Review: Emotional Rollercoaster
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2014
My God, the ride I was taken on for this one was thrilling.  Nothing was predictable, nothing felt contrived, it was seriously just beautiful, as always.  There were so many emotional moments in this book. I was sad, confused, enraged, hurt, sad again, and sometimes just really, really happy.  It's hard to say too much without spoiling the reading experience, but I do have to mention that I just love Robyn's mom. There was a moment where she and Robyn were having a conversation, and I just wanted to step in and shake Robyn and say "HEY! ARE YOU LISTENING?! LISTEN TO YOUR MAMA GIRL!" but then Robyn goes and does something stupid anyway, and it leads to tragedies, and I just... ugh.  I spent most of the book not very happy with Robyn at all, even though I "get" her.  I felt like she was doing a really great job of making things so much harder than they needed to be, but none of us are perfect, so I guess I can't be TOO mad at her.If possible, I fell even more in love with Chris. Seeing him grow into his role as a father was really, really heartwarming! Those other two baby mommas though.... *rolls eyes*  Scandalous a** women that SEE a guy trying to do better and can't just leave him the hell alone to DO BETTER! Even when they benefit from it!  I'm really glad that Chris retained his integrity throughout, even when it seemed like everything was kind of working against him.  There was one point where I actually cried for him and what he was feeling.  SO many times, I found myself thinking, man, there is no way they can go back from this, but you'll have to read for yourself to find out if they do or not. :)Anyway, as always, I would highly recommend Afterburn, and anything else by Nia.  Afterburn works well enough as a standalone, but I would definitely suggest reading Afterwards first, to get the history of Chris and Robyn's relationship.