Review: 3.5 SECOND CHANCE STARS!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
When I saw this book cover and read the synopsis, I jumped on it because of the unique plot that it has. What I got was something to the name of that but not completely. I will say that this book does come with a warning because it touches some delicate subjects that may be hard for some people to read. With that said, this book, while really good and very emotional, had some really bad or frustrating points (mainly the love triangle that lasts TOO long and the wishy-washiness of the heroine).In this book we meet Gray and Stephan. They were once upon a time ago happily married and had been since the tender age of 18. When they face a devastating loss (their sweet 6 month old baby girl), it is hard for them to deal with the aftermath and pretty much forces them to separate and move on with their lives.Years later, Gray is engaged to her fiancé Richard and is a successful business owner. Stephan is a playboy who leaves a wake of broken hearts along his path and more money than he knows what to do with. When these two cross paths again after so many years, the fires in both of them ignite and they start to feel what they lost all those years ago. As these two journey on life and walk that fine line, lines become blurred and ultimately are crossed. After several encounters that they try to fight, it seems as though the pull between them is overpowering what they THINK they should do.Will Stephan and Gray make it back to one another and find what they lost all those years ago? Or will Gray continue on track with her marriage to Richard and pretend to live HEA?Again, the premise of this story is amazing and I did give it 3.5 stars (rounded up to 4) because it was extremely well written, very emotional, and really made you feel for these characters with some *tears* shed along the way. What I did not like was the heroine. I mean the push and pull with her was awful (and I like love triangles IF they are done right). One day she wanted Stephan and the next she was back to Richard. I wanted to get inside the book and smack her around a few times. Yes, I understood her pain and really felt for her but at some point she had to make up her mind.I also felt for Richard. I mean seriously he was a bystander in the whole situation and a somewhat victim (though I use that term loosely because honestly he should have figured it out earlier instead of trying to control her and put limits on her). I loved Stephan. While he may not have been very honorable (I mean she was engaged), he was totally sweet, caring, sexy, alpha, and just yummy!I will have to say that I did not like the ending. I felt it was left too open and could have used an extended epilogue or a few more chapters to wrap this one up more neatly. I hate it when books feel like they leave me hanging at the end and that is what this book did. Again, it is not a cliffhanger but more resolution is needed to make me feel "complete".Overall, this book was good. I can't say I absolutely loved it but it hit all the points for me to recommend it to other readers! And side note- there will be a companion novel coming out from Stephan's POV so I am hoping *fingers crossed* that we get a more solid ending.