Book Review: A Sucky Love Story

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I finished this book a week or so ago but with all that's going on in my life right now I haven't gotten around to writing a review until now. [/i]A Sucky Love Story: Overcoming Unhappily Ever After[i] is written by Brittani Louise Taylor. She is a top YouTube creator. She is a bit of an oddball, but in a good way. I've read some bad reviews on this book and I have to say I totally disagree with them. Brittani, like all of us, was looking for love. She turned to Tinder and met this guy who she found irresistible. She tried to fight her immediate attraction to him because he came on pretty strong. He was charming, gorgeous, fit, a doctor, a tennis player, and according to him, mega rich. Unfortunately pretty much everything he said about his life, his friends, his family, is presumed pretty much lies. When Brittani was ready to end the relationship she found out she was pregnant. She felt stuck in the relationship and continued being with this man who claimed they would be married but never produced a ring. He claimed unable to pass his medical boards. He claimed being cut off from his family (and money) because he chose to stay with her instead of going back to his home country (Serbia) to work in the family business. The emotional and physical abuse Brittani went through is definitely heartbreaking. If you have watched Brittani's YouTube videos you will be able to hear her voice in reading this book. Reviewers have dissed the writing style saying the book was poorly edited. However, Brittani wrote as Brittani spoke. She also voiced the audible version of the book, which was very hard for her. Reviewers also claimed there were many spelling and grammatical errors. I am the first one to notice these and I didn't see them. I think it was just Brittani's voice they couldn't grasp. You might want to check out a couple of her YouTube videos before you read the book. Then when you do read it you will hear her speaking what you read. For some reason she felt the need to protect this man's identity and had his face blurred in videos. He did not go to jail but after a lengthy court case she did get a 2 year restraining order (which is almost unheard of) and permission to leave the state with her son. She felt they both needed protection. She even went so far as to change her son's name because this man had all his documents (birth certificate, etc.) and she feared he might take him from her, take him to Serbia and sell him. There is so much more to this story. You will just have to read the book. YouTube creator Shane Dawson interviewed Brittani and showed videos but at her request blurred this man's face. At the end of the video Shane declared that this man hurt his friend, he was not going to protect him, and showed all pictures again with blurring removed. There are some weird and dangerous people out there. This book shows that you can never be too cautious. AND TRUST YOUR GUT INSTINCT. This book is a must read for women in the dating world and the parents of daughters. P.S. I can relate somewhat. My first husband was charming and irresistible to me but life with him became a nightmare. I should have known better than to marry him.