Review: In Review: Wish for You (Boys of the South #4) by Marquita Valentine
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
Marquita Valentine's Boys of the South series just keeps getting better. I liked, and wound up eventually falling in love with Rae and Cole in Live for You and Only for You. She won my heart with True for You (which I still need to write a review on), with bad boy Jackson finally finding his match in good girl Bliss. I didn't think it could get better than that. But, I was wrong.This time we get Wyatt and Lacey's story in Wish for You. To say their relationship is complicated would be a giant understatement. They're both incredibly complex characters with their own issues. It takes some time to sort it all out, but there's one thing that's true: they're stronger together than they are apart.Lacey was a sweet girl with what we're led to believe are anxiety problems. She kicks more than a little a**, too. As timid as she was in life, it's hard to believe she plays roller derby, and I liked that she was multi-dimensional. She works in one of Wyatt's parents' restaurants and they were friends, then more, until Wyatt's mom tells her she needs to cut ties with him. She does, with little explanation and it just about breaks Wyatt.Wyatt is an ex-Marine who lives life hard. After Lacey left him, he took to women, drugs and alcohol to ease the pain. It took me some time to warm up to Wyatt. He just came off as a womanizing prick, but there was much more to him than met the eye. He was a great source of support for Lacey. Despite their complicated past, it was obvious how much he cared about her and how much he really understood her.Wish for You was an emotional journey. I was entirely wrapped up in Wyatt and Lacey's story. Because the book was told from both of their perspectives, I feel like I got a real handle on both characters and eventually found myself really liking both of them. They learned a lot about themselves and each other over the course of this book and they both grew tremendously. They were an unlikely couple, but that's what made the book so good.I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.