Review: A wonderful continuation of Hunter and Autumn's story...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2014
When I first met Hunter and Autumn in Fierce I immediately liked them. When we got to see Hunter’s side of things in Fury my love for them grew. But while reading Flame, I fell in love with them. I fell in love with them as individuals, as a couple, and as a part of a family. Their story to this point has been about external forces. Dealing with the things in life they have no control over. In Flame we get to see them face their own internal battles. They are forced to accept each other (and themselves) completely and unconditionally or lose the love they fought so hard for.Flame took me on a rollercoaster of emotions from the first page to the last. Getting a glimpse into both of their pasts allowed me to finally understand where their fears and insecurities come from, why they are who they are. We also get to see them attempt to figure out their futures and how they could possibly make their very different paths converge. Clarissa’s portrayal of the emotional struggle throughout this book had me feeling every emotion with them as I took this journey with Autumn and Hunter.Flame also brought us Jessie, Hunter’s brother. I was anxious to see how Autumn would fit into their family. Well I can tell you this; by the end of the book Jessie had worked his way into my heart. Hunter and Jessie’s relationship was real and the love they had for each other could be felt from the moment Jessie enters the picture. Their brotherly banter had me grinning and I was thrilled to see Autumn unafraid of joining their conversations and effectively holding her own.This book is about growth. Autumn and Hunter had a lot of growing to do, both as individual characters and as a couple. The character growth we see throughout Flame was probably my favorite part of the story. Clarissa does an amazing job of developing Hunter and Autumn and challenging them to look at themselves and each other in a new light. She puts them through the ringer and you can’t help but cheer them on as they fight for their relationship. As I watched them grow, I felt like an old friend, proud to see them changing and navigating their way through life while holding on to the people they’ve always been, the people they want to be and each other.