Review: ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2013
IF YOU GAVE ME ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE THIS SERIES...... BEAUTIFULI think a series is very difficult for any author to pull off. A stand alone is one thing, but a series is a totally different ball game. Subsequent books can make or break the entire series. JB Hartnett has managed to bring everything that made Inky fantastic to Cole to create a series that is simply b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l.There's just so much to say I don't know where to start, and I doubt I'll even get to say everything that should be said, but I'll try.......If you read the Acknowledgements from the Author, she tells you exactly what this series is:"I wanted to rip people's guts out, make them cry and put them back together again with hot sex and unbelievable love that wins over every other obstacle."Once again, JB Hartnett made me feel EVERYTHING ..... another very emotional journey. Cole is full of passion, emotion, healing, drama, laughs, heartache, joy, and of course hot sex. I absolutely adore books that are this passionate and real that I become so lost in them I can't tell where I end and the characters begin. I love everything about this series: the story, the characters, and the writing.... everythingJB Hartnett's writing style is fresh and wonderful. This woman has some mad mad writing skills and with humor to boot! She has this amazing ability to mix the humor with the sensitive situations in just the right way that doesn't detract, but adds to the feel of the book. Sometimes, I felt guilty that I was laughing so hard when the subject matter is so sensitive. The feelings she can elicit from you are, at times, indescribable.And, she sure knows how to kill you with the most touching and unexpected moments, too. Some were so touching they had me saying maybe there is still good left in this world. My heart was bursting with happiness and joy. But, for all the happiness and good she still kept the story real. She didn't take the easy way out when writing Inky's kidnapping.It's amazing how the the characters just come to life. They are strong, well developed, and endearing. Anika and Cole are perfectly imperfect - they are vulnerable and real. So real they could be any stranger you pass on the street. They are each other's perfect fit.description"I was nothing before you, not even half a man, you made me whole again Anika. I will spend the rest of my like making sure I never make you regret it."- ColeCole. Could he be any more perfect??? He's tender, sweet, loving, caring, and utterly devoted to Inky. We learn more about him, his past, and how he thinks. He's determined to make Inky his future. He'll fight for her and protect her no matter what happens."When I wake up, it's to his kiss on my forehead. He tells me I'm beautiful every day. He's always gentle with me. He knows my pain and I know his, and neither one of us is afraid to swim through the darkness of the other. The world could be falling down around us, but together we would be impenetrable. His is the other half of my heart, the other half of my soul... without him, I'm incomplete."- InkyAnika. With all of Cole's love, Inky once again became Anika. She has good people in her life now and can finally put the past behind her. You would think after everything Inky has been through, she would be jaded and closed off. But no, she's sweet, passionate, and forgiving, with a heart full of nothing but love and kindness.descriptionThey dealt with all the hurt, the pain, the healing, the good, the bad, the happy, the sad -- and, in the end, they saved each other. This is truly the most perfect LOVE STORY.❤The Leaves is definitely in my Top 5 of all-time list. You don't just read The Leaves, you experience it.❤