Book Review March 28th
Thoughtless
by: S.C. Stephens
★★★★ 4 Stars
Feeling lonely, confused, and in need of comfort, Kiera turns to an unexpected source—a local rock star named Kellan Kyle. At first, he's purely a friend that she can lean on, but as her loneliness grows, so does their relationship. And then one night everything changes...and none of them will ever be the same.
**Beware Potential Spoilers Interspersed with my Ranting**
Last night when I finished this I would
easily give it three stars. But it deserves both more and less. Thoughtless was like that road rage
induced feeling of blinding fury inspired
when pedestrians hit the walk light and walk anyway, making you wait an immense
amount of time for no one. Every moment was throttle worthy. I just wanted to
strangle, maim and bury these characters. All that negativity aside it wasn’t a
bad story. The characters are fucked up and often stupid as hell but I was
captivated from the start as if I was wrapped and tied in barbed wire. Occasionally
the anger got so bad I had to put the book down so I could cool off, but I was
constantly thinking about it and needed more. Thoughtless became my crack.
It’s so hard to form an honest opinion about the story as a whole. It was very hard to read and witness these characters make so many dumb decisions. Knowing what was going to happen did nothing to extinguish the nervous butterfly feeling every time Kiera and Kellan were in a room together. Thoughtless was both bad and good. It was everything. It was real.
To start from the beginning, Kiera and
her yummy, and delicious, Australian, boyfriend of two years move out to
Seattle when Denny graduates and he receives a highly coveted internship. The
two move in with an old friend of Denny’s, hot rocker and bad boy
extraordinaire Kellan Kyle. From the first moment Kiera looks upon Kellan,
angels begin weeping with fear of soon-to-come pain and endless heartache. No
matter how much Kiera loves Denny she can’t deny the intense, sizzling
attraction burning between her and Kellan.
When a complicated situation arises and
Kiera thinks her relationship with Denny is over, a night of inebriation leads
her and Kellan to make the worst drunken mistake. This mistake continues to
follow them throughout the story. And here’s where I really lost my shit.
Denny, sweet Denny, is so Freaking Amazing I can almost understand Kiera’s fear
of letting him go. But she doesn’t and honestly, never did deserve him. Kellan
and Kiera continually hide everything from Denny and even their friends. The
tension is so thick even a butcher knife couldn’t cut it.
The one thing about this book I can
respect is the reality of it all. I’m reminded of all the drama ridden Jerry
Springer episodes minus all the white trash fighting and name calling. Kiera
has this fake persona of herself where she pretends and says she’s trying to
protect everyone but all she does is spread the pain. Inevitably causing more
pain and suffering to those close to her. Sometimes when reading a book we may
not like the actions of the characters and we gloss over their stupidity and
give the book a bad review yet that doesn’t quite work in this situation. Every
scene in this book leads to it’s inevitable outcome and I feel like I was
immersed in this journey with Kellan and Kiera from the start. As much as you
hate it you can’t get enough. The pain becomes secondary and you just want shit
resolved. The realty is scary. This shit happens. And it sucks. It makes the
book so much better because I can believe it all.
In the end I really tried to see it that
Kiera and Denny had just run the course of their relationship. But I really don’t
get that feeling. Either Kiera sucks at real love or she is dumber than she
looks because Denny was really too good for her. Even though she moved across
the country with him, he could have gone home to Australia way earlier but I
think because of her he stayed and she paid him back by shitting all over him.
At this point if you haven’t gotten it,
let me be clear. I HATE KIERA. I want to hit her with my car, reverse and do it
over and over again. She deserves neither of these men. She is one of the
weakest, spineless characters I have ever read. She never goes out of her way
to help others and in all honestly she is just not a good person. And let me
stress how often she goes mute when it matters. If I have to read about her
“not being able to speak,” I will cut a bitch, seriously.
