Review: Thank You! May I have another!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 29, 2013
Let me start off by saying I am 100 percent addicted to this series.  I want to go all fan girl on CL and give her a big hug and kiss on the cheek for giving me something so different from the norm.  These books are different. The direction they are heading is different and even though I wasn't so sure about it she's given me a reason to want to follow it through.In this book Sang and her sister are on there own, crazy mom is in a hospital and the father has abandoned them both.  Each one of these books has had an underlying theme and in this one it's trust.  Sang must learn to trust the boys with everything and it's not an easy thing to do.  She wants into the Academy.  She thinks once she's in she will understand the boys better and feel like she is truly a part of this family they keep telling her she is in.  The thing is she's got it backward.  This group really is "Family First Academy Second"  There is also more of an underlying current of romance in this book then in the other three.  Each of the boys is ready to move Sang into dating but the order says she's got to make the move.  Each boy has his own unique way of showing Sang what she means to them and the Author makes some of the most innocent touches so much more  My heart pounded sure he would kiss me.  I waited. Only he didn't he did something unexpected and better.  His nose traced over the side of my nose, across my cheek. Hovering right there. So Close. Where his nose trailed, my heart followed.  Each one of the boys is something different to her but equally as important.  Kota, "The boss." North, "The fierce, ever vigilant watchman."  Mr.Blackbourne "Of all the boys in the group, I never imagined Mr. Blackbourne being the one to understand me so well. Someone I could trust to talk to me, to tell me the answers."This book was more about establishing the perimeters of the relationships between the  characters. Not only teaching Sang to continue to open up and trust the boys but that they too needed to trust her abilities and her judgment. Even if that meant arguing or yelling.  "Yes. You had the right idea. You need to continue to argue back.  Listen to that he has to say and if you disagree, speak up and say so,  He'll listen." He yell's to show he cares about you."  "What if he doesn't care?"  "He won't talk to you." I think that is a hard lesson for anyone to learn even outside of a book.  Just because I disagree with someone doesn't mean I don't like them or care for them.  Actually it's the opposite.  If I didn't care I wouldn't bother.There is still so much to figure out and I am looking forward to the next books in the series. I love that she mixes the mystery of  The Academy with the dynamics of the relationships.  Sang is still a target at school and it isn't just from the students anymore.  I have enjoyed seeing each of the characters. especially Sang evolve into a someone I can feel for.  See that's the deciding factor for me with a book.  I want to be invested in the characters by the time I'm done. I want to crave the rest of the story.  I want to be excited because the Author hasn't shown her entire hand yet. and This series delivers all of that and a little something extra.  I have always had my heart set on North, call me biased but I love the guys who are rough around the edges and a little bit harder to get close to but that have that larger than life heart on the inside.  Heck I married one! However as this series continues I find that like Sang I can see something I love about each one.  I get the mixed up feelings and the way she can't let any of them go. It's not like a triangle where your loyalties are divided. It's like all of them make a whole. That it wouldn't work right without the others just like any other family.  The fact that they are all smokin hot doesn't hurt either.  Again I say start at the beginning if you haven't read the first 3 books go get em, do it now!  I am so hooked on this one and I want you all to join me on the ride :-)