Review: Wonderful Emotional Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2014
A copy of this story was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.Ok, so I have to say that Julie Bailes has made me tear up and/or cry with each book in this series.  That's a first for me.  I'm not an easy cryer and it takes a lot to make me literally feel the sadness in a story I read.  This series was EXTREMELY well written and each book only got better than the previous.After reading All for Allie, I couldn't decide who I wanted Allie to be with.  Either man would be the ultimate catch.  I do have to say that as the book came to a conclusion...I still felt strongly for Blake and I will forever be #teamblake.  Though Wyatt loved Allie with all his heart and soul, in my eyes, Blake showed that he loved her  more.  I won't giveaway how, but I think he proved he was the better pick.  Of course, being this is my review, that would just be my opinion.Shattered & Mended was filled with much more drama than the previous books.  Allie is faced with learning what type of person her best friend, Sophie, truly is.  She deals with more heartbreak and difficult decisions that anyone would just crumple to the ground if faced with the same experiences.  She truly became a strong woman compared to the whiny girl I came to know in Shattered & Shaken.  She became an independent woman after dealing with her life over the course of a year or so.I commend Julie for bringing to life an ABSOLUTELY AMAZING series and sharing it with her readers.  I'm in awe of what I read and will always use these stories as a comparison for what I read in the future.  She set the bar quite high and if I could officially give more than 5 stars...I'd have to say that all three books in this series would get 8.5 Naughty Stars, hands down!As it stands, Shattered & Mended has earned 5 great big golden stars for an emotional heart warming and heart wrenching read.  Heart wrenching because I still feel like I'm recovering from a book hangover after 2 weeks of reading it.