Review: Great end to a great series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2014
From pretty much the beginning of this series, I was Team Lucas.  Sure Sebastian was hot, and he and Skylar had an undeniable and powerful connection – but I thought she would be so much better off with Lucas. Like Sebastian, he was gorgeous, rich, and successful - but he loved Skylar so much, and would have given her the best life.  There was no deep dark secret in his past that could destroy her.  Skylar even tried for a little while, but Lucas had one big drawback that prevented her from falling in love with him, he wasn’t Sebastian. He even accepted being second best (which both broke my heart for him and annoyed me at the same time) and at the end of Thorneless, Lucas was devastated.In Rose in Bloom, I have to say that I defected. Sebastian and Skylar don’t work without each other.  I was happy to see them finally together, all the secrets out, seeing each other at face value and knowing without a doubt they found who they were supposed to be with.  The bliss they found together made for some beautiful, and scorching hot, moments.  Yes, I am now Team Sebastian.My Lucas, however, planted his feet firmly in denial and stayed there for a good amount of the time in this book.  I wanted to scream at him, “Honey if you’re dead, lay down.”  He still kept going, digging into things he shouldn’t have been believing the lie that if he could just rid of Sebastian she’d be all his someday.  Lucas knew Skylar would never be in love with him. While I loved his selflessness I cringed at his grasp on reality.In poking his nose where it shouldn’t belong, it caused a whole chain of events that may make Skylar lose more than Sebastian.  Mia Michelle takes us on a lot of twists and turns, and I spent a lot of the second half of the book with my heart in my throat wondering what was going to happen next.  The suspense and violence in this love story was not something I expected.Nik and Kylie were definite scene stealers and I can’t wait for their story, as well as Lucas’. Not ready to let anyone go yet!