Review: One Word: Amazing!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2014
I had seen reviews of this book on several blogs and it caught my eye so when I saw it was on sale for $0.99 I One-Clicked right away! I finally got around to reading it and I’m so happy I bought it, I loved everything about this book!The book starts off with a bang after Windsor makes a huge discovery in the first chapter before the reader is taken back in time to when she first meets Maverick and we get to work our way back up to the point in time where the book begins. I have to admit, after reading that first chapter I was really wondering how I would ever be able to like this guy if he’d been keeping something like THAT from her for over a year. But I kept going and it didn’t take me too long to realize that things probably weren’t as they seemed with the whole situation that’s revealed in the first chapter. I think having dual POV’s throughout the book was very smart because getting to see inside of Maverick’s head (even with that big tease of info from Ch1 looming overhead) really allowed me to see how genuine his feelings for Windsor are and I loved seeing him transform from an arrogant playboy into a man in love.I liked how the author kept the story moving along without going day by day, as the chapters progressed sometimes days or even weeks had passed but I didn’t feel like I missed anything. The part once he’d been deployed was well done, the primary content during that time being emails back and forth which helped us cover several months. I loved reading these emails and it was a great way to learn what’s been happening in their lives while also seeing them get to know each other even better.Windsor and Maverick were great characters and I thought they were both well developed. Maverick was totally swoon-worthy (he had dimples for God’s sake!) and Windsor was strong and likeable. There were so many little things throughout the book that they did that I just loved such as: “one word”, Mav’s songs, his special tattoos, Goose and piggyback rides! I’ll leave the details of all of those things for you to discover for yourself I loved the secondary characters too, Morganna and Stone were great and their story was truly heartbreaking. Windsor’s roommate Gretchen was a riot, she needs to get her own book! The brotherhood between Stone and Maverick was one of my favorite parts and you can clearly see the love between the two during the events of their deployment and the fallout of what happens after that. The letter from Stone to Maverick was perfectly written and while I am on the topic of “the letters” the one that Maverick wrote to Windsor will really pull at your heartstrings. In fact most of the events and angst that occurs after their deployment will do that, I found myself in tears at several points during the last 30% or so of the book. I love how it all wrapped up though and the epilogue was a perfect way to top it all off.This book was great from start to finish and I devoured it in just a few sittings. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a well written, hot love story with a good balance of angst and touching/poignant moments. And let’s not forget a hero that’ll make you fall head over heels in love with him! Crazy Good was crazy good, 5 stars!