Review: BEST of the series!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 16, 2014
WHERE do I start with this one??? This might be the hardest review I have ever had to write and I am going to try and do it without any major spoilers. I hate spoilers in reviews because in my opinion...the whole point of a review is to make people want to actually read the book. First of all, for those who are not aware, Euphoria is the 3rd book in the Book Boyfriend series which are written by Erin Noelle. If you haven’t read Metamorphosis and Ambrosia then you are going to want to avert your eyes and step away...now! Ok, now that we have that settled….as you all know, this series is a love triangle and is the story of Scarlett, Mason and Ash.Euphoria picks up right where Ambrosia left off. In Ambrosia, Scar chose Ash and Mason has gone on a self- destructive, drug and alcohol induced bender. Ambrosia ends with Scar being called and told that Mason has overdosed and is in the hospital. Scarlett leaves Ash and rushes to be by Mason’s side. Mason wakes up and says the words that have haunted me for so many months…“Am I in heaven now, Angel?”Talk about GUTTED! This poor man has been through SO much :( Oh yeah...did I mention I am die hard, never wavering, true to a fault, 110% #teamMason? It is important that you know that but with that being said, I actually like Ash. I wish him no ill and feel he earned Scar’s love and deserves it. He just isn’t who I would pick. I will chose my tattooed, pierced, bad ass rocker boy any day of the week! Anyway...Mason is now awake and Scar is there and determined to help him get clean and not fail him again. She feels responsible for his downward spiral and wants to help him in any way she can so she makes him a promise…“ I won’t fail you. I promise I won’t let you fall again.”However, not even 24 hours after she says this, she is back in Ash’s arms and on a plane home leaving Mase to fend for himself. At this point I am thinking “here we go again...nasty, self centered Scar is back in this book” and I am getting kind of disappointed. Luckily, Erin Noelle must have known my heart couldn’t take another book of hating Scar (and I really did hate her in Ambrosia) and she turned my girl around.Meanwhile, Mason looks like he is going to jump right back onto that path of self-destruction until he is given an ultimatum by his record label. Go to rehab and get clean or no more shows and no more touring. Luckily Mason makes the right decision and goes to rehab. While he is there, Scarlett comes to visit him on a regular basis and they find a way to make peace and be friends.Scarlett realizes she will always love both of these men but her heart remains true to Ash with whom she is deliriously happy. I found that I was really able to make my peace with the whole Mason/Scar/Ash situation and I was happy with where they all were at in their lives. Scarlett and Ash were starting their lives together, Mason was clean, Scar and Mase were friends...life was good.  Of course, just as I am thinking “I like where this is headed and I can’t wait for my Mase to get a kick ass girl”...Erin does something that I TOTALLY did NOT see coming! I am talking about something SO huge...I was left on the floor, curled in the fetal position, rocking back and fort while muttering OMG! OMG! OMG! over and over again!You seriously cannot even comprehend what happens and I won’t tell you but be warned...I was reeling for DAYS! Book hangover does not even begin to describe how I felt. There isn’t a word for how I felt! Once I got air back in my lungs, got up off the floor,  and pushed my eyes back into their sockets, I was able to finish the book and this is what I have to say...Some people are going to hate this book. I have already witnessed quite a bit of this backlash. What people need to remember is that this is Erin’s story to tell. No one else’s. She wrote it how it played out in her head knowing that it would cause a shit storm with A LOT of people...and it did! This book is real life. Real life is not all rainbows and unicorns. Real life is ugly and things don’t always happen the way you expect them but that doesn’t mean you can’t still find a way to be happy. It just may be a different path than you expected to a different kind of happiness. I may not necessarily agree with the turn that the story took, but I respect Erin’s choice to write it the way she felt it and I ask you to keep this in mind as you read…“ Many psychologists refer to euphoria as a state of intense happiness and self-confidence, a blissful self-clarity if you will, and most people throughout their lives search and strive for this feeling. Why many never achieve it is because they never learn how to love themselves. When you discover the true beauty of self-love, then and only then, will you experience pure euphoria.”I can’t even begin to tell you how much I loved this book! For me it was the best of the 3 so far and that is saying a lot because I adored Meta. Lastly, I will tell you that the Epilogue is probably the best one I have ever read in any book and it was truly EPIC for me. I wish I could give this book more than 5 stars because it was that good. I can’t recommend Euphoria enough! It is a MUST read…..