Review: A really good read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2014
After watching Emily go through two years of her life, picking up the pieces after heart breaks, exploring a world of sex, music and love that she never dreamed existed, and searching for her hearts desires, we finally get to see how she ends up and with whom she dedicates her life to.Stricken Resolve starts with her in the hospital on bed rest, trying to hold off the delivery of her twins.  By her side is James, her former bodyguard who has asked her to marry him.  Jonathan still claiming his undying love for her while having sex with Cammy wants to find a way to have both women in his life.The author gave us some intense moments such as when the babies finally arrived. When the time came to name them, when Emily’s world came crashing down on her and she lost her reason to live and watching Jonathan struggle to do what was right, while wanting to keep what he thought was his all to himself.  Emily was once again surrounded by her friends who created a very dysfunctional yet loving family for her.During this story we also had a chance to understand James more, what he does, how he felt about Emily.  His story alone created some wacky dramatic situations that left me on the edge of my seat then shaking my head at what goes on in this authors mind.She created a story of magic and unconditional love among people who sometimes understood boundaries, sometimes those boundaries were lost.  What was never lost was the desire to get back up after life knocks them down and make the most out of what they had.  Going back on tour so soon after Emily’s life fell apart wasn’t easy for the band, but they knew in order to make their dreams come true, they must.  What was so inspiring was they didn’t lack in support for their choice, because even Emily knew that her family needed to do this for their future.  A never give up attitude is clear in this book, but also a never give up on each other is even stronger.I enjoyed the end when we were able to see what Emily decided to do with her life, how her twins were going to be raised and we also saw the future for the supporting characters that we grew to love.  I really recommend this book to the readers, but my advice is to make sure you start with book one in the series so you know the whole journey for Emily and her “family”.  They will shock you, make you wonder about your own life and they will capture your heart and never let go.Reviewed by Tbird for Crystal’s Many Reviewers*Copy provided for honest review*