
But being in Alex’s situation it must have been tough, as she was torn between her love for her real first boyfriend, who loved her back and the person she was before she met Cole.

Anyone could say the signs were blatantly obvious her best friends Bethany and Zach were always warning her to be careful and Cole’s behaviour started becoming more erratic. Cole seemed decent enough at first, but slowly the cracks started to appear, he started getting jealous and over protective if Alex was spending too much time with her best friend Zach, he would just turn up out of the blue where Alex said she would be as if he was checking up on her and he would be continually watching her that it became kind of creepy. Soon they start spending more and more time together until they’re practically dating.

This is the situation Alex finds herself in, new guy at school, great looking, confident, she gets paired to tutor him, he seems interested in her, gives her compliments and is a sweet talker. But it rarely happens that way and the vicious cycle continues. Many are convinced that it’s a one off and will never happen again, many believe their partner when they say they will change if they take them back. Different it definitely was, but did I enjoy it as much? Not really.īeing in an abusive relationship is a difficult situation people can find themselves in, many for whatever reason feel they can’t ever end the relationship or leave their partner. I’m usually one to stay well away from books that deal with sensitive subjective matters such as abuse, so what made me pick up this book? I don’t really know, I thought to myself a new year, so maybe I should try something different.
