Review: Shay's story - one I needed desperately
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2014
Lost Without You is Shay and Brenna's story.  It's the story I have been waiting to read ever since I finished Lost for You. The ending to book two just about killed me, but it also made me want to hear Shay's story.  I wanted to understand the reasons behind his player lifestyle; his need to remain unattached from anyone but Brax and Elle. Shay's relationship/closeness with Elle proved to me that he was more than capable of love, so I knew the loss that Brax tiptoes around with Shay was beyond devastating, and boy was I right!One Year Earlier - this is where Shay and Brenna's story begins, and even though their first encounter doesn't go so well, the attraction between them exists from the very beginning. Despite Brenna's father's ploys to break them up, they remain together and fall hopelessly in love, but readers already know that the end to their story is not a happy one, and the events that lead to Brenna being stripped from Shay's life are excruciating, especially when her father told Shay to not let anything happen to Brenna.After reading their story, it totally makes sense why Shay was the way he was in the other two books in the series. Lost Without You completed the series for me; I needed to know Shay's past to accept what happened in his present. Shay's life was never complete after Brenna, and even though, the ended of Lost for You was hard to accept - Shay got what he wanted....what he needed to be whole again. The words BJ Harvey wrote at the end of the text from Shay's perspective are beyond amazing...they are the perfect sentiment of Shay's love for Brenna. I couldn't have asked for a better story!Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.5 poison apples! (The Fairest of All Book Reviews)