Review: This series just keeps getting better1
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2014
Back in January I was introduced to Toni Aleo’s Nashville Assassins series, and I was so in love with this series that it inspired me to read a book a day (mostly hockey/sports romance) for January and February!! When I picked up Taking Shots, Toni Aleo gained a fan–girl for life! I have been anxiously awaiting Breaking Away – Phillip and Reese – and literally dropped everything as soon as it was released!We’ve gotten to know Phillip as Erik’s wild best friend – always looking for a good time, so I have to admit I was nervous for this story. But almost immediately, I fell for Phillip. This story has the added plot of Phillip becoming guardian to his 16 year old niece, Claire. The relationship between Phillip in Claire was a game-changer for me, it showed the softer side of Phillip and just made me fall in love with him.Reese? I don’t even know where to start with Reese. She is such an amazing and unique character, and her stubbornness is one of the things I loved the most! (Even if I wanted to smack her into seeing just how great she has things with Phillip at one point! The two of them agreed to only have fun – no complications – because both had been burned by love before.Toni Aleo has a way of making her characters take up residence in your heart. This world she has created is so real, it’ll have you forgetting that you can’t actually cheer for the Nashville Assassins in the Stanley Cup playoffs! (Which is a shame, because I would totally be wearing a Shea Adler jersey!)I’ve struggled with writing this review, staring at the blank screen for far longer than I ever have before. Simply because Breaking Away is the best book I have read during 2014 (and it’s the 115th book, so that is definitely saying something!)