Review: Expanded Edition Review... well worthy 4.5 star read.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2014
This is without a doubt for me a very worthy 4.5 star read. Why didn’t it make it to 5 stars? Well in a couple of places I found it a smidge repetitive, the same ground going over but with different words used, hence the 1/2 star loss. This probably won’t affect hardly any people, but it is a red flag area for me and how I want to read stories. But I will reiterate it was only a ‘couple’ of places, so I am probably being uber critical.I have been itching to read Invincible and I am so glad it lived up to everything that I hoped for. I absolutely love the way Alana writes, the words flow very easily, not overly descriptive which is great but punchy enough to get the point across.The cast were real, 3D and easy to visualise. The plot was nicely paced and delivered extremely well. The knowledge to bring Navy Seals to life was perfectly executed, we weren’t subjected to being ‘told’ everything that makes up a Navy Seal, snippits were left to digest sporadically throughout and everything was revealed or told to us about their lifestyles very nicely indeed.I really got to love Pat, I loved that his name wasn’t some beefed up hero that oozed testoterone, he was macho enough and was totally sold to me from the get go. He was just a great man to visualise and want to spend some time with. I loved that although being a Seal and being all Alpha, he was a softie too, caring and very thoughtful. He’s a great all-rounder book boyfriend for sure.I really enjoyed Annie’s POV in this expanded edition. I haven’t read the edition before this, I waited for this to be released and I am really glad I did. I personally think to have Annie’s POV is paramount and a much needed addition to their story. I was sitting with her in her little room, on her cot watching her shoot up, feeling dejected, feeling the crushing, soul destroying life she was living. I felt her strength and her fight to not give up. I would have felt crushed if I had been left there again.All in all, this is a perfect ‘rescue’ romance. I enjoyed everything from it’s seedy part of the whores in Curacao, to life back in San Diego. To learning to fit back in and falling in love. I really, really did enjoy this book and I am thoroughly looking foward to reading Invaluable.I received a copy of Invincible in return for an honest review. My reviews are my own and are 100% honest.