Review: Need the conclusion now!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2014
I gave White Collared Part Three: Revenge 3.5 Stars.“He commanded her body, possessed her heart, and touched her soul.”Part three continues on from the cliff hanger we were left with, the entire pace of the book is kicked up a notch and you can just feel the tension and suspense bubbling away. Kate’s life is in danger after a case of mistaken identity and Jaxon and Nick step up security. Both men are still going head to head for Kate’s affections.So far, physically Jaxon was winning and their connection continued to be explosive. So much so that Kate began to let her guard down and allow Jaxon to take her beyond her hard limits.“To give her body was easy. To give a piece of her heart was more difficult. But tonight she was gifting him a part of her soul. He’d wormed his way into it the last time they’d made love, and now she’d hand him a piece to carry within his own.”Kate’s past finally came tumbling out, I must admit I concocted something more sordid in my head so when they truth was revealed, I felt deep sympathy for Kate as it so clearly affected her life every day. But by baring her soul to Jaxon, it did bring them closer together as well as confirming Jaxon’s fiercely protective side.“I don’t understand. What do you want from me?”Everything. Every breath. Every thought. Every smile. Every damned tear.” His eyes darkened. “I won’t share you. Not with Nick. Not with anyone.” He nuzzled her neck. “If another man breathes the same air as you, I want to rip his lungs out. Break his nose so he can’t inhale the sweet perfume of your arousal. Blind him so he won’t see you smile. Burn his hands so he’ll never touch you. I want all of you.”One scene in the story felt out of place for me, perhaps it was messing up my fantasy for Jaxon and Kate but I felt it was out of character for both of them, for Kate to experiment in such a way and for Jaxon to allow it. He made it clear he didn’t share and I just felt it pulled me from the story as I spent too much time thinking about this particular scene and why that had to be the only way for Kate to obtain information. I wanted Jaxon to flex his muscles at that point and go all caveman!I was quietly confident that I had picked the killer but the plot is so full of twists and turns that I began to question my choice and everybody became a suspect. I liked the fact I was kept on high alert, it increased the excitement of the story and I trusted no one. Well apart from Jax, I always trusted him from day one. I could tell he had always been genuine with Kate and she sparked something inside of him that he had never felt before.“You looked at me. . .like I was a hero. And for a brief second, I felt like one. Not a man who needed his wife’s money to set him up with a business. Not a man who lived in a house that never felt like a home. Not a man who’d failed to save his wife. You made me believe my life was beginning at a time when it felt like my life was ending. My second chance to do it right.”The story is blazing ahead at full speed and I really can’t wait to read the concluding part to discover if my hunch has been right from the beginning. It’s finally time to get those all important answers. ~Ava*I received an ARC via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.”