Review: Love Letters and Second Chances
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2014
I wasn’t sure how much I’d like this but once the letters between Annie and Eric started coming I was hooked. They were both such broken people who found something in a place that takes away almost everything.--  “Would’ve been worth anything they took from me, just to hear you say my name.”I can’t say that I’ve ever read another book starting in a correctional facility where I adored the Hero so fast. Eric is the big, strong, semi-silent type but when Annie helps him with his writing issues and he starts sending writing her letters my heart absolutely melted. I totally bought into why she would take risks with him coming from the broken past she has. It seems safe, how serious can it get? He is stuck behind bars and they can’t even touch at the lessons. It’s easy to let go when you aren’t afraid of where anything is headed.I loved all the letters, some sweet but mostly hot. They are letters that every woman would love to get from someone she is interested in. I also liked how he gave her power in the letters, she could cut off communication at any time just by using their code. I really wished more time was spent on the letters and in the correctional facility.Annie freaks out a little when Eric is paroled and it could all become real. I got so frustrated at this section of the story. Only after his impending release does Annie wonder why he is in prison and totally shifts her attitude. After learning about him in letters she starts to question everything about him and believes him to be a different person. But for the romance to progress he must get out. It does get pretty steamy and I loved Eric’s devotion to Annie’s pleasure.--  He kissed like he was tasting chocolate, a slow rich, curious exploration suspended between innocent and dirty.I liked the two characters together because they were so different. Both from different backgrounds but they both saved each other in different ways. I liked Annie once again later in the story when she got over some of her initial concerns and decided to take him into her life completely. I liked how she began to fight for him when he was to kind and giving to fight for himself caught up in the past drama that put him in prison in the first place.--  “And I’m selfish too. I want him in my life. I want him safe, and free, and not just for his own good. For mine. I’m just as selfish as you, maybe.This is really a great story of second chances and how you might need them no matter where in life you came from.