Ruin By: Rachel Van Dyken

(N) Kiersten's not your typical girl. She's been running away from the memories that haunt her for so long that depression has become her only comfort. Kiersten was content in the darkness...until Wes Michels offered to be her light.
       Kiersten didn't know that time wasn't her ally - that every second that ticked past was one step closer to the end of something that was beginning to mean the end of herself. He tried to warn her. He promised her all he was able to offer - each moment as it came - but it would never be enough.
       Sometimes when you think it's the end, it's only the beginning. Wes thought he could save Kiersten, but in giving her everything, he ruined her. Because after one kiss, one touch, Kiersten couldn't-she wouldn't ever be the same. 
        And for that moment on, his heartbeat became her own.

       I've read a few books by Rachel Van Dyken before and have really enjoyed reading them. I kept seeing Ruin on my suggested lists for a while now and I finally decided to give it a read after reading the synopsis and some of the reviews. And I'm sad to say that I could not understand why so many liked this book. I could barley make it through the second half of the story and by the end of it I was ready for the whole thing to be over.