Review: Dear Asher...I love you...That is all...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2013
Oh My God...where do I begin?Let me start off by saying I am completely and utterly in love with all of the characters that are contained within the pages of this series. I am not sure I have ever truly felt so much love, protectiveness and passion for characters, their well being and their development. It is amazing at how well crafted these characters are and how they just instinctively have you reaching for your pom poms and being their biggest fan.That was how I felt after book one, Friend-Zoned, and that was how I felt after this book.One of the most misunderstood characters from the first book was Ghost. He had given Tina a bit of a hard time, but slowly he started to warm up to her; accepting her for being the kind girl she was. He even went out of his way to do something nice for her after something horrible had happened that shook her to her very soul. But it was that moment he shared with Natalie that you sort of know that beneath that very crusty and crunchy exterior was a soft, gooey middle. He was truly hiding something so profound within him that it altered his very being and you just wanted to know that he could finally have a little bit of happiness that would make him smile and not growl or feel the need to be a "Ghost"....This journey was truly EVERYTHING I wanted for him. While the journey didn't start off the way he wished it could since he was quite altered and riveted by how his moment with Nat affected him, once he was FRIEND ZONED, they were able to explore each other in a more intense way...accepting not only each other faults, but their fears..and, more importantly, were able to start to face their own truths of their feelings for each other and the fears and uncertainty that was working like an anchor not allowing the wind the catch their sails and move forward.I loved how this book continued where book one left off, while recapping some of what happened, especially where it pertained to these characters or the flow of the story. I also loved how you got to see that crunchy armor of Asher's slowly become soggy and more bendable, especially when it came to Natalie. The path that each of these characters took may not have been conventional, and it sure wasn't the easy or short route, but it happened on their time and in their way..and in a way that two scared and fractured beings needed to have it happen in order for them to make sure that they no longer needed the safety net of the excuses they used to use, but rather had the faith in trust in each other to hold them up, even when they were down.The ending of this book comes full circle to a scene in book one, and to see Nik show up and be a part of it, while being there for his friend while supporting his biggest ally in book one was touching and just showed how much he grew as a man. To say I fell in love with all of these boys all over again would be redundant, but, hell...i sure did...they may all be different and unique, but they truly all have that extra something that wishes you knew them, had them, dated them and loved them while they were loving you back...To say that I adore this series would be a vast understatement. It is not often that I stalk an author and, truth be told, I cannot tell you how grateful I am that Belle Aurora hasn't taken out a retraining order against me yet *smiles*...but this is a series that has garnered two five star ratings from me for both book one and book two and I am sure will continue to slay me. I have gifted both of these books ten times over and find that I am so excited about them and so in love with them that it would be selfish for me not to share.UP NEXT IS MAD MAX and, well, I am sure you can figure out where I will be until that release day...that's right...stalking this authorCOMPLETE WINNER FOR ME AND I AM SURE FOR YOU, TOO, IF YOU GIVE THIS SERIES A CHANCE...