Monique 's Reviews > Switch

** spoiler alert ** As far as erotic, I don't think it was. And that isn't what I look for in a book anyway. I look past that at the story. Whatever sex is in a book just somewhat shows I have made it out of the land of kids books.

I really thought I was going to like this book. Then in the last three chapters I was left wondering what in the world just happened!

I realize the focus was on Paige and her growth. I felt like the characters around her were growing too and that you were starting to get a feel with how they connected in her life. The end just seemed rushed though.

It felt like her mothers cancer was just tossed in there. And I know that was more just to show that Austin would be there for her. It just didn't feel right though.

Then the growth between her and Austin. To me it all seems physical. It didn't seem like there was any real emotion. Yeah, they said they loved the other, but I didn't really feel it. He grew up and has his own business. He cares about her. But to me it felt like he wanted to be with her more because it was what he knows rather than what is right. And those two are not always the same. I just don't think there was enough there. It just lacked something. I just didn't feel like he proved himself to her. Plus you don't really know what happened to them. You got a small taste of why they split up, but it wasn't clear as day. All in all, I felt like all they had was great sex. And a lasting relationship needs more than that...

Then there were the letters. I have a feeling that they were delivered to her intentionally. I knew as soon as she bumped into her outside of the sex store that they were from her. I just don't know how they started or why. That bothers me for some reason. Did Eric go to the store and ask to be controlled? Was it the grandson that messed up and put it in the wrong box or is that what his grandmother told him to do? I have a feeling he was told to do that. I think she was trying to give two people what they needed.

So then this brings me to the part that I cannot seem to get over. What happened to Eric? What did the letter say? Was that enough for him? Did he get what he needed out of this? How did he really feel about Paige? Was he left broken? It would have been nice to have had an epilogue or something at the end that had him reading the letter and him saying thank you and taking the band of his wrist or something. To me it just feels like he was going up there to be crushed! But to me, him and Paige felt like they had more bonds and that the chemistry was there too, but they never really experienced it.

I was just left wondering if anyone really got what they needed. Everything was left up in the air. There was no real closure. To me it felt like she did all this growth only to fall into the trap of what was easy again. So what was the point? It is as if she is back to square one.

I needed closure from this book and I didn't get it. That is why there was such a low rating. This was the type of ending that I expect from a book that has a sequel. And as far as I know, there isn't one. I hope I am wrong.