Review: Another stunning addition to the Give Me series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2014
Kate McCarthy strikes again.  Another stunning addition to the Give Me series, Give Me Grace has absolutely everything you could ask for.  The writing is enchanting, the characters alluring, and the storyline is thrilling and suspenseful.  I was laughing, I was crying, I was biting my nails and on the edge of my seat.  I was glued to this story, I was preoccupied by it, and totally addicted.  This book really packs a punch.  It is close to 500 pages yet there was never a dull moment, the pacing was impeccable, and it was over way too soon.Give Me Grace is an absolute page turner.  There is so much going on in this book between the action, the drama, the undeterrable romance,  the combustible chemistry, the scorching love scenes, the characters' heart wrenching backgrounds, and their uncertain future, it is virtually impossible to put down.  Individually each character brings some serious issues to the table.  On top of that there are hurdles around every corner for the two to face together.  There were so many twists and turns it was mind boggling and completely surprising.  I was thrown for a loop on more than one occasion yet the story was still perfectly tender and emotional and immensely humorous and amusing taking you on an unparalleled rollercoaster ride of highs and lows.In a departure from the mostly first person point of view of the previous books in the series, Give Me Grace is dual point of view from both the female and male's perspectives.  This change could not have been more fitting for Casey's story as he has always been an incredibly intriguing yet mysterious character with a terrible and tragic history.  Casey is the quintessential male and his perspective is refreshingly honest, thoroughly entertaining, impressively flawless, and marvelously mouthwatering.  Grace is beautiful, smart, selfless and above all feisty.  She is strong and confident and doesn't stand for anything that Casey dishes out.  She is his match in every way and absolutely perfect for him.As I have said in the past, I am not a big fan of instant love and much prefer a relationship that evolves and grows over time.  Even better is a relationship that morphs from anger and contempt into deep, passionate, consuming love.  I relished the animosity between these two from the beginning and loved the do-over after do-over that last for merely minutes as both characters are so wild and spirited providing the perfect catalyst for a fiery, intense, impassioned relationship.Although I have loved the large part the peripheral characters have played in the previous books, they took more of a back seat in this one which I surprisingly didn't mind.  Henry, Grace's brother, and Travis, Casey's best friend, inevitably had a pretty prominent part in this story but most of the band and the majority of the Badass Brigade only stepped into focus when they contributed something major to the story.  Although their spotlight was a bit more scattered than in the past, boy when they contributed, they definitely stepped up.  We are even introduced to a certain bad, bad boy who looks to be becoming another integral piece of the group and I am now keeping my fingers crossed for his story at some point along the way, hopefully much sooner rather than later.  But in the end there is just so much going on with Casey and Grace this time around that the other characters played the perfect supporting role without weighing things down and just enough to not feel an absence from the much loved supporting crew.The first sentence of Give Me Grace was gasp inducing, the last sentence was heart stopping, everything in between is pure perfection.  I was left to pick my jaw up off of the floor and positively salivating for more.  Kate McCarthy is a must read author and never fails to deliver.  I loved every minute of this story and find myself in the awkward position of having to move on but not quite being able to let go.  I can't wait for Give Me Hell.