Review: Incredibly moving second installment to this AMAZING trilogy!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2014
Another ace for Posy Roberts. Book two of the North Star Trilogy is beautifully written, poignant, emotional, and sexy. It was not as ‘light’ as Spark – which it obviously couldn’t be, due to the subject matter – but, was every bit as enjoyable.Fusion begins just a few weeks after Spark left off. Kevin and Hugo are trying to nurture their relationship, juggle Kevin’s kids’ schedules, somehow find some alone time, and figure out how and when to tell people that they are in love. The main person they need to tell of course, is Kevin’s wife, Erin. But, before that can all come together, Erin receives some shocking news that threatens to change everything.The supporting characters in this book are amazing. Kevin’s daughter, Brooke, is so insightful and lovely. Her conviction and support of Hugo as her dad’s boyfriend, and a member of their family is fantastic. In fact, the love and affection that Hugo shows both of the kids is returned to him ten-fold. The way they interact as a family is wonderfully heart-warming. We don’t see as much of Summer in this one, but she is still so great and supportive. The love she has for Hugo, and by extension for Kevin and his family, is so obvious and pure. I absolutely love her character.The other main player in Fusion is Erin Magnus. She is such a fabulous, amazing, caring, strong-spirited woman; I guarantee you will fall in love with her. Erin has some wonderful, scene-stealing moments that I don’t want to spoil…but, trust me, she is a force. She and Hugo form an unexpected bond, and their friendship turns out to be one that they will both treasure forever. Through this friendship, we also get to know Hugo even better. Hugo seems to be a natural parent…I loved watching him come into his own as a caregiver in this book. I didn’t think it would be possible to love him more, but I was wrong.Aside from the storyline involving Erin, the other main theme of the book revolves around coming out, and acceptance. Posy handles this with such care and honesty, and I love how current she keeps it all, utilizing social media in very timely, and creative ways throughout the story. Kevin is understandably struggling with how people’s perception of him will change once he announces he’s with Hugo; and Hugo does his best to be as understanding and patient with it all as he can. There are some difficult moments for everyone. But, that’s life; the story is very realistic in this regard.Fusion has many incredibly beautiful, and moving moments. I really did go through the gamut of emotions while reading this. Oh! And, at the end we get a blurb for the final book in the trilogy, which also sounds amazing! Read this series!!! You will be so glad you did!!