Review: OMG!!! I loved this book!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2014
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.I’m not going to go into a whole lot of description of this book.  You can read the blurb for yourself to see what it’s about.  I’m just going to sing the praises of this book loud and proud.  I absolutely loved it.  I’ll start with the basics.  It was very well-written and fast-paced.  It drew me in and kept my attention throughout.  I will admit that I read the whole 700+ pages in roughly one sitting.  I was lucky enough to be able to devote the time to it, and to be honest, I wouldn’t have been able to put it down.  I needed to know what was going to happen.  I have a feeling if I had put it down, I would have obsessed about it.Let’s talk a little about Hidden Gates (Book 1).  I think this book was the best out of the three books.  I loved P.J.  She’s so quirky and funny.  I could relate to her in so many ways.  I was heartbroken at the trials P.J. was put through in this book.  To finally admit that you’re in love with your best friend just to have him ripped from you because he’s not the right “race” (for lack of a better word), it just broke my heart.  Then to have two other men vying for your attention, it made me just want to slap those men upside the head.  Give the girl a little space, sheesh.  I hated the way P.J. was manipulated, but I did love how she handled that manipulation.  I loved the ending.  Definitely a HEA and not a horrible cliffhanger.Now let’s move on to Broken Gates (Book 2).  This was definitely my second favorite.  I loved the follow up to the HEA from book 1.  That being said, this book had me crying in so many places.  My HEA was no more.  I hated the way everyone took P.J.’s choices away from her.  I love you and we’re mated, but he’s better for you.  I mean really, it was just too much.  And the ending was horrible.  It had me bawling and yelling out “no” at the top of my lungs.  I couldn’t believe this ending.  Well, now I have to read more to see how it all turns out.Finally we’re to book 3, Open Gates.  I didn’t find this book to be as good as the others.  Don’t get me wrong, I still loved it.  It just seemed to contain a lot of flashbacks, scenes we’d already had in the first two books.  I found myself skimming most of these flashbacks.  If you were reading these books with significant time between them, the flashbacks would be a great help.  I did love how all my questions from the previous books were answered.  I did also like the way everything turned out in the end.  However, I would have liked a little more of an epilogue.  I would have loved to have had a glimpse into the lives of all the characters after the final events in this book.5-BombsReviewed by Tracy