After her mother passes away, Emily moves to New York to be
closer to her boyfriend Dillon. She
loves Dillon, the amazing man that helped her through the death of her mother
and her stalwart companion. Emily moves
in with her best friend from college and finds a job at a local
restaurant. On her first day at work,
her boss asks if she can drop off a delivery order on her way home since their
delivery boy quit. She makes the
delivery to none other than Gavin Blake – the deliciously striking, marketing
mogul. He immediately is drawn to Emily
and pursues her. Although Emily finds
him attractive (IMMENSELY attractive) she is in love with Dillon and isn’t the
cheating type. When Gavin shows up at
her work the next day and asks for her name she says “Molly” and then throws
way the business card he gives her thinking that would get rid of him. Later that night they meet again when they
discover Gavin is one of Dillon’s best friends….EEK! But no…this doesn’t stop Gavin from pursuing
Emily…at least as a friend. He is drawn
to her like a moth to a flame. Through
time, Emily comes to befriend Gavin. She
also can’t stay away – resistance is futile when it comes to Gavin. He is so much more than she thought he was -
kind, loving, funny, charming and of course dangerously sexy. When their worlds collide – will anyone be
left standing?
This book had me laughing hysterically (very difficult to
hold in when your husband is asleep next to you!!), crying, frustrated and just
plain angry. The characters are so
entertaining and so vivid…I simply adored this book. I loved Gavin’s cocky, mischievous, witty and
sarcastic comments – I definitely am adding him to my mental list of “book
boyfriends.” Emily was so frustrating
because she had no sense …at all. It was
so obvious she should be with Gavin. How
could she not see it after how horrible Dillon is? She is so closed off to her own emotion like
she is trying to prevent someone she cares about from leaving her again. She doesn’t want to lose the last link to her
mother and I understand that but at the same time- would her mother have wanted
her in the position she is in? No
way! I don’t want to give too much away
but you MUST read this book.
I only had two complaints about this book.
1.
I didn’t like the point of view it was told from
- this is just a personal preference. I
would have preferred the story have been told as first person POV for each
Emily and Gavin. However it was told in
a third person/omniscient POV. I like it
when characters are saying “I felt…” as opposed to “She felt…” – I found it
distracting since I like to read like I’m in the action not a bystander.
2.
The ending was brutal….MAJOR CLIFFHANGER! I am not sure if I can wait until the second
book comes out this summer! Well played
Gail McHugh, well played.
#GailMcHugh
#GavinBlake
#Collide
5 stars – made me feel what they felt, was obsessed to the point where I couldn't concentrate at work because I wanted to read. I wanted to read every free minute possible –even if it was a few minutes in the Burger King drive-thru or the couple minutes I’m waiting for the toaster.
4 stars – I felt what they felt, was moderately distracted at work and read when I could. Thought about the characters but there wasn't an impulse to read with each beat of my heart.
3 stars – great story, able to feel their emotions but wasn't distracted at work. I read when I could but not necessarily every night before I go to bed like normal.
2 stars – interesting story, but not pulled in. Finished the book because I want to know what happened at the end.
1 star – didn’t even finish the book
