Review: 5 "meant to be" stars!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2014
“Every choice we’d ever made, every road we’d ever traveled brought us to this place. Every bad decision, every stupid screw up, every bit of drama. Every beautiful second together, every miserable hour apart... led us here.”I fell in love with Trip and Layla in the first book.  I spent most of that first book with a smile face.  I laughed a lot, I shed some tears, but that first book left me feeling happy.The second book was a hard one for me emotionally.  I cried a lot.  I felt like Trip and Layla were meant to be together, and it tore me up inside that they couldn’t get past all their misunderstandings and communicate better.This final book made me so happy!!  We FINALLY get to experience Trip and Layla’s love story.  And what an amazing love story it is!The prologue is Trip’s POV from the end of the second book.  I was so excited when I realized I was getting into Trip’s head.  But that excitement quickly faded as Trip’s words left me with tears rolling down my face.  He wrecked me!“I sever her memory like a limb off a tree, like an arm from my body.  It was a part of me, but not anymore.  It’s been cut off.  Buried.  Gone forever.  She is dead to me.  Layla Warren, you are no more.”The book begins in the year 2005.  Yes, you read that right, it’s now almost FIVE years later!  Trip and Layla haven’t seen each other since they said goodbye at the end of the second book.  A family tragedy brings Trip back to New Jersey and the last five years seem to melt away when they set eyes on each other again.“This was my old friend Trip; the boy I had loved and the man who had broken my heart.”“He was simply Chester and I was Lay-Lay.  We were us again.”Thank goodness they both got their heads out of their asses and decided to give their relationship a shot.“…you’re mine, Lay. You always have been. The thing is, though, is that I’m yours. You own me. You always did. This is happening. And we’re making it work this time.”And from this point forward we get to finally live their love story!  It’s not all unicorns and rainbows.  There’s some angst.  Don’t forget, Trip is a famous movie star and Layla has to figure out how to fit into his world.  They both have insecurities and jealousies they need to overcome.  They still need to learn how to communicate with each other.  They need to learn when to let go.“Every moment had led us here.  Every second of our lives.  Every beat of our hearts.”It’s been a day since I finished this book, and I’m still not ready to say goodbye to Trip and Layla.  These characters and this series will always hold a special place in my heart.  I’m looking forward to reading more from this author.Oh, and in case you don’t know, Tina Torrest wrote a bonus chapter/epilogue from Trip’s POV!  It’s a must read as soon as you finish this series!![...]