Review: Love this series!!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2014
Stolen Course by Aly MartinezSeries: Wrecked and Ruined #2Genre: Contemporary RomanceAge Group: AdultRelease Date: May 18th 2014Length: 259 pagesFormat: Kindle (review_copy)Source: via tour hostReview Date: June 6th 2014Steam Rating: ScorcherOverall Rating: 4 STARSReview:Aly Matinez is a fabulous new Author. I absolutely ADORED the first book in this series Changing Course. This second book, Stolen Course can be read as a standalone, however the first book is amazing, and the characters of it make up a lot of this story so I would read it first.Caleb Jones lost the love of his life five years ago to a tragic accident. He has yet to recover. His grief and anger are the only things keeping him company. He holds Sarah, his best friends ex-wife responsible. At the end of the last book Sarah had a huge breakdown that almost cost more lives, and we are dealing with the consequences of that when this book starts.Sarah’s sister Emma comes back into town to help her recover and finally get the mental and emotional help she so obviously needs. Emma ran away a few years prior unable to deal with the changes that resulted from Sarah’s accident. But she is determined to stay and make up for her absence. Upon arriving at the hospital she immediately meets Caleb, and an instant attraction develops. But as soon as he finds out that she is Sarah’s sister he becomes the biggest d@#k and brushes her off. I understood that he probably shouldn’t get involved with Sarah’s sister–but seriously, he was a total jerk.However, Caleb can’t stop thinking about her and a sort of long distance relationship ensues while she is getting her stuff together to move back into town. He was nice enough to offer to keep her updated on her sisters progress while she did this. Unfortunately, I just didn’t feel a connection to either of the main characters, or their connection to each other, throughout the first half of the novel. It was an instant kind of “love” or attraction that just threw me off. Sometimes an instant attraction can work, but in this case it just felt forced, literally. His hate for her sister was so deep it just didn’t make sense he would overlook it to develop a relationship with her.After a while I did start connecting with the MCs and their emotions more deeply. By the end f the novel I was in tears a few times. BTW, the ending was flippin awesome! I was on the edge of my seat for the entire last 25%. There where so many twists and turns, and something so crazy is revealed that I never even suspected! I would definitely give the ending 5 stars!Caleb and Emma’s relationship ended up being an extremely volatile and emotional journey that I was captivated by. The hurdles they were faced with I was unsure they would overcome at times. There were many times I was questioning if they even should overcome them–but by the end I was a huge supporter. I really wanted them to get there HEA. ♥One thing that I must mention that downgraded my rating was the rapport between the female characters. Specifically Emma’s dealings with Jesse and her friend Kara. It felt forced, and was kind of all-around unrealistic and weird. Luckily their scenes were few and far between so my eye-rolling was kept at a minimum.Overall, I really enjoyed this series and cannot wait to read more from this Author! Her writing is descriptive, emotional, and beautiful. And she is on my auto one-click list! :)~StacyHggBooks Unhinged Book Blog