Review: Kaje Harper does it again!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2012
Sometimes we get exactly what we wish for, and Home Work is one of those times for me. In my review for Breaking Cover, I said:"The first one ended with a solid HFN and the second ended with what could be a HEA but also leaves room for the possibility of another book. If there is no third book, the series reached a satisfying conclusion. But I'd love to spend more time with Mac, Tony, Ben, and Anna as they settle into being a family together."Seeing them settle into being a family is the core of this story, though of course it has a mystery too. The first time I read it I loved it, but not as much as I loved Breaking Cover, which had a more straightforward story arc. However, I think the story has improved a lot since that first version I read. I beta'ed this, so I've read it several times already. I've loved it more with each reread (of course, it helped that it was improved between each read, lol). Because I've read it so many times now, I've lost my objectivity; I can no longer say how it compares to BC, just that while the core elements are the same, the balance is shifted.What I can say is that unlike the first two, I'll be extremely disappointed if there's not another, but thankfully that's not a concern because Kaje has said she intends to write it. This book hints a little more about Mac's family, but in the fourth book we'll hopefully learn much more about them. Like the previous books, this one is a complete story unto itself, and it doesn't end with a cliffhanger. It's solidly HFN, it just needs at least one more book to get them to a real HEA. Which means more Mac and Tony, which is a very good thing.