Review: Great recounting of Star's story!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2013
We met Star on Hers  as Seven's long-time best friend. As we had seen, her life was a mess and spiraling out of control. She needed to get her act together, pull up her big girl panties and deal. Frankly, I didn't think she had it in her.Dawn Robertson sure proved me wrong. Packed-full of self-reflection and inner struggles on Star's part, honest dialogue and amazing characters, she made Star's story one hell of an emotional ride. I enjoyed how the author went about bringing Star's growth to the page. It wasn't sudden and it wasn't easy. She struggled, questioned and at times found herself wondering if it was worth it.This story intersects with the storyline in Hers but it recounts the events in Star's POV, truly giving us an idea of the extent of Star's regret over events passed and her struggle to keep herself in line.The addition of some new characters helped the story move along nicely and added another aspect to the story. Chrome and River were awesome characters to read. Chrome with his sexy, alpha-male attitude and heart of gold, he had me from the moment he step out of his bike. And how about that adorable daughter of his! He was caring and honest, but bad-ass too. I loved him! River was great too. Chrome's brother was a nice guy and the first friend Star encountered when she arrived back home. The friendship he offered Star showed her kindness the likes she had never known from a male 'friend'.Then there was Blue, we met him on Hers. Suffice it to say that he didn't make a great impression then and it only worsened from then. I wanted to throttle him and give him some of his own medicine. He truly was a nasty person and I'm glad he got what was coming to him.Needless to say that the romance part of the story was fabulous. Chrome and Star's chemistry was off-the-charts HOT and I enjoyed every minute of it. More than once, I found myself backtracking and reading some scenes over again. Hell yeah, I was thorough! Dawn Robertson knows how to bring the character's passion to the page. Their urgency at getting at each other, their relief at finally getting to it and of course, every little juicy detail in between.Well done, Ms Robertson. You've found a new fan in me!Although Finding Willow is the second book in the Hers series it can be read as stand alone since it focuses on Star's journey to let go of her past, her new found romance and her search for Willow, who's an integral part of Star's past.I received this title in exchange of my honest opinion as part of my participation of the tour.