Review: Amazing!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 3, 2013
At the end of Emerge, Evan had his heart shattered into a million pieces. I have to say that I was team Dane all the way, but I hated seeing Evan hurt. He's a sweet, handsome, true Southern gentleman and I really wanted to see him get his happily ever after.Embrace begins right where we left off. Evan is not only heartbroken, but understandably angry and bitter. However, the last person I expected him to connect with was the one person I hated: Whitley. I seriously had a WTF moment and at 15% into the book I was very unhappy about Evan and Whitley being friends.Do you know what one of the marks of a great author is? A great author has the ability to take a character you despise and make you love them by the end of the book. At about the halfway point I actually liked Whitley and was happy they were friends. By the end I was all "Whitely + Evan = True Love Forever!"The majority of Embrace is told from Evan's point of view, which I really enjoyed. You get to witness his transformation from a lost, broken boy to a strong young man and it was quite the journey. I loved reading his sweet romantic side. Plus being inside the head of a 19 year old guy is seriously hilarious at times.We also get a little bit from both Laney's and Dane's point of view as Laney struggles with her broken friendship with Evan and his closeness with her nemesis. Laney and Dane also have their own demons to still overcome and it was good see them get through it.As much as I loved all of the aforementioned characters, there is one more that I love above all the rest. And while he seemingly had small parts in the story, Sawyer just has a way of steeling the show. We end on Sawyer which I can only hope means that book 3 will be his story.To say that I highly recommend the Evolve series is quite an understatement. If you enjoy the New Adult Romance or Contemporary Romance genres, these books are an absolute must read. They will make you laugh, make you ache, make you smile and make you cry. And you will love every single second of it.Read this and other reviews at [...] I received an ARC in exchange for my honest review.