Review: It was so easy to fall so hard for Elle and Brax
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2014
These two books were exactly what I needed to get me out of my book funk. I really enjoyed the suspense and mystery aspect to these books. But mostly, I fell in love with how freaking adorable Brax and Elle were. Their love story is more than just a romance. It is a story of how love heals and as cheesy as it sounds it shows how love conquers all. It’s hard to talk about what happens without spoiling the first or second book. So, I’ll just say I flew through these books. It had all the angst, suspense, mystery, romance, and cuteness that I need to love a book.“When I’m with him it feels like I’m his whole world – that his sole focus is on me and he’d move heaven and earth to make me happy. I feel like the gaping hole in my heart is slowly being closed up by him. He has given me hope that life can be good for me again, despite my horrific past.”When we first meet Elle, she is just starting college and she is broken. A shell of a girl. Left empty from losing her entire family a few years ago while she was away at camp. She should have been there. Now she’s going to through motions and being groomed to take over her father’s company. I liked that she was an heiress but she was in no way snobby or even acted rich. She was real, grounded, and humble. She wanted to blend in and be unimpressionable, but Brax blew all of that out of the water. I loved seeing her break out of her shell. I couldn’t believe how she was able to shine so brightly even after all she had and has been through. I found her relatable and I thought she was adorable, just like Brax thought.“She is my life now and I have told her more than once that I can’t live without her and to be honest. I don’t think either of us would ever be the same again if we had to be apart. I can’t live in a world where she is not in my life, it’s not even an option.”Brax was hired to watch over Elle, but she quickly becomes more than an assignment to him. Hell, he only agreed because he wanted to make her eyes sparkle again after seeing how dull they were in a surveillance photo. I loved how take-charge Brax was without being over-the-top alpha. He made me swoon. He isn’t afraid to say what he wants and he only ever wants to protect and love Elle. I hated that he had to keep his true profession from Elle for so long, but I knew that these two were too in love for anything to seriously keep them apart for long. And that theory of mine was tested MULTIPLE times in this series. Poor Brax and Elle. I loved seeing Brax fall in love with Elle. He would truly move heaven and hell for her. They deserve each other.“You’re my today, tomorrow, and my forever if you’ll still have me.”“I’ve never wanted you more, Brax, and I don’t see that changing in this lifetime.”I loved the pacing of the story. Neither of the books were too long or bogged down in detail. They were just full of twists and turns. I was biting my lip while reading most of the time. It was either from the sexual tension in the beginning, the steamy but not really steamy scenes between Elle and Brax, or from the intensity of the suspense. I also loved the way B.J. Harvey wrote the story where it flowed very well. It was mostly in Elle and Brax’s POVs but we get to see some glimpses into other characters’ heads, like the bad guy at one point and lots of Shay! I loved Shay. He was Brax’s best friend and he became a brother to Elle. I also loved Devon, who we mainly see in Lost for You. I want to know everything about those two! They have good back stories, I know they have to. I was so sad when this book ended. I was not ready to let go of Brax and Elle yet. I wanted a double epilogue! Or I could just live with them forever. That would be good too. Even with all the darkness threatening to consume them or tear them apart, they always found ways to love each other and to be more adorable.“I’m home.”“You’ve always been home, Elle.”“No, I haven’t. I lost everyone I loved four years ago. I thought that was the end of my life. That I’d never feel settled again. That I’d never have my anchor. But now I feel home again. I have you. Forever. You’re all I need, all I’ll ever want. I’m truly home now.”“You’re my home too, baby. You are where I’m supposed to be.”