Review: Bad Boy who Kicks Some Butt FIGHTING!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2013
Yes, I live in the South and really enjoyed reading a "Boys of the South" book.  Cole was just the right amount of bad boy and caring brother to make for a good book boyfriend.  He has so much anger and desire in him that he is continually fighting or finding "release".  I always like an alternating POV when it comes to bad boys as I want to know if they are playing the heroine or really in love and while this story was easily predictable (mostly because I read A LOT!), it still has really good writing and characters that made it easy to keep reading.Violet or Rea has she becomes in this book, made a mistake in Nashville and was in a drunk driving accident.  She is hiding out at her grandmother's house in the south to find some privacy and deal with the effects the accident had on her physically and emotionally.  Violet caught her long time boyfriend and singing partner, Jaxon with her best friend Callie and lost everything the night of her drunken accident.  While in the south, she meets and falls for the bad boy Cole who has his own problems that include an addict mother, financial responsibility for himself, brother and sister, and an absent father.  His resentment towards his high profile music industry father feed his rage even more than his selfish, destructive mother.  His main love is for his intelligent brother Parker and his sweet 6 year old sister.  When he meets Violet, he doesn't know who she is, but he knows he wants to.Both Violet and Cole have volatile tempers that keep their relationship bumpy and both are not eager to share the truth about who they are.  Cole spends a lot of time doubting the existence or goodness of God since there is so much pain and misery around him and Violet spends time doubting the ability of anyone to forgive her for her "sins".I have to admit that I found the ending disappointing and unfulfilling.  It was too quaint in order to set up next book which is a continuation of Violet Rea and Cole's story.  Regardless, I want to know what happened and will be buying the sequel when it comes out this summer.  Over all it was a good deal for .99.I found this story similar toShades of Truth (The Summerlynn Secrets),The Edge Of Darkness (Darkness Trinity), andGeminiby Penelope Ward; all books that I have enjoyed and read recently.This book had profanity (f-word) and descriptive sex, along with drinking and kick-butt fighting!