Monday, January 12, 2015

Review: Pandora Wild Child by Sunniva Dee



I’m free. Fucking free!

I’m in college with my best friends and far, far from home!
With my Scheuermann’s disease as the excuse, my father kept me locked up at home all through high school. Here in Deepsilver, I can finally be me, Pandora, so—

Why the hell should I hold back?

They accept our fake IDs at Smother, our local haunt. I’m the life of the party, everyone loves me—hell, I could get away with murder in this place! Drunk off my ass, I dance on the bar, and—

I’m on top of the world!

I need to get my shit together, though. If I don’t pull off good grades, my father won’t pay my tuition. There’s no way I’m moving back into his “fortress.”

At the bar, I set my eyes on a gorgeous stranger. My plans don’t involve him long term; one night should be enough. But Dominic is more than I bargained for. God, I’m so drawn to this man. My skin hums at his touch because—

He expels the shadows of my past and replaces my pain with desire.

Perfect Dominic. Beautiful, graduating, soon-to-move-on-with-his-life Dominic.

I’m a wild child. A hot mess. Not grownup and focused like him. He’s addictive, and I am weak, but—screw this; I can wean myself off him! With the right antidote—

Addictions can be broken.




3.75 Stars

Review by Natasha Gentile


When I read the blurb for this book I was super excited and the reviews were through the roof.    

I’m free. Fucking free! 
I’m in college with my best friends and far, far from home!
With my Scheuermann’s disease as the excuse, my father kept me locked up at home all through high school. Here in Deepsilver, I can finally be 
me, Pandora, so—
Why the hell should I hold back? 

So Ms. Wild Child is free from her abusive father, and yes I say abusive even though no hitting was involved.  He was borderline kick him in the balls and call 911, wait not borderline, it should have been done.  What we learn about Pandora is that she has had issues in the past.  She has ADHD, which she decided she's grown out of, although that may not be the best decision she could make. 


She is free to do as she pleases and she pretty much does. She gets crazy stupid drunk, I’m not talking about a one shot deal here,  I’m talking about all the time, party over here kind of drunk. 

I’m on top of the world!

Well if you drink enough mint schnapps you will be on top of the world, and in the bottom of the porcelain tank, we call the toilet. 

She is also semi free with herself.  I’m not talking slutty, so she gets drunk and has a fling, I mean we've all done it right?  I haven’t but I’m assuming this is what the younger generation is doing.  She meets Dominic, who can I say, helped complete this story. 


Perfect Dominic. Beautiful, graduating, soon-to-move-on-with-his-life Dominic.

So one night in and they are dingo the mambo horizontally. And this starts their journey into I lust you, I lust you not.  You’re a liar, you’re not a liar.  It was just a little too much back and forth.  And if this wasn’t enough drama, send in another guy to stir the pot.  There may have been a few too many ingredients in this soup. Pandora, even at the end of this story, was still too wild for me as a character. Although I have to say, Dominic was one yummy guy. I would have liked for their relationship to have developed more.



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