Review: If You Love Something...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
So, normally I quote and summarize in my reviews...yeah, not going to happen this time around. I felt it necessary to channel the characters in this book and how they affected me. First, you have Sawyer Beckett. Let me say it again. Sawyer. Beckett! To say there isn't something darkly sexy about a man who exudes passion in everything he is would be crime against every chiseled part of Sawyer's being. He is a all or nothing all the time kind of guy. Nothing is done half way, ever. It's hot as hell. Take into account the tattoos, piercings, lack of filter, and all out potty mouth...yep, sold.Well, Sawyer has finally met his match...her name is Laney. It's a good thing she's already head over heels for Dane, Sawyer’s brother from another mother. Being roommates is a good thing though, she keeps him in check--calls him out when necessary, and that sneaky-man, Dane...he's straight up creepy with his sixth-sense of getting things to happen. So when Sawyer finally falls into the unknown over a girl who he's only seen once at a Bachelor Party...during a dance she sucked at by the way, Dane finds a way to make things happen. Somehow, she's going to work for Dane at the club, the same club Sawyer manages. Her name is Emmett.Emmett L. Young. And she's the "skittles"...bad-boy, Sawyer Beckett is done for. The only thing standing in his way is the fact that no matter how hard he tries, she's not game for anything more than friendship. Fine, he plays it her way--he becomes the best flipping friend Emmett has ever had. Despite her resistance, she falls. Falls hard. Now she has to explain to the man who wants nothing more than to love her why it can never work.Never did she imagine that his reaction would change the course of not just her life but his and the rest of "the crew" as well. Time passes and with each day, week, month, more than their bond grows. In true Sawyer fashion, he goes to the umpteenth degree and in turn loses focus on what was important in the first place...causing him to lose more than just Emmett. He stands to lose everything.*sigh* The dynamic between Sawyer and Emmett is on its own level. There is a raw beauty to every aspect of their relationship. It's nothing short of 100% all.the.time. When Sawyer loves, he loves hard. When Sawyer breaks, watch out, he's straight up murderous...and his loyalty is fierce. Emmett compliments him on every level. She brings a calm to his chaos, a softness to his brawn, and fills a piece in his heart that he never realized was missing. I love them.This book was everything I hoped and expected it to be. I found that I couldn't put it down, even at 3:00AM when I should be doing other things (like sleep, which in that case, I have no idea what you are talking about). Hall has a way of forcing you to connect to her characters in the most basic and primal ways. You WANT to know these people in real life because honestly, they feel REAL. I am completely in love with this series and her writing. I couldn't have asked for a better telling of Sawyer. Bless that man...and Emmett for putting up with him...and SE Hall for letting him have his say.AH-MAZ-ING!**5 Butterflying Stars**