Review: Fabulous follow up!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 28, 2014
Arc provided by Flirt publishing via Netgalley for an honest review!Five Star Fabulous follow up!Ms. Wolff has provided an incredible follow up to her first book "Shredded" in the extreme risk series. Can "Shattered" be read as a stand alone? Yes, it can ; however I do recommend reading "Shredded" first since the first book gives you backround history on all of the characters , but especially gives you a good look at who Ash Lucas really was before tragedy strikes!Ash pre-tragedy was a rising snowboard competitor top of his field with an eye on the next Olympics , solid , reliable,fun loving, driven, goal oriented friend, he is the friend who was there for everyone, especially his buddy Z .Ash's Olympic dream ends the day he looses his parents in a car accident and finds himself guardian to his 14 year old brother Logan, his brother Logan who loved snowboarding as much as him, who had his own Olympic aspirations. Who now is paralyzed. Ash's career did not end because of Logan, but because of Ash's own guilt, guilt that his parents died coming to see him perform, guilt because his brother is now paralyzed because he was coming also, Los and lots of guilt that he lays on himself! Ash gave up snowboarding sing the excuse that he needs to be their for his brother. It's too dangerous, his consent worry for Logan, bu not snowboarding is eating away at his soul, his brother knows it , he sees it , Ash's freinds see it but how to get him to move on ,get back on the slopes and forgve himself for something that was not his fault!Enter Tansy, a nineteen year old cancer patient " survivor" finally after ten years in full remission ! Tansy works for the make a wish foundation and her first case is for a 14 year old boy Timmy who loves Ash, major hero worship and he wants as his wish to spend a day with Ash snowboarding. Since, ash has not answered an of her e- mails , she takes herself to his job for a face to ace request, which goes sideways because the Ash who in the past would of taken her request to talk as just that and not a snow bunny come on, never mind in the past would have passed on the come on being more the relationship type, well he makes the assumption hat Tansy is just another snow bunny and though he tempts Tansy the breaks are put on.Ash is suprised to discover he misread the situation and although he would love to help her fufill Timmy's wish , he shoots Tansy down , he does not snowboard anymore and he is adamant about it! Luckily for Timmy , Ash has a brother and freinds who want the old Ash back and the first step in that Journey is getting him back on the slopes!The addition of Tansy character s so much more than a romance relationship, she becomes , a challenge, a sounding board and the heater that starts melting the hardness that has overtaken Ash and in turn Ash becomes Tansy's chance at being more than cancer girl, she gets to be an attractive wanted women!The story is a journey, not of one but many, romance, growth, friendship and future! I stressed for them, I cried, I laughed and I finally breathed a sigh of relief for them!Great series great author, can not wait for the nex one!f