Review: FAMILY IS EVERYTHING
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2014
Jase, Dorothy and Hawk were always the story I was least interested in from the series, but Madeline did a great job of drawing me in after providing more about their backgrounds. I loved the flashbacks, seeing first meetings and all the pivotal moments that led them to where and who they are now."You said, 'Name's Brady,'" I whispered. "Jason Brady."[...]Hawk, always waiting in the shadows..."You need somethin' from me, baby?"In my opinion, the theme to this book is family specifically the parent and child link. Jase, Dorothy and Hawk all have to face their past mistakes and their futures. Each must weigh their individual connection to and with their parents. Is it a blessing that needs to be strengthened, a yoke that needs to be removed or a truth that must be confronted? Also there is an abundance of parental regret shown by each, whether it's missed opportunities, misplaced focus, interrupted life—just so many mistakes. All three have to "man up" and make the hard decisions to make things right.Good God, what was wrong with me? Almost thirty-seven years old with a grown child and pregnant with another, yet in many ways I was still a child myself.If only he'd realized sooner that it wasn't the house, four walls and a roof, that made a home. It was who had lived inside those four walls.He was going to miss it all.Of course I love the bits of DEUCE that made it into the story. He's like a father to every man, woman and child in the series. I SO LOVE that man.Deuce, the president of our town's local motorcycle club, was one of the most frightening yet intriguing men I'd ever met.Deuce glared at him through red-rimmed eyes flashing with emotion.Never before had anyone seen this sort of show of emotion from Deuce.Cox and Ripper, the comedic duo represent also. It made me even more crazy about them too.Ripper shoved Cox and in turn Cox shoved Ripper, and as the two of them proceeded to shove and slap at each other like the two little girls they often acted like, the rest of the room burst into a fit of laughter.The ladies of club have their great moments of course."We used to be them, young and hot, the center of attention inside the club, and now we're not. We've become the actual old ladies.""I don't mind. I feel like it's the natural progression of things, and we're all exactly where we're supposed to be."I believe that Madeline has a pattern going of the latest book telling how the next will be. In UnAttainable it ended calmer with the generations of family all together. UnBeloved delved deeper into the importance of familial relationships compared to the previous books which focused more on romantic relationships. The epilogue of this book pretty much ended in a bang so I believe the coming books are going to be much wilder. And I am so looking forward to it.I loved this book and this series. I highly recommend it.