Review: favorite of the series so far...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
This is where my childhood ended, torn away with the dying breaths of my mother. And this is where I’ll be strong enough to start again.***One slap she can overlook, 2 times it is time to go. Fleeing the comforts and lifestyle she is accustomed to, Carina takes off for the one place left she has to go. The one place that reminds her of her mom. It is also the one place that reminds her of her failures too. Beachwood Bay is full of memories she'd soon just rather forget. But it is time to move on and that means facing her demons and her family. She has a lot of wrongs to right and it is not going to be easy. Especially with Juliet.Garrett is a 3 strikes and you’re out kind of guy. 3 times is all a girl gets and he makes sure she knows this going in. He can't chance any feelings from taking hold with one these girls. He was sure to nip that in the bud a long time ago. He doesn't do relationships because they can get you in to trouble and leave you hurting. But the minute Carina walks back into his life he feels the shift. He knows there is something about her that he wants to protect. Sure she may be broken, but he is too. The closer she gets the closer she gets to his past. And nobody knows of his past. He is certain it would change everything.I felt for these two and wanted to wrap my arms around them. Especially Garrett. His story about broke my heart. It did take some warming up to Carina in the beginning though. Her past actions did bring a lot of her current problems on. Well besides getting slapped around. That is absolutely uncalled for. But she does have more issues than just that she has to work through. As for Garrett, I can see why he leads the lifestyle he does. He was hurt something fierce. A definite betrayal of the worst kind. Seeing him work through it though was wonderful. I hated to think that he would let one crushing blow be the end of it for him...to turn any kind of love away a 2nd time would be heartbreaking.I inhaled the bloody life out of this book. Once I started I couldn't stop and didn't want to. But that is the case with all of Grace's books. I devour them, I love them, and I can't get enough of them. Her Beachwood Bay stories are believable and real. You fall for these characters and make them your friends. And Garrett and Carina are no different. I do believe that UNCONDITIONAL is my favorite of the set so far. I still need to read Brit and Hunter’s books. How I let them slide by I have no idea. Pick up this wonderful read and let Grace's words take you away for a while. You'll be glad you did.