Review: A solid 4.5 stars for the follow up to Surrendering!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2014
A solid 4.5 stars for the follow up to Surrendering!  I swear I have been waiting for this book to release for months.  After Raven left for France with Finn, I drummed up all kinds of storylines in my head on how the two of them could ride off into the sunset together.  But yeah… I kinda knew that wouldn’t happen because Raven really does belong with Declan, who I also adore.I give credit to Ahren for not dragging this into a love triangle because I don’t consider it one.  Yes, there is a tiny element of this in the story but you know very quickly who Raven will wind up with and I think even the blurb makes it pretty clear she will be with Declan so I don’t consider this a spoiler.  Despite this, the storyline is handled well and I think the Finn lovers will be pleased that storyline didn’t drag on.Really the story focuses on Raven and Declan’s fight to regain their trust and repair the relationship they both had a hand in hurting.  Though I was pretty ticked off at Declan towards the end of Surrendering, he totally redeemed himself this time around.  Yes, he can be a possessive butt sometimes but never can you doubt his love for Raven and he does whatever it takes to prove it to her.  He is pretty high up on the book boyfriend list right now with his sexiness as well.  And yes, be prepared cause there are a lot of sexy times in this book.I didn’t rate the book five stars because though Ahren’s writing did show improvement, a lot of the sentence structure was still a bit choppy for me.  Also, Raven just really gets on my nerves sometimes.  I like her, she’s actually a pretty good heroine but too much of a drama queen for my taste. By the end, she had grown on me quite a bit as her character matured.I definitely recommend this series to anyone who loves a tattooed bad boy turn sweetheart and an entire supporting cast of book boyfriends and feisty heroines.  I *hope* that Finn will get his own story or novella because really, he is the only character not to have some closure at the end.  Kudos to the author for a great debut series and I can’t wait to see what she has in store for us next.