Review: Masterful Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2013
Gemma and Tyler's lives apart and together are so rarified, it would be a challenge for a therapist to comprehend the many contributing factors that complicate it, and sort them out for them.  On the other hand, it's pretty simple.  Tyler is jealous of the friendship and past that Gemma shares with Damien.  As a close and loyal friend, Damien is the perfect storm -- unusually perceptive, which happens to be what it takes to understand what's going on in Gemma's head.  She needs him, as a friend, not in a romantic way (at least, as I read it -- when he shows up at a joint appearance with a supermodel on his arm, she feels no pangs).  He "gets" her (and he gets people generally).  Tyler compensates by setting out on a mission to know more fully about Gemma -- if he understands her past, maybe he can find some peace with their dysfunction.  He knows she opens up to Damien and not him (Damien knows how to open her up, he asks the right questions and has no agenda).  Tyler, frustrated, becomes obsessive.  He wants to be everything, fix everything, and control everything with her.  He's 19, and he adores Gemma, so we give him credit for the mistakes he makes, and so does Gemma, but their relationship has hit a wall.  Tyler is a dear person, I hope he uses this time between books to work on things, hopefully with a professional.  I also hope I am on the same page as India Lee.  She has written a wonderful series and I love and admire her work.  I honestly do not know where she takes things from here, so I look forward to Book Five this fall.  And if she needs it, Book Six, too.