Review: Imperfect Characters - Redeemed by Love
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2014
REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Easy is not a story of perfect love with perfect characters.  It’s a story of a young man who is mad at the world because he suffered through a terrorizing war, the loss of more than one of this “brothers” in the war and lost his leg in the same explosion.  He wanted to die when it happened and has never adjusted to life without having two legs and without feeling guilty for surviving.  He’s mean to his only family, the characters from the previous books, but they understand his emotional struggle.  When he reaches a point where he feels emotionally stable to have sex with a woman and let her see his stump, he accidentally hears that woman ridiculing him for being one-legged.  He then spirals back down and becomes even more of an ass.  But, really, who can blame him?Daisy is another emotional train wreck going down the rails.  She’s had a terrible childhood with no positive role models.  She has made bad choices in men and ends up in town after being abandoned and abused by her boyfriend.  She’s a poster picture of the pierced, tattooed bad girl.  She hits town and gets a job as a waitress and has sex with Easy in the restaurant bathroom willingly.  No force, no seduction, could have said no but the truth is she wanted to have sex with him before he drags her to the bathroom.Then we begin the journey of watching both Easy and Daisy try to figure out exactly what their relationship is.  They have frequent sex and Easy stays emotionally detached until Daisy calls it quits and leaves.  Then the light goes on for Easy and he starts making changes to his life so that he can go get her.  He goes after her and does some classic groveling to get her back.If you are looking for a romance with a perfect love story, where two well-adjusted happy people meet, fall in love and commit to each immediately, this story is not for you.  I felt Easy’ s pain and understood his anger with the world in general.  That doesn’t mean I say it was right but I understood it.  It’s not an uncommon problem today with many war vets.  I got that Daisy had a hard life and had a reason for some of the bad choices she made.  This is a story of love and redemption for two damaged people who think they are totally mis-matched but learn they are soul mates.  It was a beautiful love story and Easy’s actions to get Daisy back were heart-wrenching to me.I loved re-visiting the characters from Shooter, Tex and Hawk.  Sarah’s emotional connection with Easy was especially moving.