Review: This fan can't wait to get her hands on your next book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2014
It was with a heavy heart that I opened the book of Lexi.  Reading the final installment of this story is like saying "Goodbye" to a dear friend.  Lexi, the book, is a prequel to A Twist Of Fate.Lexi starts off with a bang. The big break-up scene that is the catalyst for Lexi to become the ball-busting outspoken take charge woman that she is.  Broken and full of loathing for the person she had become, Lexi pulls herself up and figuratively washes away the remnants of her existence until all that is left is a core of steel.Needing a change of scenery, Lexi goes to Rome with a few dollars in her pocket and her worldly belongings in suitcases.  She waits tables in an Italian restaurant with her flatmate and friend Stefania.  Being flatmates works out very well for them both - Stefania taught Lexi how to speak italian and Lexi is teaching her english.  Both Stefania and Lexi are outrageous flirts and enjoy clubbing together.  Stefania falls in and out of love like most people change their pants.  Lexi doesn't allow herself to fall in love; she doesn't want attachments; doesn't want strings of any kind.  She's only in it for a night of sex - nothing more.One fateful night a group of American gents are meeting their italian friend for dinner and drinks at the restaurant.  The gents are instantly enamored of Lexi and she is happy to flirt with them until their friend arrives.  Here is a peek into Lexi's thoughts when she sees the friend:"WOW, was pretty much the first and only word that came into my mind.  He was tall.  I didn't really know how tall, but he was tall enough that even in my highest heels he would still tower over me.  Not that I was measuring him, and if I was I'd rather take my ruler to something other than his height."Stefania gets all quiet and funny when she sees the friend too.  She tries to warn Lexi that Riccardo is Riccardo Cassius of the Cassius family.  Lexi agrees to go on a date with Riccardo despite Stefania's warnings about his mob-like family.  Riccardo and Lexi hit it off and wind up spending the night together.  You'll have to read about what happens when she tries to leave in the morning - it is too funny.  Irregardless of how it began, Riccardo and Lexi keep seeing each other publicly but it's not a "real" relationship per their agreement.So I am guessing you want to know how Lexi winds up back in Australia - I can't tell you - it'd spoil the book.  What I can tell you is that T. Gephart does throw us a bone in the end - although this is the last of the Lexi series - the band Power Station continues to live on in subsequent books.I enjoyed reading Lexi.  I feel she (the author) does Lexi, the character, justice although I would have liked to seen more lead up to the big break-up.  The book definitely gave good insight into how Lexi became the ball-buster that she is.  T. Gephart has a way with characters - I love the dialogue the characters have with one another and the smart-alecky comments.  I can almost see the characters playing out the scenes before my eyes.  Although this may be the last book of Lexi, I have feeling she will be putting in an appearance in the Power Station books.  T. Gephart if you are listening - do Riccardo, Emma, Mark and Stefania get their own books too?A complimentary copy of Lexi was provided in exchange for an honest review.