Review: I 'heart' Hudson!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2012
I have to say that of all the Six Saviors, Hudson was by far my favorite. I know that other fans of the SS series feel the same way and this book was highly anticipated for those of us who fell in love with the sexy, well-dressed, skilled chef and warrior assassin. I was not disappointed.Hudson is in terrible pain. A male from the planet SR44 cannot be without the woman he loves without going through a world of hurt and the only woman Hudson has ever loved left him years ago and banned him from seeing his child. Hudson has carried this pain for almost 30 years and he has just had enough. He has existed purely for the daughter he only recently connected with, but now that she is happily married to one of his fellow warriors, Hudson is ready to leave this life. The book opens with him in a very terrible situation and ready to give up on his own life. His desperation was heartbreaking but also angering at the same time. As a person who has had a family member lost to suicide, I couldn't help but be angry at Hudson for wanting to abandon the people he loved. Beverly gave him a good tongue lashing for me, though, so at least he learned the error of his ways.About Beverly...she is also in pain. After losing everything, including the M.D. behind her name, due to her pill addiction, she is looking to start over. Unsure of what an ex-doctor does with her life, Beverly decides to jump into her car and hit the road right out of rehab. When her path crosses with an injured Hudson, she is wrangled into moving in with the warriors until Hudson is whole again. While Beverly is going about the business of stitching up Hudson's body, she also manages to heal his heart as well.I love a story about two broken people somehow finding their way together. Neither were perfect people, yet both were able to find in each other everything that they'd been missing. Each were tested as well, and both passed with flying colors, which showed true character development.All the other elements I've come to love about the SS series were there too--the comaraderie between the men, seeing the couples from the first two books still together and happy, and the frank and coarse language that adds even more to the humor in my opinion. If I had one complaint, it's that I wanted a bit more heat. This is a small, teeny, tiny complaint and not enough to make me adjust my rating. But this was HUDSON, and I was wanting to really get some more heat...but maybe Ms. Fall had it right by making the moments between them more about the emotion then the actual acts. After all, we are talking about rebirth here, and in the case of these two broken souls, this is exactly what happens by the end of the book. There were some twists at the end as well. One I was expecting, one that caught me completely off guard. Those fans of the SS series that wonder about the whole 'can Hudson make love to the woman he loves without losing his  SR44 form'...you will just have to read to see what happens. Needless to say, I was personally pleased with the outcome.At the end I was left with the feeling that Jovan's story will be next. Due to his gift, I am very interested in seeing where the series takes us. Reborn was a great addition to the series as well. Another job well done.This book was provided to me by the author in exchange for my fair and honest review. This review was posted at The Romance Writers Reads blog by me and my opinions were not influenced in any way, nor was I compensated for this review.