Review: Whoa! What an Amazing! Read - 4.5 Stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 5, 2013
S.E. Hall is one very talented lady! I was completely enthralled by this, lovely, tumultuous and highly entertaining story. EMBRACE is a perfectly crafted continuance of this fantastic series. I have to admit that this genre is really starting to grow on me, due in most part to this brilliant author.Laney Walker has not only broken Evan's heart, she has destroyed his faith in everything he believed to be true and right in this crazy world, where the best laid plans can sometimes go to hell and growing up isn't all it's cracked up to be.Laney comes to terms with the decision that her heart quite clearly has made even before her head has a chance to catch up. She has found the love of her life. Only Dane Kendrick isn't the man she thought she would be spending the rest of her life loving. Who ever said that making the choice is the hardest part has obviously never had to break their longest & dearest friend's heart along the way.Enter Sawyer Beckett... smartass, charismatic and the biggest player on campus. If anyone knows how to have a good time, it's Sawyer! and he is determined to take Evan along for the ride.  The only problem is that Evan Allen is a true gentleman in every sense of the word. And despite all the anger & hurt caused by losing his high school sweetheart to another man Evan knows he needs to live and learn and find a way to move on.Perfectly impeccable and severely misunderstood Whitley Thompson is just what the doctor orders for Evan's utterly broken heart. A kindred spirit and the perfect distraction from the painful reality that everything he ever thought he was to the woman that he loves is gone and will never be again.The connection between Evan and Whit is instantaneous, love at first sight... I don't know about that. But there is certainly a soul deep connection that is too strong to be refused no matter how determined Evan is to ignore it.I was pleasantly surprised to find myself so thoroughly invested in the lives of these well rounded and wonderfully colourful characters. I love that this story is told from numerous POV's, allowing the author to seamlessly entwine the lives of multiple characters together and display her innate ability to write from both a male & female perspective.I did however find myself both excited and filled with dread over reading this book.I was NOT! Looking forward to the angst ridden fall out of Laney and Evan's breakup. Nor was I a fan of watching this charming and handsome young man deal with the fact that he had given up so much to follow a girl who could never give him what he needs, her heart.I needn't have been so concerned! as I have quickly come to learn S.E. Hall has nothing if not an abundance of class. There are no villain's in this story - well... that is except for a delusional ex-best friend with questionable morals and a serious case of the crazies -  just an amazing crew of inspiring character's fumbling their way through the ups and downs that life inevitable throws in their way.