Review: 4 sweet stars - great prequel story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
Having read Cash and Nicola’s novel, Garrison’s Creed, I already had a good idea where this novella was going, plot-wise. But only having the bare bones overview of their past, I was excited to get more detail about their college years.Cash and Nicola have been friends as long as either can remember along with Nicola’s brother, Roman. Attending the same college, Cash and Roman are constantly protecting Nic, keeping most guys away from her. Their overprotectiveness works for Nicola, as she doesn’t have much interest in anyone except Cash, and she’s too afraid of ruining their friendship to make a move. Besides her fear, there is also Cash’s reputation as a player, and the fact that Roman will lose his mind if he learns his best friend and his sister are together.Cash’s protective alpha streak is just beginning in this story. He has always watched out for Nicola, but when they make the switch past friends and he considers her as his, it was like a switch was thrown and the streak became his focus.This Nicola is a much sweeter version of the Nicola we met in Garrison’s Creed. She hasn’t lost the innocence that her sheltered life has allowed, and hence the creation of Cash’s nickname for her.Despite knowing the big events that the whole novella was moving towards, I was still crushed when the end arrived. Cash’s reaction, especially, was heartbreaking to watch as the details come out. Because as much as the title make one think this has a HEA, their HEA doesn’t happen here.This story reads much more like a New Adult book than the rest of the series, understandable in that this is set during their college years. Even though they are all in college, Roman and Cash haven’t considered a career in the Army, and Nicola is working on a degree in business, there are still aspects of a romantic suspense, in the form of numbers that don’t add up at Nic’s internship.And while I have been devouring the Titan novels this weekend, I am not finished. This book was a sweet break from the intense action in the rest of the books. It reinforced the basic story of the past from Creed while filling in the blanks that were left out.I was gifted a copy in return for my honest review.