Review: Fantastic!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2013
WOW..WOW...WOW... This book...Evan Arden...Gripping, exhilarating, heart stopping, surprising, suspenseful and emotionally draining- these are just a few of the things I felt while reading this book about hit man, Evan Arden.I am so impressed by the way Shay Savage writes from a male POV. I read Surviving Raine and fell hard for Bastian, but I fell even harder for Evan. Gawd.... he is just so broken and haunted by his unloving childhood in a convent to his 18 months of torture in the middle east to his rejection by the military that he gave everything for.Now he is doing what he does best- kills people. Evan is a hit man for a mob boss and he does not want to disappoint his boss, Evan just wants approval from his boss-"No good can come of what you're doing, son," he said. "One of you will get hurt." I looked up at my boss and shrugged one shoulder again. The word "son" flowed over my skin and warmed me as I answered him. "It won't be me."Even though Evan is the best at what he does, he was sent away to the Arizona desert for a temporary exile where he met, Lia (must read Otherwise Alone first.) He is now back in Chicago making hits and protecting his boss, Rinaldo Moretti. But no one is protecting Evan from his awful nightmares. Even his beloved canine companion, Odin can't keep the horrible dreams away. The only way Evan can get some much-needed sleep is to seek comfort in the arms of a prostitute named Bridgett.Evan makes it perfectly clear that his need for Bridgett is simply for-"We're just f**ing here, Bridgett"But is it more? Why does he keep thinking about Lia? Why is Evan upset when Bridgett walks out on him and he tries to apologize for his cold actions-"Roses are red, Violets are blue. I'm just a f***ed up hit man, and nothing rhymes with that."Effed up hit man is an understatement and with continued lack of sleep and some serious PTSD, Evan is on the verge of losing it, Big Time and his boss sees it coming-"If there comes a time I need to put you down, I will," he said. "If there comes a time you want me to put you down, you let me know. You can go now, son."The ending totally blew me away with heart racing anxiety and fear over what Evan was going to do. I was hanging on every move he made in hopes that something, someone would save him... and then-"I couldn't take my eyes from the shining quarter necklace and the familiar face above it. Lia."Okay, my fellow readers... run right now and pick up these two books. Number three cannot get here soon enough!