Review: Amazing!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 9, 2013
**CONTAINS SPOILERS TO BOOK 1: TEN DAYS OF PERFECT**“Sorrow is the darkest, most intense form of passion hidden in the recesses of the human spirit.”GAHHHH!!!! So anyone who follows me on twitter knows JUST HOW MUCH I’ve been waiting for this book!!! I fell head over heels in love with Ten Days of Perfect despite wanting to throw my iPad across the room when I finished. But the ending was one of the reasons I LOVED the book, you know, besides Bo! ;)So when Andrea Randall posted in her readers group on facebook that she just might publish Reckless Abandon early, I began to stalk my notifications, email and amazon religiously despite still being deep into another highly anticipated release that came out only days before.  I HAD to know what happened with Bo and Ember – their journey in Ten Days was beautiful and perfect and came to a shattering end that wrecked me. I was definitely Team Bo and Ember heading into Reckless Abandon but what I wasn’t expecting was the roller coaster ride I was taken on as I cheered them on.Reckless Abandon picks up after Ember gets back home from Concord after finding out that Bo was involved in that fight she saw at the beginning of Ten Days. She felt betrayed and used finding out that Bo knew who she was instantly and that maybe he was using her to protect himself. We all know that’s not the case, but when one falls in love so hard and so quickly, it’s easy to second guess someone’s intention.  Despite their breakup, Ember decides to still work with the DROP foundation and Bo is determined to be at least friends with her.  But can Ember and Bo stay friends despite a thousand lifetimes of love? Can they continue the collaboration between The Hope Foundation and DROP? Will it cause them to come together or push them further apart?Everyone is back in Reckless Abandon. Along with Bo and November, Monica, Josh, Rae and Ainsley are all back. Ember’s parents even make it back this time around to support their only daughter through many rather difficult circumstances.  What was surprising to me was the friendship formed between Rae, Bo’s sister, and Ember. Despite everything that has happened, Ember values her friendship with Rae and doesn’t want to lose it over Bo.  You’ll find yourself rooting along with Monica and Rae as they tell Ember just how they feel about her decision to walk away at the end of Ten Days. Another major player this time is Adrian.  Can he convince Ember he really loved her all those years ago and that he never stopped? How will Ember handle two men wanting her love?Despite the regular characters being back we’re introduced to someone new, Regan. A fiddler player visiting his cousin from Ireland, Regan is instantly clued into what is going on with Ember as they become close during rehearsals. Josh has put together a house band for his bar and Ember and Regan are part of the band. But who Regan actually falls for will leave you giddy and subsequently crushed. Like I said, it’s a roller coaster and it’s those feelings when you’re plummeting down the hill that will leave you breathless.Andrea Randall doesn’t disappoint with her descriptive paintings either as her previous experience in poetry is evident. It’s hard not to get sucked into the world of Ember and Bo when you read things like this:  “He fills my thoughts, my dreams, and my nightmares. The memory of him, and his touch, pound on the door to my soul with such force that cracks are forming in the wood. I do my best to act like no one is home by keeping the door locked and the lights off.”So get your tissue box ready because Reckless Abandon WILL take you on an emotional roller coaster that is sure to bring tears to eyes and pain to your heart.  But the ride is worth it as things wrap up just as beautifully as they started as Ember finds herself amongst all of the pain. The final question for the reader is will her happiness include Bo?  Oh, and can we PLEASE have a book 3???