Review: Love Conquers Everything!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2014
Beautifully Done took me to a place in reading, where I didn't think was possible.  The authors outdid themselves.  They totally shattered me; mind, body, and soul.  Things that I didn't think would crack me, did.  My heart was in my throat about 98% of the time, while the other 2% was sitting in the very bottom pit of my stomach.  Their writing just wowed me.  Completely wowed me.  I thought Beautifully Awake was the bomb-diggity, until I got my little grabby hands on Beautifully Done.  This book has me in utter awe.  These characters kidnapped me, and I let them.Asher, Asher, Asher!!!!  He is THE.MAN!!!  He was written so well.  He just totally stole my heart and took my breath away.  Totally did not see that coming.  Here I thought he was going to be Mr. Huge Ego with no heart or soul, completely WRONG!  I was dumbfounded with his love, his devotion, his path in life.  Asher just did it for me.  In every way possible.  There is something about a hero with a heart of gold and a soul as powerful as his.  He not only made this story, he WAS the story.  He was everything.  He was each breath I took, he was the tears I shed, and he was the words that I wasn't able to part with.  He just is.  He is what I WANT in every hero.  Ok that isn't true, Asher is his own person, whom I don't want to share.  I claim him.  :)When you have a heroin such as Talia, you just have to know you'll really never ever be the same.  She has this spirit and purity about her, that had me wanting to eat her up.  Talia, unlike Asher, met every & all expectations that I had, but even went to a realm of flippin' awesome as well.  Talia wasn't as much of an openbook like Asher was, she was much more mysterious, but able to share a good amount about herself with Asher.  I loved it.  It had me questioning everything.  And Talia blew me away.  She, to me, felt incredibly real.  Talia was written, how I imagine all Angels to be.  Pure, honest, and simply beautiful, with a side of huge heart!If you're familiar with Beautifully Awake, then you are also familiar with Asher and Talia's back story.  You know that she is one of the best friends, in the four pack of TACK.  You know she was a huge part of Asher, Chase, and Kims lives.  And you know there is history and tons of unfinished business.  Well remedy this, she literally walks back into Ashers life when he least expects it!  HELLO!  That is HUGE! HUGE, I tell you.  Not only for Asher but for Chase as well.  This foursome were inseparable in their youth, then one accident causes a domino effect and BAM everything changes.  As I was saying, I love the fact that Talia waltzes into Ashers life.  It was the perfect mix of HOLY CRAP and YAY!!  And let me tell you, this was a big draw to this story.  This is a sudden and most definitely needed GAME CHANGER!CHEMISTRY!!!!  I am talking sparks flying and hearts pitter-pattering in crazy rapid beats!!  Yes, that is exactly what Asher and Talia have.  And, IT.IS.HOTT!!!  So hott.  Those two could make nuns blush, with their hottness!!  Did I mention that their chemistry was hott???  There is so much between these two.  Things after nineteen years that were left unanswered and Asher grasping for straws to understand.  Their interactions were perfection.  I think I fell even more in love with Asher during their texting sessions.  You could feel his giddiness and desire towards Talia, the welcoming calm that she brought him and the feel of completion when Talia was in his life.  I don't know if I expressed this yet, but Talia and Ashers romance was a huge portion of BD, however it isn't everything.  There is a lot, and I mean A LOT, of things you are wondering.  A LOT!  So hold onto your britches, because things are bound to get haywire....in the best way possible!  I really enjoyed that there was a back story with these two, it helped make their story so so so believable.  It also helped me to love Asher so much.  I totally loved Asher and Talia's story more than Chase and Lilli's.  Yes, I went there.  Asher just is it for me.  He is one hero that has my undying love.  I just can't even.Authors Riley Mackenzie mix romance, heart-ache, and  undying devotion into this crazy story of second chances and first loves.  It isn't just a story of second chances, it is so much more than that.  It is a powerful love story.  It is a love story of selflessness, happiness, and vulnerabilities.  Beautifully Done is one of my favorite reads of 2014, and I am dying for more books by Riley Mackenzie.  There was so much growth in this novel; with their writing and their character depth, along with the story they tell.  Be prepared to have a permasmile and be prepared to shed some crazy tears.  But also be prepared to be changed for a lifetime.