Review: This was the missing piece to the Lost Series.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2014
This was a solid 4.5 stars for me. Typically I tend to give novellas ratings that reflect the length, since it can be hard to fully grip the reader in such a short span of time. For me, this was a different reading experience since I had already read Lost in Distraction & Lost for You. My experience really was not just this book, but the combined experience with both this and the the last book in the series. Rating based on not only the story & writing, but what this novella ended up providing me; closure.For those that have not yet read this series, this novella and the reviews from readers might give away a very key part of the series. I will try my best to refrain from doing just that.Shay has a reputation, one he's enjoyed building over the years. A little rough around the edges, but deep down a guy that has a good heart and wants to be much more than he used to be. He may work for an guy that's on the wrong side of the law, but his job is clearly on the other. He had a happy life with the best friend a guy could ask for, money and women. He didn't know what he was missing until he saw her."He gave her hope.She gave him love."Brenna has wanted nothing more than to be out from under the thumb of her father, once she realized just what he did for a living - it was not the life she wanted and he certainly wasn't a man she could respect. But being the baby and the only girl in the family made it hard for her to escape his reach. Forced to work for his security company, she is saddled with babysitter. A man that is expected to take her to and from work... not a man that she was suppose to fall in love with."And I can finally be with her again. My Brenna."This is the story of Shay & Brenna, the love that we read about in bits and pieces during Lost in Distraction & Lost for You. The day they met, the day their world changes forever and the day that they finally find each other again. This is the story of a love coming full circle, redemption and salvation.I fell completely in love with the bad-boy with a soft heart as I watched him stand on the sidelines as Brax and Elise fell in love. There was always something so haunting and tragic about Shay in both books. After finishing Lost for You, my heart broke a little. I knew I needed more of this man, but wasn't sure if my emotions could handle it. This was the perfect little piece of his story that needed to be told, not only to give us the added time with such a lovable character, but to complete his story in the most perfect way.I started this with a bit of fear that I would be a little bit of an emotional wreck, but I actually felt peace. Now, that doesn't mean that little burn in my throat didn't happen or that I didn't have one hell of a time swallowing that damn lump, but it just felt like everything fit into place; as it was meant to be. This novella gives you the closure to the story that we were lacking and it also made me feel a lot better about the way the series concluded.Thank you BJ for this little nugget and for giving us more of Shay. You could have just moved on from these characters but you gave us the gift of a little more time and the story needed to understand the Shay and why he made the choices he made.ARC received from Author in exchange for an honest review.