Review: Aesome Series, Awesome Author
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2013
It is official: J.M. Madden is an awesome author. And this series is awesome as well.  I love these characters. They're real, they're believable and they're decent people. I can see them as people I would meet in the real world. In their relationships, they don't have big misunderstandings and they don't make stupid mistakes. They talk to each other (OK, maybe Zeke doesn't tell Ember one little thing that he should because he wants to protect her but it all works out OK). In other words, they are people like you and me.There are even more kittens in this book than the last, plus an adorable 4-year old boy. The "Awwwww" factor is at an all-time high. I expect in the next book for there to be fluffy baby bunnies. Lots of fluffy baby bunnies, more kittens, maybe a puppy, and a certain couple from the first book to have a cooing baby. We will all fall into diabetic comas because of the sweetness of all of it.One caveat: The cover. Zeke is desperately uncomfortable about having scars all over his face, and his body. The model on the cover is essentially flawless. In "Embattled Hearts" I have a cover where it appears that John is standing behind Shannon. John is confined to a wheelchair in the book. Please publisher, the author is trying to show us that damaged people can be sexy and whole and loveable. Don't do the characters a disservice by putting a perfect person on the cover. Yes, I know it's done to sell books, but we know what we're getting, either from reading the first book or reading the blurb. You don't have to sell it to us with false advertising. Give us what the book is offering. There are hot people of both sexes who can be classified as "damaged". On the other hand, Ember was flawless. Please feel free to use the model's picture whenever and as often as you like.:)