Review: So love BRAND!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2014
Um... a word of advice on this one, peeps.  Don't open it till you're ready to finish it cause you're not gonna want to put it down.  Some books fly by and others don't.  This one FLIES.  I started it thinking I'd read about half before bed.  Yeah, so much for sleep.  I was up till 2AM finishing it.Why does this one fly?  The characters.  Both are broken... very, very broken.  And it isn't a "we can heal" each other kinda story at all.  What they've both experienced isn't something you just get over.  No, it's more like they are the buoy that keeps the other afloat.  They are stronger standing next to each other.  They can handle it when the other one is there.  I really liked that.Nora.  People can be cruel.  I know that.  But it always surprises me how cruel parents can be.  I just can't understand that.  My kids are everything to me.  Nora's father (and I'm using that term extremely loosely.) is the worst kind of human being.  He owns his daughter.  He might as well have bought and paid for her.  And he makes me so mad.  I hated him before I found out what he was doing and then I loathed him.  Nora never believed that things could ever be any different.  This was her life.  She looks happy from the outside.  But she admits to Brand that she's not.  She believes spending the summer with Brand will give her the strength to deal with what's to come in the fall.  But a summer of Brand could never be enough of Brand or for Brand.Brand.  I have no words for the way Brand grew up.  My heart hurts and my mama bear claws are out.  I want to kick some character behind on his behalf.  But Brand doesn't need my help.  He can kick some behind on his own.  He endures it and is a good person despite it.  Graduate of West Point and a decorated Ranger, he's the kind of guy you want coming to your rescue.  He protects what's his.  He resists Nora because a fling is not his thing.  And he can't offer her anything more.  His heart has been shredded in the past and he's not going to risk it again.  But as their friendship grows, he learns he can't resist Nora.The story is fast paced and very sexy.  These two together are adorable.  If you missed my Teaser Tuesday yesterday, you should check it out because it's a fun moment between them.  I had a few questions about Brands recovery and such that gave me pause.  It's the only reason this one didn't get 5 stars but I loved them together.If you've read the rest of this series, then this one needs to be next.  It can easily be read stand alone and it's a sexy, fast read.  It has what's great about New Adult mixed with some surprises.  Anyone who loves NA, will love it.