Review: Unusual, but it works!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2013
All I have to say is Pepper Pace knows how to write a book.This is book 2 but it feels like I'm just halfway through book 1.  You get pulled into the story and the characters so much that you don't even notice how much you've read.I really enjoy all the characters in this book and I feel invested in their life story. Usually you will get wrapped up into the hero and heroine and not care as deeply for the secondary characters unless they are set up for a book of their own, but this author knows how to write characters and make you care for them without the need to have their own book. It's not one of those books where the secondary characters  takes up a pages and pages of the book to tell their story...no. She basically weaves them into the story of the hero and the heroine and it feels so natural. I might not explain it right but I've read books where the author spends pages on a secondary character and I could care less about he/she. Yes, sometimes you want to hear their story and other times it takes too much time away from main characters. This series has a perfect balance.Jason: I really love Jason has a hero. He can be so sweet but a jerk without thinking about it. He isn't afraid to express how he feels about Robin and it broke my heart a lot of the times when he said he wish he could do more for her. In this book he tries to become a little more independent which is something he needs to do especially if he wants a future with Robin. He also has a temper and if he didn't have CP he would be your typical alpha male. He can be demanding and angry one minute and very loving the next. He can even be a little mean at times but it's his fear of losing Robin who has become such a crucial part of his life and heart that causes him to react the way he does. Besides his mother and maybe his friendship there is no one who takes care of him like his mother does. He see's her and she see's him and he doesn't want to lose her love. She just see's him as the man she loves nothing else and for him that is irreplaceable.Robin: I love love Robin. She is the sweetest person and is beautiful inside and out. Robin is at a stage in her life where she is trying to figure out what path to take. Just like Jason she has her issues, but she cares for people around her so much that she becomes invested in their issues. Jason and his friends are probably the first group of people that she allowed herself to become comfortable with and is able to come out of her shell. I particularly like her relationship with Belinda. Two completely different girls but they both are show a different side in this book. For Belinda it is more vulnerable side and for Robin it is a stronger and outspoken personality.I didn't think I would but I really liked Jason's mom. She does baby Jason but it is understandable why. I was honestly waiting for her to take on someone because they did something to Jason or Robin. I liked how she knows how to step back though and not crowd Jason because he is in the process of becoming his own man. She allows him to do what he feels he needs to do and is still there when he needs help. She is literally the only support system he has had growing up before meeting his current friends.There were some editing issues but nothing so great that it took away from the book.