Review: Awesome sequel!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 4, 2014
I'm officially a Susan Fanetti fan girl. Behold the Stars thrusts us deeper into the lives of Isaac and Lilli. A LOT goes down in this book. Behold the Stars is a great sequel; intense, funny, and shocking. Isaac and Lilli are navigating their relationship through seriously murky waters. So much is happening around them at all times. Lilli endured so much to get where she is now, it's amazing how much more she can take. I really like this author's style of writing; it's engaging, smart, and intriguing. The story just flows so smoothly, there are never stagnant pieces. There are several climatic points in this story that I don't want to spoil but I feel it's important to note how the author keeps taking the story a bit further even after a major climax. Fanetti is always maximizing the thoughts, trials and tribulations of these two characters. It makes Isaac and Lilli all the more real to me. Their vulnerabilities in this book make them human. They've found something in each other they need but maybe don't quite understand and they'll stop at nothing to see their love through. Show's story in this book is so gut wrenchingly sad. I cannot wait to read his fully story in the next installment. There is a serious soft spot in my heart for Show after this book so I know his story is going to be moving. The motorcycle club maintains a huge presence in Behold the Stars as well. The family connection between these men and how Lilli fits that mold is fun to read. We learn a lot about the kind of men they are; who they want to be and who they don't want to be. The dynamic in the club shifts, really gets knocked off its axis, and the repercussions of that are shocking. It's just a really great, honest story of redemption and powerful love.