Review: Linda Kage blew me away again!!! Must-read of the year!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2013
After falling in love with Linda Kage's Price of a Kiss earlier this month, I very eagerly agreed to do a review for this latest of her releases.  And boy am I ever glad that I did!! Once again, her brilliant character writing and emotion-wrenching storyline sucked me in from start to finish, and I found myself wishing the story didn't have to end!The premise for this story intrigued me, I mean how can a girl possibly fall for the man who murdered her brother?  And I held onto that feeling for a long time as I was reading this book, even when I found myself completely smitten by this shattered, beautiful boy Logan Xander. It just seemed impossible, that Paige could somehow not only forgive him but also give him her heart.  But that is the beauty of Linda Kage's gift of creating compelling characters, because Logan was not only redeemable, but he was so incredibly deserving of Paige's love and forgiveness that I found myself wondering how I could have ever doubted it.What happened that day years ago tore a whole through the lives of so many people.  It may have just been a freak accident brought on by a lack of better judgement, but what Logan did caused a ripple effect across two families that would never be the same.  It really makes you think about those moments in your life where a bad decision could have gone SO much worse, forever destroying everything as you know it.  This was what Logan faced on a daily basis, and while it's easy to see why everyone would want to hate him, it's also easy to see he didn't deserve to lose everything over it.  My heart literally ached for this utterly broken man, Linda Kage just reaches down deep inside you and makes you drown with him in his sea of loneliness and self-loathing.  I had tears in my eyes on several occasions, just wishing that somehow something good could come from all of the tragedy, and that Logan could find peace and happiness despite his actions on that day.Paige affected me almost as strongly as Logan did, because even in her despair over the loss of her brother, she wasn't cruel or spiteful.  She was just in pain, and though she always thought she wanted Logan to feel what she felt, when faced with his suffering she just couldn't bear it.  She saw how it had eaten away at his life and left him a shadow of a man, and I loved her for realizing that this shouldn't bring her piece of mind or feelings of retribution.The emotional and tumultuous journey that Logan and Paige take was just mesmerizing. I was lost in this story and the way it was written so that even seemingly inconsequential words held meaning.  Every glance Paige took, every slight touch between them, every moment that we see as her heart slowly starts to pull her straight toward Logan's was exquisite, and I was a sappy mess by the time this story came to an end!  It was haunting, beautiful, thought-provoking, sexy, and just unforgettable, and I'm once again left wholly impressed by Linda Kage.  Add Fighting Fate to your TBR if you haven't already, because it's an absolute must-read!!Quotes:Right now, she had other worries. She had college to start, a first class to find, a dead boy's life to fulfill.  Busy, busy, busy. ~ Loc 104He wanted to pound his fists against the injustice of it all, demand that she and the entire world let him back among the living.  The worst part was, though, even if he was welcomed with open arms, he didn't think he could enter, because he knew he didn't deserve normalcy or happiness. ~ Loc 290Logan Xander didn't deserve looks that made him in any way appealing, that made her want to stroke him when he looked sad.  Monsters weren't supposed to come in pretty packages. ~Loc 719When he looked at her, he realized she was right.  He might not have quite forgiven himself yet, but he found he did want to move on with his life.  Except who he wanted to move on with was unfeasible.  ~ Loc 2973Watch for this and other of my reviews at: [...]