Strategy is necessary to win a game and to write a novel. For the first half of this book, I believed there was a strategy and then it vanished. POOF! The relationship between Abby and Travis was unconventional from the very beginning and yet still contained valid conversations and believable interactions. Predictability became apparent upon their arrival in Benny's office in Vegas and then it was all downhill for the last 40% of the novel.
My biggest concerns with the novel were 1. the disregard for safe sex (even after that had been discussed by the characters because of its importance to their future) 2. the BRUTAL FIGHTING! The fights that Travis engaged in were unrealistic and I wonder how he remained free to walk around in society. I am not referring to the "paid fights" but to the brutal and unnecessary beating he gave to others in the cafeteria, the parking lot, wherever he felt necessary to assert his manhood and defend Abby's honor. Abby should have honored herself and gotten out of the relationship (and stayed out) when it began to spiral.
There was a point near the end of the novel where the suspense grew and I was engaged in the novel in a new way. This was when Travis believed that his brother was trapped and killed in the campus fire. What was most disappointing was that the suspense happened so late in the novel.
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