Review: Can a leopard change his spots?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2014
I am a huge fan of Jettie Woodruff’s writing….huge. A while back, I was recommended by some followers to read Underestimated and was immediately hooked.  Drew and Morgan, with as dysfunctional of relationship as they had, soon became a favorite couple of mine. When I left them in book one, I felt at peace with the decisions they had made with their relationship and knew that ultimately they had made the right choice for themselves. I walked away a happy reader.Fast forward a few months and I hear that a sequel, Underestimated Too, is coming out.  Whoop Whoop! More of Drew and Morgan….and from his POV. I was thrilled! I was so interested in reading how these two progressed.  And then I read it….and have been tongue tied ever since. It has been two weeks since I finished and still don’t have the adequate wording to describe this book or the way it made me feel…..mainly because I will never be a spoiler wench and fear anything I say in depth about this book would take away from what you, the reader, will get from it.Underestimated Too picks up pretty immediate after book one and you learn very quickly that life for Drew and Morgan has changed a bit. What we get is not a book written in Drew’s voice, but through conversations from him depicting how he became the man he is, we learn what makes Drew tick. The way Ms. Woodruff showed us the real Drew Kelly was nothing short of brilliance. As humans, it is always easier to divulge our secrets only to ourselves….in our heads as opposed to speaking them out loud. Once we put out there verbally our opinions of ourselves, it can’t be taken back….and thank goodness for us as readers, Drew has little filter when it comes to talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of his life.I am not going to lie, Morgan really frustrated me in this book. When you read it, you will understand. For as in book one I was rooting for Drew, even in his sadistically messed up ways, in book two I kind of needed Morgan to see the light. I vacillated between anger and compassion for her….she loves him….I get it….he is what she knows and craves…..I get that too…..but at some point you have to ask, “is it enough?”Ms. Woodruff brought this story full circle for me and did it in the most honest, real life way possible. I cannot imagine this was an easy story to write. Drew is about as complex as they come…he is an abusive and sadistic man with little regard for his temper, yet in the next breath a loving father and husband. Can a leopard change his spots? Can he change to be the man Morgan and Nicky need him to be? You have to read to find out….and I can assure you that even though the road to happiness is paved with good intentions…sometimes it is under construction.