Review: Character depth to infinity and beyond
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2014
5 Stars!This will be a spoiler-free review.  I want you all to enter into this book blind and to feel all the raw emotions that I felt as I went from one page to the next.  I seldom read a book from start to finish without taking a peak at the ending.  I made a promise to myself that I would not cheat and read the ending.  What I felt throughout this book was real and powerful.  My heart was racing, my breathing rate increased, and I was scared for all the possible scenarios the story could suddenly lead to.  And I can’t forget about the tears that found their way down my face – not just pooling in my eyes but finding their way down my cheeks into the neck of my t-shirt.  (Read this book wearing a cotton t-shirt as it will be more absorbent!)There are so many things I want to talk about, but I can’t because I absolutely will not give away any of the story.  I think I’m safe sticking with character development, or maybe I should say character maturity if that’s even possible with this group of bikers!Ripper and Cox still can make you laugh with their antics and banter. “He’s talkin’ ‘bout you f*ckin’ his daughter,” he whispered loudly.  “We weren’t supposed to do that, dude, and you didn’t listen.”Deuce is close to 60 years old now and still in charge…”reel your f*ckin’ sh*t in before I reel it in for you.” Ahhh…I will never tire of hearing those words.The main focus of this story is Dorothy/Jace/Hawk.  Madeline is a genius when it came to writing their story.  She has a gift and she opened it wide for all of us to see as she told their story.  My heart hurt for all of them.  They all lost so much and will never be able to have it back.  Here is where the real character growth is shown.  Each one of these characters has gone through a dark place and is slowly finding their way back from being a person that was lost.  When I think about the pain that each one of them went through, I get teary eyed as I sit here trying to put into words what I felt…it’s impossible for me to tell you how much you will adore the inner strength of each of them.  Jace and Hawk are tough bikers, they’ve done things they don’t speak of, they’ve loved the same woman, and each of them continues to love that same woman in their own way.  What we get to see in this book is the fight they place on themselves to become a man worthy of love, redemption and forgiveness.  I wouldn’t be able to pick a favorite between Hawk and Jace because they both have gone through a world of darkness and are fighting their hardest to rise up.  I never expected that Madeline was going to delve so deep into their heads and that I would be able to feel everything through her words on paper.  For the times when the character point of view switched, I became that person…I felt everything and most of it hurt really, really bad.“You know what I always regretted?” he whispered.  “Never puttin’ you on the back of my bike.  Just me and you, out in the sun.”When it comes to an epilogue, this can either make or break or a book.  But if the book is already perfection what do you do with an epilogue?  In Madeline’s case you make it EPIC.  Holy macaroni…I was sitting on the edge of my chair gasping.  I don’t give out many 5 star reviews, so this book has to be good to get my 5-star seal of approval.On a side note…ZZ is 100% nuts and I can’t wait to hear his story.