Review: Intense! Loved it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2013
If you liked the intensity of 50 Shades, you will love this story.  Not what I expected from reading the synopsis.  The female lead is very strong but at times painfully sarcastic.  Her sarcasm, often very funny, also crosses the line and is like a knife in the heart.  She is very intense as are her relationships with Bo and Adrian. Throughout much of the story, she questions if she is in love with both men at the same time.  Bo & Adrian are both very strong, sexy men but very different. One is caught up in a pretentious life and the other is not. Both of them love Ember...but they love her for different reasons.  Book 1 leaves you wanting the rest of the story...IMMEDIATELY! Book 1 has a little mystery/thriller to it with a heartbreaking ending. Book 2 finishes the story. There is very intense (not gratuitous at all) romance/sex  that at will at times bring you tears.  The 2nd half of the story almost fills you with panic as you can see this girl is about to go off the proverbial cliff because of the decisions she makes.  There is an event that you will not see it coming. The story at this point comes crashing down and you want it to be over (to end your pain & suffering) but at the same time you don't because you know there must be brighter days ahead.  As I think about the books, there is really only 1 unanswered question -- what was the surprise they each had planned for the other at open mic night?  They never revisited that day or what they were going to do before their plans were interrupted. If there is a book 3, I hope the author revisits that evening...I think was something very special.