Review: Fantastic Follow Up!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2013
4.5 starsWhen you are in love with someone - even when they hurt you and leave you behind without saying good-bye - it's real.  Usually you get over or let it go, but with Gage... I couldn't.  There was too much love within me for him, and I was never going to let it go. - ElizaWho We Are is the second book in the FireNine series.  It is the continuation of bad boy rocker Gage and quiet introspective Ellie's story.  Gage falls hard for Eliza in FireNine #1.  After a whirlwind summer affair, Ellie walks away from Gage leaving us wondering where their story goes.Eight months have passed since Who He Is ended.  Eliza is immersed back in school and getting ready for her big summer internship at Arts Global.  Gage is busy with the band and while he should be enjoying FireNine's success he is consumed with bitterness towards Eliza for the way she ended things between them.There's so much I love about this book.  Eliza is different, stronger.  She's the one left to fight for her and Gage, the only one fighting for them."I've made Gage my everything.  I'm not losing him again.  We're going to work it out." - ElizaGage is not the same person he was in Who He Is. He's broken and he's resigned himself to a life that does not include Eliza ... he's given up his dream of them together.  While he is a shell of who he was (like how I did that?  LOL), he's still sexy as hell (although a little frustrating) and when there is an "Eliza and Gage" in the story, their chemistry is off the charts HAWT .... they just work!  If only Gage would fight for them!I prayed that tomorrow would go better than expected and that peace would finally make its way back to us.  We were way more than either of us could see. - ElizaAh, I pray that too!  I want an HEA for Gage and Eliza!  Come on Gage and pull your head out of your a$$!  Eliza is the one for you!Another thing I loved about Who We Are is SW's writing.  She's grown as an author and Who We Are demonstrates that in wonderful ways!  I liked Who He Is .... I LOVED Who We Are!  A big part of that is her crafting of secondary characters.  The other members of FireNine - Roy, Montana, and Deed ... everything about them has endeared them to me and they are a huge part of the story.  So many times a series has spinoff books and I'm like ... "who was that again?"  Not the case with the boys from FireNine ... I am ready for #3 ... Roy's story!