Review: ~~ 4.5 Stars ~~
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
No One's Hero is the second book in the Chadwell Hearts Series.  This was a quick read, but an enjoyable one.  I will say that I think I liked No One's Angel a little better, but this was still a great book.  This wasn't the typical NA college story that are out there.  I loved that the hero wasn't a player and the girl wasn't a young naive girl.  Don't get me wrong Lexi is young, just starting her freshman year at college, but she wasn't naive or really gullible (even though she does do something pretty dumb towards the end that I wanted to smack her for).  I also liked the background theme of this story.  I haven't read many books were the story is based around horses and horseback riding.  I learned some fun things about the sport.Like in the first book, I liked the flow and pace of this story.  I really like Kelly Walker's writing style.  She does a great job at character development and comes up with some creative plot twists that you don't see coming.  I will say that I was originally going to give this story 4 stars, but the last 30% of the book punched it up another 1/2 star.  So much happened in that last part of the book, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.  Let's just say it kept me on my toes ;)This book is about Lexi and Kevin.  We meet both of these characters in book 1, but we got to know them so much more in this book.  Like I said before….I really liked Lexi's character.  She was young but not overly naive.  She was a feisty one and really gave Kevin a run for his money.  I loved that was also willing to stand up for herself. (Goodness knows she needed to with a few of the B*tches she meets at school).  I loved her and Kevin's banter…I will say they had me laughing out loud on many occasions.  Kevin was also a great character…he was a little broken, but not for the normal reasons we see in books these days (I won't say anymore about that, you have to read the book to find out what happened).  What I loved was that all he really did was close down his heart a little, he didn't do the normal thing most male characters do, he didn't turn to alcohol or drugs or women.  That was totally refreshing.  The only thing I would've like to see with Lexi and Kevin, was that they would've gotten together sooner.  I thought that was a little slow.I know I haven't talked about the plot and storyline much and that is because I don't want to ruin anything for anyone who hasn't read this book.  What I will say is that you should read this book…you won't be sorry.  My only suggestion is that you read No One's Angel first.  These books are both standalones, but we do see a lot of Angel (Tess) and Axel (Arion) in this book and the author does reference book 1 quite a bit in the beginning without really recapping anything that happened.  So to make sure you have all the facts and details, you should read book 1 then this one.