Review: My firecracker
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2014
Holding Her in Madness: Leo’s StoryBy: Kimber S. Dawn5/5 starsThis book is the sequel to A Woman Gone Mad told from Leo’s side. In the first book, there were a couple of Leo’s POV, but we never heard his side of the story.His story begins pretty much when he first sees Lil when she is babysitting. We do get his background story of how and why he moved from California. The author did an excellent job of not telling the exact same story, but also did a great job, when the important conversations showed up, the wording was the exact same as the first book. Which was nice, as that isn’t always the case.What we didn’t see from the first book was a detailed account of what happened to Leo when Lil’s dad went to confront him, and how that event actually pushed Leo into leaving. We don’t see Leo’s struggle with what he does to get over his heartache. And now we do. And, wow, poor Leo. My heart goes out to him. You see his devastation, his broken heart and soul. And damn, the author makes you feel. Even knowing how the first story ended, I just couldn’t put the book down.As we know from the first book, Lil tried to move on and so did Leo. We know that Leo kept an eye on Lil a watched her without her knowledge, so we get to experience that first hand. We get to experience more heartache from his efforts to move on, and how that leaves him and his ex-wife. It wasn’t easy, it’ll wrench your gut, it’ll make you feel, for both sides.Finally, there is a nice long epilogue that takes you well past the ending in the first book. And for that I love the author even more. You get a big ole happy sigh at the end but first, you’re gonna go through hell to get there.If you read the first one, DON’T MISS THIS BOOK!!