Wendy-578

@Littlesister72 I think I will because I know what I’m getting with her. Where with Lola she seems like a squirrel with pen. The plot is lost the direction is gone her updates gone. Lol 

@Littlesister72 oh my goodness. No I didn’t. I’m so sorry I’ll go look. 

I wanted to ask if you’re going to read Storm (Chice prequel)? I’m in two minds, just not sure I can take her cold style again! There’s a real distance in her stories for me. 

@slcwatt55 @nancy_818 exactly!! He can say it’s work all day long but if you’re trying to win your wife back moving an hour away and what has he done since? NOTHING!! Not one thing.

@Wendy-578 @Nancy_818 David Not Fighting
            
            Good point, Wendy. He fought only for a chp or 2 through his attorney -- and, even then, he. gave up with zero challenge after no time and no grovel. It's the moving an hour away (and BUYING...not renting...the apartment in/around Ava's neighborhood) where I officially realized he'd given up and would never fight for her.

@Wendy-578 @Nancy_818 -- And...Congratulations, Wendy, on your daughter's graduation! It sounds like you had a very good weekend with MUCH to celebrate!

@Nancy_818  @Wendy-578 - Is ITA Author Reading Comments?
            
            To your point, N - I think the author is reading comments that criticized David making the shower all about him with that display. This Chp (which didn't move the story any further of course) tried to explain it away - and I don't think this author would have written that  BUT FOR the comments from Readers in the last Chp pointing it out. But, she can't write chemistry between the Husband and Ex-Wife if it kills her -- only with the Great Ava. (I'll leave out my opinions why.) But - David has cheated ALL OVER CHICAGO and BOSTON with Ava. So, like, if I were the Ex-Wife, I'd give 2 shits that somebody I knew saw him cheating - I'd probably, actually, be glad that someone validated what a dick my ex was by witnessing it. But, it's a big "so what?" a year after my divorce. TBH - do you remember their 1st date (they fckd that night) -- David made out w/ Ava in that bar in front of her friends and a ton of people, too. Remember when they got together to spell out the rules of their affair? They made out at that table, too! In Boston - in the Bar? Yep. In a 2nd bar? Yep. In the elevator? Yep. In his Chicago Office? Yep. In night clubs? Yep. At restaurants? Yep. In an airplane? Yep. So, the better question is who DIDN'T see David with his girlfriend when they were cheating. Honestly - the video is beyond "whatever" at this point. (I just hate him.)

@Wendy-578 Ouch, just thinking of The Silent Hour makes me hurt. For me, one of the unforgivable parts of that was that his cheating was both random and so… unsatisfying. It wasn’t an affair, it wasn’t even a passionate encounter. It never made any sense to me, and him losing everything over a poorly executed, uncreative wham bam (x2… why go back?) was embarrassingly bad work by the writer. I agree with you about an original H & h… I think of Ledger building a hot bathtub for Raleigh! David can’t even drive the kids home to save her a lengthy detour after pregnant Emily has been traveling home for 10 hours! So many missed opportunities in Book 1 and 2! (And we all tried to tell her!!) You know, I think that’s also why Theo’s speech irritated me so much… the David who allegedly made pancakes, etc. was NEVER present in Book 1. He was absent for the whole family! Aaargh. 

@Nancy_818 it’s in my opinion thinking bs l on 7DIM. There were so many things she could have done to help to eventually redeem him and didn’t. I say this all the time I love cheating books with original H and h I like seeing the character development I like seeing how they grow or don’t grow hell I would of even taken him as alpha/hole and him bulldozing her anything but this pathetic man crying and doing nothing! Give me villain all day long that will burn the earth to get his woman back. But this pathetic loser. It’s like the Silent Hour all over again. 

@Nancy_818 yes! I agree to all of this. I think it’s really sad that she is posting on here and I this commenter and she was wicked smart and in my opinion being respectful she was talking about plot points and character development and how David and Emily are actually not leading characters in the story and I was screaming yes. 
            
            Of course all the people who drank the kool-aide came to her defense and the person said if you’re want to publish this story why not use us as beta readers and while it is your story maybe stop and think about what a majority of us are saying and if want to redeem David this is a direction that helps develop the story. 
            
            She will probably get by with 7DIM but she is definitely going to get destroyed with ITA 
            
            Enjoy your weekend as well 

@Wendy-578 Oh, I agree, I never thought he loved Ava, I just thought he enjoyed all the rest… the attention, adoration, and risky sex. He soaked that up. He just always seemed more alive than in any scene with Emily. And you’re right, I must still get this lingering sense that he does not truly regret having affair. Part of that impression is because he did not shut Ava down… not after that bizarre corporate outing, or after she bit him (!), or by meeting her at that bar, or when she came to his office doorway. I’m not sure I’ll ever forget him getting back into bed to hold her hand while they were sleeping! Yikes.
            
            David does need to step up because this is pathetic. I couldn’t believe he had Emily go to his place vs. dropping the kids off!! 
            
            You are also right that she is going to be decimated on KU (and GoodReads). People telling her over and over how great she is are not actually helping her. The parts with Ava and David were stronger than any scenes of David and Emily, but Emily is one of the most pathetic characters I’ve come across. Part of that impression is from the letdown from the initial “razor-sharp” description… instead we got an amnesiac doormat. Such a loss! S has pretty much given up on this as well. Anyway, take care and have a great weekend!!

@Nancy_818 to be completely honest in 7DIM. I never really thought David lived Ava. 
            Where she really really lost me was when Ava told him about the baby. If you’re going to write about a 7 month affair you absolutely cannot redeem the OW whatsoever. You can’t do it all . You either redeem David and David alone or you don’t redeem him at all. He needed to have an actual back bone and put her in her place hard. Frankly it should have been done directly after the corporate dinner. I got into with the sympathizers of this story and David and I had a glass of wine and had enough of people forcing their opinion of how David is doing the work. Umm no TF he is not. Why are we getting this David on chapter 33 this should have been on chapter 10. The pace of this story is off and it’s also pissing me off that her chapters are being dropped 10-12 days apart. Honestly at this point I’m sick of sad David I want an alpha consistent David that keeps showing up for his kids thinks of her like not making her come pick up the kids and showing up for the kids without being asked. He needs to step the fuck up and stop being a pansy about it. He needs to stand in his storm. The biggest thing he could have done for me was to shut Ava the TF done and told her he never gave a shit about her without her having to ask. I am real close to dropping the story. She is going to get decimated on KU. 

@Wendy-578  I completely agree with your view. I’d love to connect with you — please follow me. God bless you. 
            

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