That is NOT the way to end the first book in a series. By the end, we still know absolutely nothing about Rebecca or where she is. it was obvious ALL ALONG! View Spoiler » īut mostly I was just severely disappointed that the book practically ended in the middle of a sentence.

There is sort of a “big reveal” at the end (something before the cliffhanger), but it was hardly a big reveal. But If I Were You is NOT a complete story! The book ends before anything has actually ever happened. I consider a cliffhanger to be something that happens at the end of a complete story that has you desperately wanting more. I won’t reveal any spoilers, I’ll just say that it ends on a “cliffhanger”. I’m going to talk about the end first because I’m just so fucking pissed. At the end, Sara is like, “Oh yeah, Rebecca!” and turns her attention back to that for all of 2 seconds, before the story is cut off in the middle (to create a “cliffhanger”).We get nothing about Rebecca for like 60% of the book while Sara is busy having sex with this artist guy. Suddenly Rebecca’s whole story is ignored. Almost immediately after immersing herself into Rebecca’s life at the art gallery, Sara meets an artist.Sara is concerned about Rebecca and sets out to find her.I thought we’d slowly read through the journals to uncover the story, but instead the story begins with Sara reading the last entry.

Disappointment, because we only got to read like 2 journal entries.

I wanted the slow unraveling of the story in the journals, a mystery, intensity, sex, danger, a fight for your life! What I got instead was: If I Were You didn’t go the way I hoped AT ALL. But with the promise of her dark needs being met by a man with confident good looks and a desire for control, she’s not sure anything else matters. Finding herself drawn to two dangerously sexy men, the manager of the gallery and a famed artist, Sara realizes she’s going down the same path Rebecca took.

Soon she’s working at the art gallery Rebecca worked at and meeting Rebecca’s friends. Certain something sinister has happened, Sara sets out to discover the facts, immersing herself in Rebecca’s life. Unable to stop reading, she vicariously lives out dark fantasies through Rebecca, the writer-until the terrifying final entry. When Sara McMillan finds a stack of journals in a storage unit, she’s shocked and enthralled by the erotic life the writer led. Published by: Gallery Books on September 13, 2012

If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones