Review: 4 Simmering Stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2013
I love anything by Sorensen so I was excited to see that Lila and Ethan were getting their own book. The background story of Lila is so sad. I know she was never eager to get home but I had no idea how crazy her history was. She just seemed like a rich girl with a family that was probably tough and not loving, but I didn't think they would be so heartless. So many books with broken characters deal with physical abuse, but often times I think the emotional abuse can be just as bad if not worse.Ethan, well he had more layers to him then what I was expecting. I loved how caring he could be under that sarcastic "I'm a tatted bad boy demeaner". His fear of relationships had so much more to it than I would have imagined but part of me was sad that he really didn't know how he felt or who he wanted to farther into the story.Overall, I enjoyed the book but it didn't grip me the way most of the broken character love stories do. The underlying sexual tension between Lila and Ethan simmered through the whole book. When things finally came together, I was hoping for a rolling boil and steaminess, but I didn't get that.An upside and turn I did not see coming was Micha and Ella. We get little smatterings of Micha and Ella throughout the story but the ending, I was like WTH. I am so glad their next book is already out. Download time.