Review: I'm going to miss these characters!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2014
Revealed: The Missing Years (Consequences #4)By: Aleatha Romig5/5 starsOriginally, this book was entitled Behind His Eyes: Convicted and was slated to be a companion novel. But there was so much that happened with all the characters and the series that I’m so glad that morphed into novel #4!! This book did give us a glimpse into the future that allows us to make our inferences of their lives and futures.We get POVs from Tony, Brent, John, Phil and Harry. And I am so glad that Ms. Romig included all of their POVs. It really gave more depth of how the inner circle was dealing with the consequences and aftermath of that fateful day of the fire at the estate. The trials and tribulations that each person and couple faced was gut wrenching and heart-breaking.After Claire was taken to the hospital & Tony was arrested, John & Emily Vandersol got a restraining order against Tony for Claire & Nichol and also got listed as next-of-kin and POA, power of attorney, over Claire and custody of Nichol. Seeing how this affected Tony and Phil was hard, because they kept trying to get the Vandersols to understand about their marriage and that things were different this time around and Claire wasn’t trying to escape or kill him.But it seemed like their actions were done more so out of revenge against Tony. I already didn’t like what they did since I read this in the third book, Consequences. But reading it from all of these POVs, I really hated John & Emily even more. When Claire rejected her baby, and they knew she chose to go back to Tony, I think they should have put aside their differences and tried anything to bring her out of the break. But they couldn’t get past their own hatred.Then there is the political posturing of the judges and with bruised egos, who are just as much at fault for Claire remaining in this state. A judge shouldn’t use his position of power to be able to “get back” at someone for a perceived slight, though it does happen in real life.Claire ended up being victimized by her sister & brother-in-law and by the court system, by way of a vindictive judge with a bruised ego. Claire’s entire mental break could have been avoided, if all parties would have set aside their differences and allowed Tony to see and speak to her.I really enjoyed the chapter excerpts of the book My Life as it Didn’t Appear by Meredith Banks about Tony & Claire. We were also able to see several of the characters reactions to the book and to Meredith. Though, why they all blamed her still gets me. Claire sought her out, and gave her the story. There were conditions as to whether or not the story would be published and Meredith even fought to not have the story published. Yet she receives all the blame.I’m also glad that the scene where Harry’s sister Amber was arrested for Simon Johnson’s murder was included in this book. And how she tied up Harry’s story & alluded to his future.