Review: Perfect Wrap Up for a Wonderful Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2012
I could kick myself for almost skipping this one. I mean, I knew there was no HEA for Patrick Collins, the patriarch of the Collins clan, so why torture myself, right? Well, I couldn't have been more wrong and I'm so glad I listened to that little voice in my head, the one that's in charge of the obsessive part of my mind that won't let me read books out of order or not finish a series once I've started it.The book begins with all seven of the Collins children spending the night in their family home above the Pup/Restaurant on Christmas Eve. Pat, being the sweet, loving, adorable man that he is tries to talk them into going home to their families but they won't have it. I loved how he's always been there for them and now they're determined he'll not spend this special night alone. Now that they all have their happily ever afters and moved out they wanted to keep the tradition and spend one more Christmas Eve sitting in the den with the Christmas lights on passing the bottle of Jameson and laughing it up in true Collins fashion---with lots of laughter. On that note, I was laughing so hard at Riley and the other siblings and it just warmed my heart and made me smile to get that tiny look into their lives one more time. So, when Pat is asked about his yearly toast he begins to tell the story of how he met and captured the heart of their mother, and his ONE AND ONLY LOVE, Sunday. Tearing up just thinking about it.....This is a really short story so I won't say any more, but just know it was worth the few hours I spent on a Saturday morning reading and then crying like I've never cried reading a book before. This is THE sweetest book I've ever read and totally not what I expected. Thank you Mari for giving all of us Wild Irish fans the perfect ending to an amazing series.