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A review by jamsu
Being Me by Lisa Renee Jones
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Being Me continues Sara's love story with her artists Chris Merit and finding the truth about what happened to Rebecca. She also starts to be more worried about her friend, Ella. Chris wants to be with Sara more than anything but he also doesn't trust her enough to tell her his secrets, thinking that would be sure way to loose her.
Sara wants to trust Chris and it's important to understand him and I think she wants to prove to him that nothing would make her leave him. She really cares about him and their relationship is important to her but he's afraid that she's going to run when she finds out about his demons. Sara has her doubts not only because of his secrets but her past also haunt her. It doesn't help either that she doesn't feel like she's good enough for him.
Chris is maybe a bit too over protective but I love how he just wants Sara to be safe. There's not only the fear of whoever is after Rebecca's diaries but Mark, Sara's boss. Chris makes her face her past and she doesn't need to pretend to be something she isn't. Chris isn't apologetic about the way he is and he did warn Sara multiple times that she'd have to deal with it if they were more.
I hated what Chris did, even though he had his reasons I wish there were some groveling. Most of the book he told her to trust that he wouldn't leave and that he didn't want to leave him and then did that. Also Sara needs to stop running to the one person Chris hates (who is also the guy who reminds her about Michael) whenever she wants to know something about Chris. She wasn't ready to tell her past until she had to, so I don't get why she got so mad at Chris for not telling her his. After hurting Sara so badly I don't understand why he was so hurt that Sara didn't trust him, especially since he knew her past. It made me so sad when Sara thought that the life she imagined as hers, was never really hers. That he never was as serious about them as she thought.
All in all I really enjoyed Being Me but I wish there was some groveling. I hope Sara and Chris are able to help each other heal in the next book.
Sara wants to trust Chris and it's important to understand him and I think she wants to prove to him that nothing would make her leave him. She really cares about him and their relationship is important to her but he's afraid that she's going to run when she finds out about his demons. Sara has her doubts not only because of his secrets but her past also haunt her. It doesn't help either that she doesn't feel like she's good enough for him.
Chris is maybe a bit too over protective but I love how he just wants Sara to be safe. There's not only the fear of whoever is after Rebecca's diaries but Mark, Sara's boss. Chris makes her face her past and she doesn't need to pretend to be something she isn't. Chris isn't apologetic about the way he is and he did warn Sara multiple times that she'd have to deal with it if they were more.
All in all I really enjoyed Being Me but I wish there was some groveling. I hope Sara and Chris are able to help each other heal in the next book.