Review: Brilliant! One-click now!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
Wow, I loved this! I had been patiently waiting for this book since the moment I read the last page of Beautifully Awake and Asher did not disappoint!Lawyer and ladies’ man Asher Craig is Chase’s best friend. He was a generous and caring man but a total commitment-phobe. BUT a blast from the past in the form of one of his oldest and dearest friends, Talia walks back into his life and rocks his foundations. It didn’t matter to him that she disappeared and left him when he really needed her 19yrs ago, he found himself completely smitten from the offset. Seeing her after all those years awoke his feelings for her and had him reminiscing about their past. Although Talia was more guarded, she too was completely taken by him and they fell back into a comfortable friendship. That’s all I will say about the plot as this story is too good not to have you discover their journey first hand without spoilers.Asher is adorable around Talia. Their sexual tension is steamily apparent and I was really rooting for them to make it! Of course, like all gripping love stories, their relationship didn’t always run smoothly. They needed to work at it. This book is told in Asher’s point of view and I have to say I totally and utterly adored him. He is successful, a loving family man, a wonderfully supportive friend, swoony and although he may joke around and act like he doesn’t care he is a big softie, very romantic and sexy! *sigh*“I’m gonna kiss you now. It’s gonna be slow and soft and then it’s gonna be hard and hungry.”We get to see quite a bit of Lili, Chase and friends from Beautifully Awake (Book 1). The humour and banter between them all was fantastic and very believable.This was a book that I just couldn’t put down. I even carried this with me while I cooked the dinner! There were several OMG shocker moments to keep me on my toes which I loved and that kept me completely engaged. The story was so well written and felt real and alive. I felt Asher’s every emotion and my chest squeezed when he hurt. This really did have it all. It was packed with drama, angst, love, humour, friendships, second chances and firsts. We get some heart stopping scenes, some sad and plenty of happy too. You will laugh, you will cry and you will definitely swoon.I wanted her so badly it f**king hurt. Real pain. Love wasn’t supposed to hurt. But this wasn’t love. This …we…were so much more.If you have read the first book you will know that these ladies can really write an epilogue. What you will be pleased to know is that the epilogue at the end of this book is awesome! I have to admit that at the end of this, once I had sat back and dried my puffy eyes I messaged Riley Mackenzie and told them that in my eyes they were the Queens of the epilogue. It was packed with emotion and feeling.If you have already read Beautifully Awake, you will definitely want to pick up this book now and if you haven’t, why not?! These two books are bloody brilliant and you won’t be disappointed so one-click now!!