Review: 5 After the Wedding Stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
I'm a fan of the Game On series, and clapped when I found out book 3 was Bree's story. She was definitely the character I identified the most with in the previous books. :)The GistAfter a year of marriage, Bree is starting to feel a little stuck. There's something missing, but she can't pinpoint what it is. Hot hubby, check. Money, check. Good friends, check. So what the heck, right? But she slowly starts to find out she's missing HERSELF. And when she gets super excited about pursuing a career in makeup artistry, her husband's less-that-enthusiastic reaction has her rethinking her decision to get married so young.The CharactersAs I said before, I feel like I was reading a story about myself. Too many similarities here, it's freaky, lol. Though Bree is 10 times hotter than me ;)Married young, outgoing, feels like she needs to be the optimistic person of the group, isn't sure who she is, loves to shop, gets passionate about new things but then rethinks them the next day. But the main thing about her that I identified with is she feels stupid, naive, and insecure.But she isn't ;) She's beautifully developed and passionate.Jude was the epitome of sexy husband who is REAL. I kept thinking "This is what marriage is" when he was on the page. You fight, you pull away, sometimes you don't talk, and other times you do. And despite Bree's confusion about where Jude and her stood, I knew without a doubt Jude loved Bree even if they weren't tearing at each other's clothes 24/7. Seemed like it was love in its purest form.The WritingI've always loved Kyra's no-mess writing style. She lets you into her character's heads that it didn't matter what the clothes they wore looked like, or where they lived, how they sat, and all those details that tend to get overdone at times. I pictured everything because those characters felt so real to me it's like I could call Bree up on the phone and beg her to take me shopping.Why I'd recommend in a secondAnyone looking for a story about why people STAY together after falling in love should pick this up. It's a story about self-discovery, how expectations and reality are two very different things... but not in a bad way. There's great, relatable characters, some tragedy, and finding out what's important in life. My only complaint? I needed more Jude, less Jesse. (I know, shock!!! Since Jesse is my BBF!!!) But Jude beat him out in Sidelined. :)Happy reading!