Review: Who knew Luke's past was so jaded???  A new emotionally charged book about Kayden's best friend
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2014
When I heard Luke, Kayden's best friend from the Coincidence of Callie and Kayden series, was getting his own story I was intrigued.  I've always enjoyed Jessica Sorensen's stories and was excited when I received the arc of The Destiny of Violet and Luke.Before beginning this book I didn't really know much about Luke, but the story wastes no time cluing readers into the harsh reality of his childhood.  A time when he felt weak, abandoned, forced into things he wanted no part of.  Now, as a college freshman Luke is still just as miserable, still hiding from his mother, using sex and alcohol as a means of escape.  He works hard to keep people at a distance, never allowing anyone close enough to discover his secrets to see who is really is.  I'm not even sure Luke knows himself or what he wants out of life.  He likes order and being able to control his situations and environments.Violet, is a tough chick with an equally hard childhood.  One tragic night changed the course of her entire life.  She bounced from foster home to foster home, always feeling scared and alone.  With no one to show her love, compassion or understanding she learned very quickly not to depend on anyone but herself.  Now as a college freshman, Callie's roommate in fact, she does her best to make a life for herself, to keep the demons of her past in the past and to live life the only way she knows how…alone with strong walls to keep others from getting too close.  I think it's a form of self-preservation because she isn't sure she can take any more loss.Then one night Violet literally comes crashing into Luke's life.  These two are a match!  They are both strong-willed, stubborn individuals.  They want to resist one another but there seems to be this magnetic pull neither-one can figure out.  As much as they want to stay un-involved and distant it proves to be impossible.  So what will happen…will they allow themselves to open up to one another?  Will they begin to depend on one-another?  Or, will they figure out they are more alike than they every thought possible and if that happens how big will the fallout be?I have to confess that I was able to predict what was going to happen even before the story revealed my hunch was correct.  However, that being said it didn't deter me from finishing.  I found myself enjoying watching their interactions, watching them slowly grow closer, watching the chemistry build and build. What I enjoyed most was their back and forth banter as well as their inner emotional turmoil.  Knowing all along that together they have the potential to save one another, while at the same time bring a seriously strong force of destruction to their lives.  I did enjoy the book, and I do recommend you reading it for yourself.  There isn't much interaction from Callie or Kayden, but Seth is around and he is as fabulous as ever!  All that being said, you can certainly expect a bit of a cliffhanger.  If I had any complaints it would be that I was sad the book ended when it did, I was really enjoying the pace and then bam (and no, knowing it's coming doesn't make it any less sad when it does).  Obviously, I will be counting down the days until I can get my hands on the conclusion to Violet and Luke's story!