Review: Heart-warming and sweet
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2013
We start out with a prologue that takes place before book one,A Little Bit Wicked (Forbidden Love). The first chapter then takes place after book one, so it did take me a little while to realize that Clarissa's brother, Marcus, had come back. Besides that little confusion, nothing else lets you know that this book is part of a series--it can be read as a standalone.Clarissa, taking the advice of her dead sister-in-law, Rebeccca, had her eyes set on George. As readers, we knew George wasn't right for her. Actually, everyone around her, even her best friend Ella, knew he wasn't right for her. But the stubborn Clarissa insisted that he was for her. They "fit," as she put it. Oh, how that made me want to slap her and make her realize that she was being idiotic.Justin... oh, Justin. I fell in love with this man. He was so sweet, so protective, so patient. And yet, so very vulnerable. He never thought he was worth it--that he was the best thing for Clarissa. Of course, he didn't want George for her either since he actually knew what he was like.There were a few things that stroke me rather odd. Clarissa has striven all of her life to be prim and proper, following what Rebecca had told her. But one touch from Justin has her unleashing all of her passions. I understand that Clarissa is a passionate person (albeit slightly idiotic--seriously, I almost pulled my hair out with her stubbornness), but wouldn't she have a little more restraint since she was--throughout her life--struggling to be prim and proper; the pinnacle of society? However, I did like how she was always attracted to Justin and how she fervently denied it all the while not truly convincing herself.Clarissa wasn't my favorite character. She was hard-headed to the point of idiocy and she was judgmental. But she was sweet and had her heart in the right place. And she was good for Justin, and he was good for her.The secondary characters, Roe and Ella, were amusing as well as almost always right. Roe gave Justin really good advice (although he ignored him) and Ella such fun to read. I really hope these two characters get their happy ending too!The story is a sweet one. I loved seeing both characters fall in love with each other while they were both convinced that they shouldn't end up together. Justin and Clarissa fit so perfectly together, and reading their story was so much fun. I really recommend this book for all the romantics out there--it's a heart-warming story.