Review: Favorite Family Series! Hart Family!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2013
The Hart Family Series is by far the most underrated series of 2012-2013. If you have not yet picked up the series, I strongly advise you make it happen. There are currently 5 books in the Hart series and 1 in the Renegade series. I fell in love with book 1 and was hooked immediately. **Alert - As we review further into the stories there may be some spoilers though I will try to keep them to a minimum***There is so much to say about these stories. I don't even know where to start, but I'm going to try. Let me start by saying that all of the stories intermingled which I thought was executed beautifully. You get  to meet mostly all of them in book 1 and each get their story after. We start with Dante and Sabrina.In Broken Hart we're introduced to Dante Hart, head of the Hart family (beside Mama San) and by far the most broken of the entire Hart family.  He has seen and endured things from the moment he was born, but his undying love for his siblings and urge to protect them no matter what wins over everything else.  He has two younger brothers, Damien and Spencer (Spencer is an "honorary" brother).  They have 2 younger sisters (identical twins) Dominique and Delilah.  Dante, Damien and Spencer's goal in life is to protect their sisters from their parents and their life of drugs and sex.They vowed they would never fall in love and most definitely never get married.Sabrina and Brooke are sisters who have recently lost their parents to a horrible car accident.  All they have left is each other and the house they grew up in.  Sabrina is determined to get Brooke through college and keep them together.  She takes a job as Dante's assistant.  They form an almost instant friendship.  Sabrina wants more, but can she break through the walls that Dante has spent a lifetime building?  After including Sabrina and Brooke to family dinner, the Hart family finds that they have fully embraced the Tyler sisters as one of their own.  Dante and Sabrina heat things up, but he won't open and her first instinct is to run.  He can't live without her, and she doesn't want to live without him.Shattered Hart - Book 2 in the Hart family centers on Damien, Dante's younger brother and Sabrina's younger sister Brooke.  These two have an undeniable pull towards one another and yet Damien is determined to NEVER commit.  His past and the damage his parents caused have him pushing Brooke as far away as possible.  Both of them become so miserable the Hart family steps in to try to get to the bottom of the what's happening between them.  When Damien takes things a step too far, Brooke has had enough.  Can he win her back, or is it too little too late?Loving Hart - Book 3 in the Hart family begins with Spencer and his childhood.  Spencer's story was by far the most emotional, but I think that is because of his connection to Delilah that starts from the moment she comes home from the hospital.  It's always been Delilah, it will always be her, no matter that he can never be what she needs.  Delilah knows that her life was meant to be with Spencer.  She is determined to make him see her for the woman she is, not the newborn he remembers.  Theirs is a beautiful story of a lifelong connection and they have to figure out together if they can have a future together.***Bombs get dropped in Loving Hart and new key players are introduced and information is revealed that could potentially tear the family apart.***Unbroken Hart - Book 4 is a novella length book that is going to connect some pieces and give us some much desired and needed details to keep up with Dante, Sabrina, Damien and Brooke.  Even some updates from Delilah, Spence and Dominique.Missing Hart - Book 5 is the story of Dominique and Dillon. Not just them, but Dillon's sister Leah and Dominique's best friend Marissa. I found myself emotionally attached to this book and Dominique's story, but at the same time upset at how much she felt she had to lie to those around her. Even if they were lies of omission. For coming from a family that loves her so much and would do anything for her, she shows such a lack of faith in their ability to understand. But Dillon understands her pain, and together they cope through some difficult times. If you've read the first 4 in the series you'll know why this is the most difficult story of all. Book 6 was recently released and answered so many questions.If I had a gripe at all, is that I wished Damien were more of a key player later in the story.  He is always present, always the head of the family, but he gets lost a little in the introduction of so many new characters.Hands down Spencer Cross is my favorite Hart.