Review: Awesomely Raw!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2014
Hold Me Tight is one those deep books. This story is heavy in the sense that it deals with some pretty serious issues and they are not sugar coated.I read some reviews about this book before I started reading it and people who have read the first book in the series, Take My Hand, are sort of disappointed that Emily and Dexter’s good friends don’t play as large of a role in this book. I understand where they are coming from, I too missed the friendship and banter between the group. For this portion of Emily and Dexter’s story, I felt like it was right for Jared and Rachel to be left out. What these two were going through was soooo deep and so personal, even with Rachel and Emily being as close as they are, friends really didn’t have a huge part in this struggle. This was something Emily and Dexter had to work through themselves, as a couple.I loved how … raw this book was. It just laid everything out there for the readers to be a part of. It feels like you are right in the thick of everything with the characters. This book made me mad, made me cry, and made me laugh until there were tears in my eyes. Even though I have no experience with any of the issues the characters where dealing with, I felt like this was an excellently portrayal of real life without glossing over any part of what really happens in these situations.My favorite thing about both books is the strong relationships between all of the charters, especially Emily and Dexter. They are put through the ringer, more than once, in Hold Me Tight and Haken manages to give them this strong bond without making it a fairy tale love or an unrealistic love. I really envied Dem and Em’s relationship by the end of the book.Hold Me Tight is not for children. The characters have filthy mouths, passionate physical relationships and addictive personalities but they beautiful people whose story will suck you in from chapter one.If you enjoy a good love story and can handle an honest portrayal of a struggling addict, you will LOVE Hold Me Tight! You should read Take My Hand first to get a good back story so just go ahead and get them both at the same time.Nicola Haken is into cliffhangers but not in a bad way. Just in a way that makes it totally necessary for you to read the next book. Which is exactly what I will be doing when Lean On Me and Never Let Go are released later this year!