No Matter What [Kindle Edition]

I got this eBook when it was available as a free download from Amazon. I have also read Too Much Trouble in Paradise by the same author, you can read my review of this here.

I wasn't sure what was going on in the prologue but it really sparked my interest with talk of India's journey and telling the truth, it ended with her looking at something/someone she wished she hadn't and this made me very keen to read on.

After the prologue it went back to where India's journey began (before she was famous) and certain things started to make more sense. She lived every girls dream by becoming a movie star in the way she did but there were times when it was more of a nightmare for her. India's friend Charley felt incredibly resentful about her new-found fame and things started to go downhill from there.

India managed to charm more than a couple of men, they all seemed to fall head over heels for her without her even trying and although I liked her character most of the time, there were times when she really annoyed me, particularly towards the end. She made some very surprising choices and I often felt like she made life far more complicated than it needed to be.

There were many lies and secrets throughout the whole book - some I was able to predict and some I wasn't. There were so many ups and downs that after I had finished I felt like I had been on an emotional rollercoaster ride, I had laughed, cried and even shouted at this book. It reminded me of a soap because of all the drama, glitz and glamour. The book was incredibly long (over 800 pages) but I felt that it was appropriate for the story and it managed to hold my interest throughout.

I couldn't predict how it would end but I did have hopes for how I would like it to end, unfortunately it didn't happen how I had hoped it would but the epilogue did wrap everything up nicely so I wasn't too disappointed. I look forward to reading the follow-up book Illusions of Love, which is waiting patiently on my Kindle, to see if my hopes for India will finally come true.

The book contained some strong language and sexual scenes so if you are likely to be offended by this then it probably isn't for you.

This was a fascinating and emotional read, a real page-turner.

I'm afraid I'm one of the (evidently) minority who didn't like this book. I couldn't believe the stupidity of some of the characters (eg India) at times with their relationships. I found the book too long - I like a good read but I felt like I was swimming through a mire trying to get through this. I also found it repetitive - the word 'incredible' to describe India's looks got really boring. There is also some poor use of apostrophes which I'm finding more and more in e-books (spell checker obviously doesn't 'get it') in particular on plurals. I'm probably boring old school on this one. I persevered to half way through, because I was curious to find out what happened to India in the end, but finally I'd had enough and binned it.

I came across this a bit by accident just scanning the free kindle book charts, and let me tell you as soon as i started it i couldn't put it down. i was screaming at my kindle, on the edge of my seat, biting my nails, laughing and crying! it was that good! i highly recomend this book it is the best thing i have read for a long time!