Review: Happy Daggers Dreams
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2013
What I liked about this book is that Kailin gave the reader a more in depth look at the characters.  I especially liked Sam.  Her issues were explored a little bit more as she started remembering things about Billy, the boy that hurt her.  She sometimes shut down when those memories came back but there was a scene where she showed her strength.  She is a fighter and I just thought that was amazing.  She also loves Collins enough that she wants to help him.  The end of the book has me questioning just how much she is willing to help him.  There is a person from Collins's past that appears and she just gives Sam the ultimate ultimatum.  Things just got real...BAM!Of course my favorite character is Collins/Daggers.  He just offers up the smexy.  The way Sam describes him has me swooning "Beautifully flawed, handsome, and sexy hot beyond belief Collins McGregor."  See what I mean *Swoon*.  The mere thought of him leaves Sam blushing, he's a raw, edgy billionaire, vulnerable as Daggers.  He loves Sam but fears she will not be able to handle the dark side that he is trying to overcome.I really wanted to eat cookies as I was reading this book.  At Sawyer House Derek makes these delicious chocolate chip cookies.  We learn that in the first book and it's mentioned again in this book.  However, the part that had my subconscious telling me to buy cookies today at the store was the scene where Collins and Sam are at her house.  Sam's mom offers them cookies and lemonade.  The way Collins handles a cookie is Hot.  Let me share it with you.  "He reached for one of the cookies, and when I thought he was going to take a bite, he brought the cookie up to my mouth, pressed the edge of the cookie against my lower lips and used it to open my mouth so that it was in my mouth before I knew it, and I had to take a bite with him still holding onto the cookie.  When I took a bite of it, he took the cookie away and bit the cookie right in the area where I had just bitten it.  He stuck out his tongue and traced the rest of the area on the cookie where I've bitten while fixing his icy blue eyes on me. `Yummy.'"  This book was not lacking in the hotness department.  I was very happy to see it.  And by the way I did buy some cookies today.  I will think of Collins/Daggers as I am eating my Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies.Even though the book has a lot of hot, sexy scenes it does not take lightly the seriousness of the issues that the characters are dealing with.  I think Kailin writes wonderful stories and with this series she has brought to the attention of the readers issues that are not easy to deal with.  She has brought to the spotlight the issue of bullying, sexual harassment, molestation, etc.  What I like about her books is none of her characters are victims for long.  She shows how the characters reach out for help in positive ways. There's the Sawyer House where callers call in with their issues and can talk anonymously with someone.  There is Gail, a psychiatrist.  She shows that there are resources out there for those who need help.  I just think this book offers a great story line.  One that offers more than just the sexy, romance.  Kudos to Kailin on another worthwhile book.  I am now anxiously awaiting the next installment.