Review: Loved it to pieces.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 7, 2013
Shattered Blue had a great balance between the romance and suspence aspects of the storyline. Shane and Matt have a love at first sight kind of romance. Well, I take that back. It was lust at first sight for Matt, but annoyance at first sight for Shane. I love Shane and the fact that she gave Matt so much trouble at the beginning of their romance. She did not like the fact that he was building a house near her and she let him know it. Matt didn't relentless in his pursuit for Shane. He pushed back until she gave in to her true feelings. She pushed him away and he followed. Matt is my new ideal book boyfriend. *swoon* The man is perfect. He cooked for her. He cleaned for her. Hell, he rubbed her feet. Why does he not have a brother?? Although it is an "insta-love," the romance develops over the majority of the book. They don't just jump into bed on chapter two. The author does a fantastic build-up towards that night and it is a big moment in Shane's life. You can tell that she begins to heal from her traumatic childhood from that point on.The other side of the book is an erie story of one sick dude. Seriously, Jordan gave me the heebee jeebees. The build-up towards the climax of the story was slow and steady. I felt the ending could have used an extra page or two to expand on the "final battle" just because I wanted Jordan to feel a bit more pain. Other than that, nothing in the story was rushed. It started off by Shane getting subtle clues that she's being watched (trampled grass, items being moved, etc) and leads to one hell of a showdown between her and her lovely ex-stepbrother. The way he says "sister"...*shudders*. Points for Shane for kicking ass. Both Shane and Matt fight Jordan together and they take turns protecting each other.I loved everything about this book. The characters, both main characters and secondary characters, were well written. The story had a lot of light hearted moments (especially with Deputy Ralph and his mom). The story also had extremely dark moments. I would want more from Shane and Matt, but I really think they deserve a happy ending after everything they went through.This is my first book by the author, but it definitely won't be the last.