Review: Beautiful, sexy, emotional read with amazing characters you will never forget!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2014
Have you ever read a book, and by the end of it you feel like whatever you say, whatever thoughts you want to share with the world, would just not do the book justice? This is how I feel now that I have finished Iron Cross by Bianca Sommerland. As a reviewer, I have been doing this for over a year, and I usually don’t have any trouble putting my thoughts in to words. With this series, and Iron Cross in particular, I want to pour my entire heart and soul in to this review. I have followed this series from the beginning, and Ms. Sommerland continues to blow my ****ing mind with the realness she brings to her beautiful characters. These wonderfully complicated, amazing characters are almost tangible to me. When I read a Dartmouth Cobra book, I am 150% all in. I am there with them, laughing with them, crying with them. When authors create characters like this, they become a part of that author, a part of their family, and a part of that author’s heart and soul. I feel the same way as a reader. These people have become a part of my family, and every time I finish a book, it hurts to say goodbye. To reach a reader on such an emotional level, with the characters alone, is just unbelievably amazing to me. Bianca Sommerland is a brilliant author who I know will continue to do great things. She will continue to pull at our heart-strings. She will continue to make our breaths hitch. And she will continue to bring us some of the most erotic, emotional, sex scenes that I have ever read.❝He could lean on her as much as he expected her to lean on him.❞The main focus in Iron Cross is Tyler, Raif, Chicklet, and Laura. Ms. Sommerland takes us through the ups and downs of this unique relationship. We experience everything from how incredibly strong submissives can be, to how incredibly vulnerable Doms/Dommes can be. There is so much against these four: the ignorance of others, secrets, lies, complications. You are constantly trying to guess how this is going to end. Who all will be together? Will the secrets between them, tear them apart for good? With these main characters alone, Iron Cross was a very hot and exhilarating read.But that’s not all! You get multiple stories in one in Iron Cross. The characters that you all know and fell in love with in previous books are back and having some serious issues of their own. Betrayal, deception, and hilarious shenanigans all make their way in to the story, and it arouses emotions that you’ve never would have thought to have for certain characters.If you’ve read Bianca Sommerland’s work in the past, I don’t have to tell you how fantastically hot her sex and BDSM scenes are. There are scenes in here that I think, a year ago, I wouldn’t have gotten through, whether it was from graphic detail or the fact that it was a scene with way more than 2 people. I am so ****ing happy that I have spread my wings and became more comfortable with these types of scenes. I have Bianca and a few other amazing authors that have helped me open my eyes to the possibilities of more, and for that I will always be grateful.With a book this well written, and a series this complex and beautiful, I had no doubt in my mind that IRON CROSS would be a Top Pick for me. This is a story focusing on the power of love and forgiveness. It is a story about finding your own happiness in life no matter what anyone thinks. This isn’t your usual love story, but it is an incredibly love story nonetheless. I can only hope that you will fall hopelessly in love with these characters as much as I have.*Gifted copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*