Review: SWEET SECOND CHANCE LOVE STORY THAT DOESN'T DISAPPOINT
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2013
"I should have realized...I'd always be one half of a whole. Living without you was like living with a missing limb. Sure, I learned to function pretty quick, but I always remembered what it'd been like before-always missed what I'd had."If you like sweet second chance love stories with a nice steam factor, you should enjoy Hell Without You. Clementine returns to her small town of Willow Heights after being gone for several years only to end up running into Donovan, her old boyfriend as soon as she returns. Years before, Clementine was forced to make the difficult decision to leave Donovan and Willow Heights or Donovan could have ended up in jail.Clementine is a great character but I loved Donovan. What a romantic! From almost the beginning you can just see the pain he went through in losing the girl he loved. I see some definite alpha qualities in Donovan and although toned down, I loved them all. He's sweet without being too sweet."I want you. I've always wanted you. Do you have any idea what it's like to want somebody so bad for so long?"I wasn't sure what to expect on the steam side but the author didn't disappoint. The romance factor was appropriate for the story and actually a bit hotter than I was expecting which I, of course, appreciated. I was glad there wasn't a lot of game playing between Clementine and Donovan and their story was able to unfold without a lot of misunderstandings or contrived problems. I wasn't familiar with Ranae Rose before reading this book but I really enjoyed her straightforward style of writing. This was a 3.5+ book for me but Donovan nudged this up to a solid four =) I definitely plan to read Ranae Rose again and am excited to see she has several books released I can check out.Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.