Review: FANTASTIC
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2014
SUMMER'S BOOK BLOGShattered and Mended, J. Bailes conclusion to the Shattered series finally answers all of the burning questions she left us with in Shattered and Shaken and All for Allie.  Allie was left with the hardest decision of all- Wyatt, her first love or Blake, her best friend and rock?After Wyatt returned for war in Shattered and Shaken and explained his decisions for leaving without explanation in All for Allie, I thought for sure Allie would go running with open arms right back to him.  He left with her best intentions at heart and was only doing what he thought was best. But Blake was always there for her and she saw him as her fate.  Although Wyatt was her first love she just assumed their time had passed and she was meant to end up with Blake- the man who mended her once shattered heart.  Pleasant surprises kept Blake and Allie's relationship growing stronger and stronger and they finally got engaged and began to settle down.Wyatt is not ready to give up his "soul mate" without a fight and he puts up a good one.  He tells Allie "I promise you, there won't be any more heartbreaks coming from me.  Your love will be my last.  Until I'm laid to rest,my heart will continue to beat for you. Only you."Unfortunately, (without giving away any spoilers) "the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray".  Allie and Blake end up in a terrible accident and their life together is once again. in fates hands.  Will anyone get their Happily Ever After of will there be more devastation in Allie's life?  How will the love triangle of Allie, Blake and Wyatt play out?  How will this roller coaster ride of emotions end?J. Bailed, you have done it to me again!!!  This book had me from the first word!!  I seriously ugly cried through most of it.  I can't lie, I was Team Wyatt after reading All for Allie so most of this book left my heart hurting.  Don't get me wrong, I loved Blake, but there was something so selfless about Wyatt and the way he loved Allie.  So not only were we dealing with a heart wrenching love triangle but throw in a crazy, not so best friend, Sophie, who does really awful things to Allie and this book has enough suspense and twists that it left me emotionally drained.  AND THE ENDING!!! OMG!  She even had a disclaimer at the end- probably for fear of threats! lol!But in all seriousness, The Shattered Series was one of the best I have read!  For a new author to come up with something so brilliant as their first few works is amazing and I can not wait for more of her work!