Review: Loved this book!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2014
I have loved Serena Bell's books before so figured I would really like this one.  And boy, did I.  This book has so much heart and emotion.  What I really loved was how true Jake's feelings were portrayed.  Jake and Mira are the H/h in Hold on Tight.  The story begins 8 years in the past with their first meetings.  Jake is on leave from joining the army and is only around for a month.  The are both very young with Mira being 17 and Jake only 20.  Fast forward 8 years, and now Jake is a wounded warrior with a AK amputation.  They meet up again and what I loved was how well Ms. Bell showed Jake's struggle with being a whole person after his best friend is killed and he is wounded. He has a AK amputation. I loved the process that we saw him go through while trying to make love with Mira for the first time.  He wanted to be a man with no limitations and yet he couldn't.  While this didn't bother Mira it so bothered Jake that he couldn't complete.After reading so many stories of Alpha Men who are all alpha all the time, this book was refreshing in that we saw Jake's strengths and weaknesses.  Although I really did like Amira's character and how she had adjusted to everything in her life, this story was truly Jake's journey in my view.  To watch him struggle to accept himself in his new life and become a functioning partner was an absolute joy to read.Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.  I hardly recommend it.