Review: I wanted so much more...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2014
I was SO excited and anxious to read this book and while I did not dislike it, I just wanted SO MUCH MORE from this book.  The build up to finally learning the details of the Jase-Dorothy-Hawk triangle was EPIC, and we literally learn almost nothing new about the SEVENTEEN years Jase and Dorothy had an affair and the THIRTEEN years Hawk and Dorothy had an affair.  I wanted the angst, the pain, the waiting for Jase to leave his wife, the promises, the lies, the betrayal, the guilt, the sneaking around, I WANTED IT ALL.  And all we got was about 4 brief flashbacks into all those years and it didn't really give me any understanding of what it was really like for all of them while it was happening.  The entire book is set 7 years after Dorothy got shot and Jase learned about her and Hawk.  There is no triangle and Jase is nearly a non-entity in the book and even the final goodbye b/t him and Dorothy is anti-climactic and not fitting for two people who destroyed so many lives over the course of 17 years just to be together.  We never learned why Jase never left his wife either.  And frankly, the only character who came out looking somewhat stable was Hawk. I even felt bad for Chrissy (Jase's wife), but couldn't really relate at all to Dorothy.Sheehan told us a little, but didn't show us anything.  I felt NO connection between Jase and Dorothy, I was just told that they had strong feelings for eachother for all those years, but got almost zero interaction between them.  Hawk has a bit more interaction with D, but it's all present tense and so much time has passed since their affair began, it's almost a tepid relationship.  And that is just sad, this book should have been SO MUCH MORE.So in recap, here's what I wanted and did not get:- The 17 years Jase and Dorothy were together.- The 13 years Hawk and Dorothy were together- Why Jase never left Chrissy- The aftermath of Jase finding out about Hawk & Dorothy in detail- Details of the 7 years between the shooting and Dorothy returning to the MC.  All of Jase and Hawk trying to get to her, her  pretending not to know them, etc.I am still giving this book 3 stars b/c I did read it quickly, but man am I disappointed.  I've put ZZ's book on my GR "want-to-read" shelf, but I won't be buying it the day it comes out b/c I don't have complete faith it's going to be worth the wait.