Review: 10 stars wouldn't be enough!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2014
*Gifted copy received from the author in exchange for an honest review.*When Aleatha announced that this indeed was going to be a full length novel, and not just a companion to Convicted, I was excited. No scratch that, I was way, way beyond excited. Like completely over the top, I can’t stand it, ridiculously excited. This series has always been, and forever will be in my top 5. So of course I had high expectations to say the least.BHE Convicted: The Missing Years is the 4th book in the Consequences Series, to be read after Consequences, Truth, and Convicted subsequently, and is told through multiple “his” eyes. Anthony, Brent, John, Phil, and Harry. Following (you guessed it) the missing years in the novel Convicted.While writing in the male POV is probably a daunting task to make it seem real, Aleatha did it flawlessly. Not only with one male POV, but with five. She kept true to all of the men in Claire’s life and you can “feel” each of their personalities come through the pages.There were several things that I loved about this book. Namely one, seeing all of the men at one point in time or another come together for the well-being of Claire and Nichol. Enemies became allies, putting differences aside.I loved seeing the changes in Anthony. Mr. Rawlings became so much more vulnerable, he morphs right in front of your eyes. In fact here is one of my quotes:“She’s always been my queen. In our wasted game of chess, the king can survive without his queen, but he doesn’t want to-he needs her!”Another aspect of this book is that you still get Claire’s voice. Between the pages of BHE Convicted: The Missing Years you get “My Life As it Didn’t Appear” The novel that Meredith Banks helped Claire with and released. All of the men in Claire’s life read it; all of them pretty mortified at what was in it.This book was absolutely positively fantastic. Pieces of the puzzle came together, bombshells revealed; a definite must read for any Consequences series fan. Seriously, read this book…and if you haven’t started this series, I really don’t know what you’re waiting for. Get on it. Now. This book deserves twice the amount of stars that I can give.