Review: beautiful and touching and my new favorite Book boyfriend
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2014
From Smurf@#$%^r to  my new favorite book boyfriend???  I think so!! I absolutely loved this book.  I can’t even say how much.  Brad Johnson shows us the side he has kept hidden from the world in Past Imperfect,  and I am so glad he did.  Brad and Mabry’s story is beautiful, tragic, sweet, funny, and hot! It  is everything I look for in a book.  This book takes place many years after we last saw Brad in Present Perfect, but it also gives us a look into Brad’s past and also Mabry’s.  It takes us on an amazing journey of two people who are nothing short of perfect for each other, no pun intended.The Brad we first met in Present Perfect was a complete smurf@#$%^r.  There was no doubt in my mind. I could not have been more mad at him at some points in that book, but I have to admit that I began to see that there was more to him than he let on in Present Perfect.  I could not wait to get in his head.  I was NOT disappointed.  Brad is everything.  He is hot, sweet, a flirt, a smarta**, a touch of a bad boy with a past that broke many hearts, but something happened that made him realize that he no longer wanted to be lonely.  The way he loves Mabry is what I think makes me love him so much.  He just loves her so completely, no matter what.  He is all in, and he does not give up when Mabry puts up barriers.  The way he took care of her even when she tried so hard to resist was incredible.  The way he always made her feel amazing, every day.  The intensity of his love for Mabry is irresistible.Mabry is not perfect.  She is smart.  She is beautiful.  She has a great career ahead of her.  But she is broken inside.  She suffered a great tragedy as a child and has never recovered.  She used all the wrong coping mechanisms to essentially numb herself.  Mabry finally lets go when she meets Brad.  She sees a future for the first time, but she still cannot let go of her past when their pasts collide.  I love how honest Mabry is written.  I love and hate that she has to work so hard to be the person she wants to be.Past Imperfect is also one of the hottest books I have read in a while that still pulled so many emotions from me.  Brad and Mabry’s chemistry is palpable and together they make magic in the bedroom or anywhere else they may be.Once again this book is written beautifully.  I felt everything both of these characters felt.  My heart dropped.  My hands tingled.  I cried.  I laughed.  I wanted to throat punch Ms. Bailey a few times, but  I still love her.  She redeemed herself.    It is unique.  This story is not the same story I have read over and over again.  Brad and Mabry are characters all their own, and the fact that Bailey took a character most of us despised and made us fall in love with him is amazing.  She did it in a totally believable way.  He is still Brad.  He did not morph into a completely new person, but he did have a life changing experience.There is no question in my mind that this is FIVE STARS!!  If I could give it more I would.  It pulled every emotion out of me. WAMFU!  I loved this and can’t wait to read it again.