Collide

Title: Collide

Author: Gail McHugh

Format: E-Book (Kindle)

Year: 2013

Series?: Collide book 1

Genre: New Adult, Romance, Love triangle

Plot Summary: Following the death of her mother, Emily Cooper moves from Colorado to New York City in an attempt to move forward with her life. Emily is perfectly content with her boyfriend Dillon, he stood by her while her mother was dying and she loves him. Emily's life is perfect, that is until she meets Gavin Blake. Gavin and Emily feel an immediate attraction to each other, but one that Emily refuses to act upon because of her love for Dillon. Even worse, it turns out Dillon and Gavin are good friends, and Emily and Gavin find themselves in each others company more often than she wishes. Determined to prove they are meant to be together, Gavin does what he can to try and make Emily his.

Opinion: I'm not normally too fond of cheating novels, as personal opinion I find there are no excuses to justify cheating. But I can overlook this in order to enjoy a good book. Collide isn't a book about cheating but about the unfortunate events of when soul mates find each other, but one of the parties is not free to participate. Emily truly loves Dillon, despite the fact that he works too much and is rude to her best friend, but he was there for her during her mothers' death and took care of Emily. The interactions between Gavin and Emily near the beginning of the book when they began falling for each other were my favorite part, the bottle cap scene and how it ended up becoming a symbol of their love. The angst was done very well, despite the tipping point in Emily and Gavin's relationship being a little bit cliche and predictable, but it worked. It was frustrating to watch Emily constantly overlook all of the bad things Dillon said and did, and while I understand that this was the markings of an abusive relationship I was really rooting for her to grow a backbone. But Emily was scared of change so she continued on with what she believed was her safe place, and I could understand that; many women suffer with this dilemma all over the world. I also liked the authors incorporation of the idea of "what could have been", like if Gavin had been the one to visit instead of Dillon, maybe things would have gone differently and so on throughout the book. The book was also incredibly steamy, so for those of you out there searching for that, you've found it! I had my doubts going into Collide when I read it was a love triangle novel (like I said I hate cheating) but it really is worth the risk of reading, I hope if you decide to read it you will enjoy it. Oh and a bit of a warning, it ends with a cliffhanger but the sequel has already been released! So you can launch right into the second book with no worries.

I give it 3.75 stars out of 5!