Review: Love and redemption
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2013
The beauty of this book, like its predecessors, is its ability to transport you into the moment with fired-up sexual tension and vivid action scenes. It's never less than jumpy with gun fights, helicopter and car chases, and Javier's unpredictable agenda.If you're curious whether Ellie ends up with Javier or Camden, you don't have to read far into the book to make a good guess. The direction this aspect of the story took, and how the man-not-chosen was written to the side--as if to force out of favor--sent my molars crashing together. But this wasn't my story to write; I was just along for the ride. And what a ride it is! Once the love interest is proclaimed, there's more than a few passionate embraces (and penetrations) to help weather the storm of internal and external conflicts pummeling the lovebirds.How the H/h rekindle their romantic flame is what drives the plot. Ellie renews her mission to be good, and through this crisis of conscience, her ragged edges soften into almost unrecognizable sweetness. If you prefer the rough-and-tumble Ellie over the hearts-and-sensibilities Ellie, you might be disappointed midway through. But in the end, she pulls her balls out of her purse, and reverts back to the gun-toting, day-saving heroine you know from the proceeding books.The story comes together as an illustration of how betrayal and revenge can give way to love and redemption. It brings a wholatta twists, spiked with heart-pounding ups and regretful downs before it rewards with a happily ever after for everyone. Well, almost everyone.