2.5 stars 

uhhhhhhhmmmm

hwhut is hyappening

The first 2/3 of this book was decently good, if a bit melodramatic. I'm used to a certain amount of that from this author, so it wasn't bothering me and was cruising to a 3.5 or 4 star rating. But then, literally everything happens. Things that could not happen happen. Even an ex-army doctor who has amazing reflexes could not have lasted the ABSOLUTE GAUNTLET OF HORRIBLE THINGS-NESS he was subjected to.

Let's, uh, sketch out a brief list, shall we? (We need to remember that Tom's (doctor) love interest Flynn, is trying to <spoilers> extricate himself from an abusive relationship with his former rescue helicopter co-pilot, who turns out is running drugs and guns on the side and Tom has worked that out.)

Tom gets intentionally driven off the road by someone who knows he knows. He's driving a Range Rover, without seatbelts OR airbags, and was going about 50 mph. He's somehow found alive by Flynn (which, spoiler, they did not have enough time to fall in love, I don't know when or how they did it, we were not shown the falling, just the smashing, both of a sexual nature and of a car crash nature).

Flynn pulls him free of the crash after some difficulty, because the car's about to blow! It does, indeed, blow up and Flynn tackles him to take the brunt of the explosion

Tom drifts in and out of consciousness in the INTENSIVE CARE UNIT where he is IN A COMA for FIVE WHOLE DAYS. Flynn stays by his side the whole time, until he gets called away on the sixth morning to do a helicopter rescue with the evil sort-of ex.

Tom wakes up that afternoon, because he senses the storm? Or something? Has a quick chat with his doctor and then decides to covert ops his way out of the hospital with a broken collarbone, cracked ribs, extensive bandages to cover his lacerated legs and feet (forgot to say he smashed three vodka bottles in his kitchen while trying to fight the demon drink the night before his car accident), and who knows what else. He casually slips out of the hospital bc he has an overnight bag in the staff room or something. Sure.

Catches a taxi, goes to a bar for intel on what's happening with the rescue helicopters. Gets a bad feeling, leaves to . . . walk to the harbor, I guess? Almost gets run over by another car, but turns out that car is his friend Vic's and he just HAPPENS TO HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONAL BRAND NEW LIFEBOAT HE JUST FINISHED. 

They head out in the storm, immediately find the crew of Flynn's helicopter that went down. Flynn's not there! He and evil sort-of-ex were fighting when they were forced to bail out and jump in the sea with the life raft. Vic and Tom (who is still grievously injured, btw) swap boats with the lads and head out with the raft (has an outboard motor) to keep looking for Flynn. 

Of course they find him like two minutes later

Of course he's still alive, even though he probably should have succumbed to hypothermia

They keep looking for evil sort-of-ex, but not that hard.

Storm stops, sun comes out, boat on horizon

Oh no

Bad boat with bad guys

Evil ex

blah blah blah

They get the jump on them, Vic takes out the driver, eventually tosses a gun to Flynn, Flynn shoots evil definitely ex bc he was gonna shoot the love of his life Tom and . . . scene.

EXCEPT NOT 

Bc then they go back to Tom's crumbling tower by the sea (INSTEAD OF THE GODDAMN HOSPITAL YOU ABSOLUTE CHUNDERING DIPSHITS) and have two kinds of sex! With Tom in this deplorable state and Flynn probably still hypothermic and with half the sea still in his lungs.

AND THEN!!!!!!!!!

Soon after HIS FUCKING CRUMBLING TOWER ACTUALLY DOES CRUMBLE INTO THE SEA and they barely make it out in time with the dog but of course they do because of course.

What the fuck.</spoilers>

I would rate it lower, but I did actually have fun screaming about how my disbelief could not withstand this amount of suspension.