Review: Absolutely amazing!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2014
I adored these books. Right now it has been rereleased as a set and it is the first time I have read them.  I haven’t read anything by Jane until now, though I knew of her and have her on my TBR list, I hadn’t seen these two particular books.I am so glad I had a chance to read them now.It starts with The Education of Sebastian, which in my mind, I know I should have been repulsed by the taboo elements that came with their relationship, and it isn’t just the affair that normally would have my head saying no no no!, but in my heart, man, this couple tore the emotion from me.  In their first love scene, I actually had tears running down my face.  It was beautiful.  They both have been shoved down, ignored, beat on (in one of their cases), bullied, hurt, held back, then they come together, each with another person who finally shows them actual love. Seriously, tears.I was rooting for them.  I wanted them to hold off for 3 months and then follow their dreams.  I wanted everything to work out for them.  I hurt for them when one or both of them hurt, I smiled so big when things were going their way, I adore this book.As you can see from the blurb for The Education of Caroline, they did separate for a bit, like 10 years.Then they were both at the same training seminar for journalists going into enemy territory (that is not the exact term).  Sebastian was there as a marine who was a linguist, Caroline as the journalist.Sebastian was so angry with her.Understandably so until Caroline gets to give her reasoning.  Even so, I would have been just as hurt as Sebastian was.  Sebastian has changed from the sweet boy he was to the hardened marine that Caroline now has in front of her.  Caroline is no longer the docile housewife, but has turned into the woman she wanted to be.  They both really have been through so much.  I wasn’t sure if he was going to be able to work through his broken heart that he had carried with him all of those years.No matter how hurt either of them were, the chemistry between these two was still there, they still were drawn to each other.  They were/are amazing together.  I can’t tell you if they can get through the hurt they have both caused each other in the past and present, but I will say the journey to finding out is more than worth it.  I loved this book just as much as I loved The Education of Sebastian.  I ended up reading 2/3 of this in 1 day and the rest the next and these two books are over 900 pages put together.  I did not want to put them down.Thank you Jane Harvey-Barrick for such a beautiful story between the two.  This is one of those moments where I feel honored to have read a certain book.I was given a copy of the book to facilitate this review.