REASONS KIERA SUCKS
AND I HATE HER
Her lack of Appreciation for Denny. She’s used to him. He’s her comfort zone and
she’s too afraid to let him go. Her decision to follow him across the country
was sort of needy and stupid.
She always compares
Denny to Kellan; his body, voice, actions, thoughts, words and personality.
She says she feels guilty all the time, but she spends too
much time saying it than feeling it and doing something about it.
Selfish. Petty. Selfish. Bitch. Selfish. Spineless idiot.
Never thinks of anyone but herself.
I still can’t understand why both these guys Love her. She’s
like Helen of Troy, inciting a worthless war between men because she can’t be
faithful and make up her damn mind.
She sucks as a girlfriend. Should win the world’s worst GF
award.
She was not worth one single mark, scratch or broken bone
Kellan suffered for her.
She strings the both of them along, just because she can.
Then it’s all cry me a river when shit hits the fan.
The way she tries to justify her every action and it’s
really just an excuse. She never looks at things from anyone’s perspective but
her own.
How can she be mad at Kellan. Ever. She pushes him away and
he sometimes takes her words literally
and does what she says. Even if it’s going out or should I say screwing other
girls.
Her childish behavior is exhausting. Half the time her or
Kellan walk away in the middle of a conversation and never solve anything.
Sometimes the fights between her and Kellan were to
reminiscent of children being scolded and told to work out their problems in
the principal’s office.
Both Denny and Kellan are always saying how something Kiera
did or said “killed,” them. No more clue needed to prove what a dumb bitch and
horrible person she is….!!!
The fact that she cheated and didn’t even have the balls to
man up to it, I mean come on. She’s always trying to cover everything with lies
even after the fact. It’s like she honestly expected to keep both Kellan and
Denny, Denny the unknowing boyfriend in public and Kellan the dirty little
secret in the background.
When Denny finds out the truth and starts beating Kellan.
Keira does what she does best. ABSO-FUCKIN-LUTELY nothing!!! Especially when it
matters.
Moments when she goes right from Kellan to have sex with
Denny were vomit inducing. She didn’t care about Kellan hearing or seeing or
the fact of how nasty and disgusting that is. Absolutely disrespectful to him,
especially, when either guy is sleeping in the room next door and she goes back
and forth. Ugh at least shower in between.
Good Things about
Thoughtless
Denny. He’s so beyond wonderful. Even in the end he’s barely
mad. Way too good for her. I kept hoping that he was cheating or had cheated at
some point, at least to make it all work out, but in the end, he was just too
perfect. And his accent=YUMMY.
Kellan Kyle
The D-Bags
Pete’s and her few friends.
Kiera does get kicked in the head, even if once wasn’t
enough, it made me happy.
I could go on and on about Thoughtless. Not just because it
was soo long, but because there is so much details and memorable moments
interspersed throughout the book. However, it would take forever to go over it
all and until you read it yourself you won’t understand this stuck in the
middle feeling I am experiencing now. I hate it and I love it.
Overall
Thoughtless was a horrific,
injuries sustained, coma inducing wreck you can’t help but witness from start
to end. It was such an emotional roller-coaster. You’ll feel it all. Every
positive and negative emotion will hit you simultaneously. Hate. Love. Passion.
Angry. Devastation. Fear. It’s so awfully amazing there are not enough words.
So
read at your own peril. It’s definitely a fitting story for the NA genre and not one anyone should
miss. You’ll be sucked in and as much as you try and fight your way out,
secretly you love every minute and are honestly thankful it’s not your life. I
would recommend to fans of this genre. Fans of bad-boys, rockers and more drama
than most will eat up Thoughtless like a bottomless sundae. It’s easy to see
why Kellan has become a fan favorite and I only hope life goes a bit better for
him in the next two books in the series. I really hope this is not the last we see of
Denny. Though I’m glad he’s free from the evil clutches of Kiera. Since she
threw him away, I’d like to point out that I’ll take him. LOL
Reading Thoughtless was like experiencing this...
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