Review: Great continuation of Lexi and Lucca's story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2014
This book was received from the author in exchange for an honest review.L’amore is Book 2 in The Luminara Series, and delves further into Lexi Robertson’s and Lucca Caruso’s story. L’amore is not a standalone, so I highly recommend reading Book 1, Lussuria, first. Once you read Lussuria, you will want to jump head first into this continuation.L’amore begins right where Lussuria left us, and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that. Lexi is continuing to learn how to deal with everything that has happened in her past, but now she also has to consider how it will affect this new consuming love she has with Lucca. She has always closely guarded herself against the world, and rightly so considering the childhood she had. But she also knows shutting out the man who owns her completely is out of the question. How is he going to react when he hears about everything she has done, or has had done to her? What will he think of her once he knows? When he learned some of the worst events in her childhood, he didn’t handle it well. Can she be the cause of more pain for him?Lucca wants nothing more than to continue to love, cherish and worship, Lexi, and to keep her safe. Honestly, he would be at his happiest if he could have her chained to his side continuously. Since they have a difficult time keeping their hands off each other when they are together, the chaining could be an added benefit. However, he knows that is not possible, and Lexi doesn’t necessarily appreciate his over-the-top measures of ensuring her safety. But Lucca knows something that Lexi doesn’t, which necessitates the scrutiny of friends and a security detail. The vile monster that dealt Lexi her most horrific abuses is back. And he’ll stop at nothing to destroy her.I thoroughly enjoyed watching Lexi grow in this book. She is faced with situations that make her pause and evaluate as someone might who hasn’t suffered so horribly in their past. She still has work to do to get there, but it shows how important a trusted support system can be, and how she is opening herself a little each day and allowing this incredible L’amore help her to heal and become stronger. I’m also hoping as she continues to grow that she does a bit less “filing”, as it began to seem a bit excessive. S.J. Molloy has done a wonderful job giving us just enough background to make sense of everything, but also building the anticipation for what is to come. I KNOW there are going to be some major happenings coming up, and I can’t wait to see what happens. I would give this book 4.5/5 stars, but this site does not allow you to grant partial stars.