Review: Eden Butler scores again!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2014
Are you kidding me?? Hey Eden, yeah you! Thanks for the heart attack, b***h!!! (kidding!)Ok first and foremost, the Gary Oldman reference alone is enough to give this awesome book a 5 star rating. I mean HELLO, he's an AMAZING actor and his genius is entirely to understated.Second, let me just tell you I LOVE THIS BOOK! Well, to be fair, I loved the first book too and so I kind of knew going into this it was going to be awesome. Boy, I was not disappointed!!I was so caught up in the story and had some very important things to get done but I couldn't put it down. I accomplished nothing while reading this book. Ok, well I did stop reading long enough to put dinner in the crock pot, but I was thinking about Mollie and Vaughn the entire time. Because I loved Seeking Serenity so much I was thrilled that Autumn and Declan were regulars in this book.Mollie is exactly the type of woman I pretend to be in my head. She is fierce, stubborn, and brave. She's her father's daughter and when all else fails knows exactly who she is because of that. While I sit here in my flannel pajamas under a blanket with my Chihuahua sleeping in my lap, laptop on my legs, tablet to my left and phone to my right, I try to convince myself that I am like Mollie. Then I remember I just posted a picture of me wearing my daughter's My Little Pony jacket on Facebook and think yeah, maybe not. But THEN I remember that Mollie is a comic book loving nerd girl instantly feel a little better. Mollie has a sweet and soft side too and isn't afraid to show it. She is passionately loyal and has a very good head on her shoulders. She doesn't play games. Even when her temper has her being foolish, she has the good sense to know that she is indeed being foolish. Perhaps my favorite thing about her, she's forgiving. She's been beat down in a way that could rightfully leave her jaded and untouchable. Much to my delight, she chooses a different path and I found myself wishing I knew her in real life.Vaughn, oh my, what to say about Vaughn. He is wounded in ways that you can't imagine. I, much like Mollie, didn't know what to think about Vaughn. I wanted to like him, was pulling so hard for him to be a good guy. I kept thinking, if he's a douchebag I'm going to be livid! It was obvious he was harboring secrets, which was frustrating! If people would just talk...holy crap! I love that he noticed the million little things about Mollie that make her who she is."She is a girl, all smooth skin, priorities fluxed into selfish thoughts like most her age, but she is loyal, he's seen that in her, in her friends. Her age makes him think that she is inexperienced, that her years do not equal much pain, much loss, but the reality of it is that she has been in her own battles, just like him. Mollie's scars don't cover her body like his; they have not left visible evidence of the loss she has known, but they are just the same; hidden beneath a laugh that is deep, real.""Vaughn instantly misses the warmth in her cheeks, the way her eyes brighten with her laugh. More than anything, he hates that he'd do anything to make the pretty smile return to her face."He tries to fight how he feels for her in exchange for doing what is right, even though it is complete torture.  He falters many times, unable to resist the pull she has on him. When he finally kisses her, it starts a fire that can't be extinguished no matter how much he tries to pretend it's not there burning him alive."It is slight, barely passable as a kiss at all, but Vaughn still craves it, wants it to linger, to expand until he doesn't feel anything but Mollie.""Mollie Malone is like a drug. An annoying, addictive, impossible-to-ignore drug."When Mollie's past becomes a serious threat to the right now for her and her friends, Vaughn's past threatens to ruin everything between them.This book took twists that I did not see coming. I read so much that it isn't often that a plot surprises me and when it does I'm very pleased.I love that the book gives us both of their perspectives and lets us inside both of their heads.I rated this book 5 stars!