Review: Great addition to the series...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2014
Going into this book, I wasn't sure what to expect. I just knew that I loved Kristen Ashley's books and she rarely lets me down when it comes to her alpha men and sassy heroines. And with this book, I wasn't let down.Deck and Emme have known each other for a very long time but lose contact after Deck gets his heart broken by her best friend. Even though he was in love with her best friend, he's always had a connection with Emme but they both just never acted on it. But now that it's been over 9 years and Deck sees her again, he knows he's not willing to let her go again. He just has to convince Emme to want more then friendship.My biggest concern going into this book was the plot line. I do not like when the hero was in love with someone else, the kind of love it takes almost a decade to get over, especially when it's the heroines ex-bestfriend. For me, that's just crossing the line. I would never do that to my best friend regardless of the circumstances and I would like to believe she wouldn't do the same to me. So knowing he used to love her best friend and yet now he wanted to be with her, I knew I was going to be a tough critic. That said, even though I'm still very against it I do believe that they are meant for each other.It bothered me that Deck always connected with her intellectually and mentally but never gave her even a second thought because she wasn't one of those girls to dress all fancy and dress to impress. And the first thing he notices about the "new Emme" is that she's now very beautiful and has amazing fashion sense as well as beautiful long hair. He even admits that it's vain and wrong that he never thought about being with her before because she wasn't beautiful and complicated like her best friend. To me that's messed up. So you don't pay attention to her because she was kind of shy and geeky but now that's she grown into herself and more confident, suddenly you realize how blind you've been and how you must be with her? Puh-lezze. I think that's one of the things that bothered me the most.Emme has been through a lot in life and yet she never lets it bring her down. She's a bit complicated but then again, that's exactly how Deck likes em. I loved Em but my only problem with her was that at times she tended to annoy me. Especially with her stupid choice of keeping a friendship with someone who did her VERY wrong in the past. I'm sorry but when she mentioned this relationship I had to take a moment to breathe because seriously, was she dropped on her head as a baby or something? She mentions on occasion how she thinks she's crazy and honestly, at times I have to agree.This book is once again much shorter then what I'm used to getting from Kristen Ashley but it's not necessarily a bad thing. But it does feel like something missing. I don't know, maybe it's just the plot but something stopped me from completely connecting with this book.Regardless of my complains, I still loved this book. I'm curious as to who the next book will be about but whoever it is, please don't make them used to have a relationship with the hero/heroines best friend/ex-spouse/sibling etc. I cannot take it and I don't want to. But if you don't have a problem with those kind of story lines, then I think you'll especially love this book.