Review: For Jacob Love is a Battlefield
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2013
As the song goes, for Jacob Matthews love has been a battlefield. He has not had it easy when it comes to claiming the woman he loves. His Ever After picks up right where Love Square left off. Believed to have loss Sam to her husband, Aiden, his love for her still consumes his soul. Taken over by grief, Jacob is a shell of the man we are introduced in most of Love Squared."These days I crave the silence. This is the time when I can sit alone and remember. The time when I can close my eyes and smell her, feel her warm soft skin and hear her magical laugh."No worries ladies we still see the strong side of this passionate man. He will fight to claim love he does not believe he deserves but his fight must battle once again with fate. If you thought fate was cruel to Jacob in first book, be ready to send hate mail to Fate himself, for new revelations and events come to light that will take you on one helluva emotional roller coaster. You will be flipped completely upside by some of the twists Jessica Ingro throws at you.I do not condone violence, but I think an exception can be made in regards to Brooke Dugan. If I wasn't so captivated in all things Jacob, I would have thrown her off the coaster. I do not doubt her love for Jacob, what I doubt is her moral compass. I know what you are thinking; all these characters could use a lesson in morals. Yes, I agree but Jacob and Sam both mature tremendously from Love Square. However, Brooke's witchy, psycho-obsessed girlfriend act does not change; if anything it carries over and then some.Just as well written as its predecessor, His Ever After has just as much angst and steaminess; yet intensified heartache. Whereas, your heart was already cracked for Jacob coming into this read, your heart will shatter once all the lies are revealed. Certain characters were not as present as I would have liked once crap hit the fan. I kept holding out hope that my predictions would be met, but what I was introduced too blew my expectations out of the water. While the explosion was minimal, the destruction is done and the aftermath is pure devastation."I always thought that the day I found my soul mate I would get that damn fantasy. My happily ever after. All I know now is that love is nothing more than pain and sorrow."Choices are made, hearts are broken, characters leave and new characters enter the mix. Jacob snaps out of the crushed miserable state and enters into a new phase of implement self-destruct. Refusing to believe he is capable of love, you as a reader just want to reach in and hug him? Our heroine's compassionate nature persistently tries to help Jacob discover his worthiness of love."'Before you all I knew was darkness. You brought the light into my life.' She gifts me with a warm smile and with that, I finally feel at peace again."But internal demons refuse to be buried and outside forces (pesky people) will make Jacob fight to hold on to his happiness.If you are a true cheerleader, while some players on the team may flip flop out and in, your rooting should not falter for all that matters is Team Jacob Matthews gets his ever after.Everyone has their own side of the story; you do not want to miss out of Jacob's. If you thought your mind was Fed in Love Square, you better have aspirin on hand because Jessica Ingro does not take it easy on you and you love every heart string pulling, clenched fisting, tear struck moment.P.S. Ladies as for the sexiness of all things Jacob's sex escapades, he brings the steam, the dirty talk, and the passion.