficult Situations Family & Relationships Literature & Fiction Dating Royalty Mental Health
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I enjoy the story and I thought the narrator did a great job too, unfortunately I tend to guess early on in most films and books what’s going to happen and it can get frustrating but not this book, This book was a complete surprise all the way thru which I enjoyed.

Different storyline and it had me hooked

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loved it to the end even though it made me cry. would listen to it again.

must have

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I liked the book - I'm going to give it plenty of stars - but I liked it because of how brilliantly Bick's writing draws you in. I didn't like the story, I'll admit that, but I'm not sure you're meant to. I think it's one of those books where you read (or listen) in wide eyed horror. I found myself grimacing over much of the narration because I found it dark. But the really dark thing about the story is that, sometimes, I found myself rooting for them!

I think this is going to be a controversial book because of the YA audience. People will assume that young adults won't have the intelligence or the sophistication to understand that Jenna's narrative is biased. Maybe they'll see this book's message as one of hope for their own schoolgirl crushes or an endorsement for the old cliché that love can conquer all. In a way, this is true... but I think that any audience, young adult or not, has its dopes.

Painfully clever!

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waste of time and money in my opinion. not badly written, but I couldn't see the point

half explained

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