Review: Intensity to the max...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2014
I must say it took me a while to read this book and even longer to write the review. This was the most intense read I have experienced from this author. Afterburn is the sequel to Afterwards, which I was torn about as well. I asked for more of Chris and in this piece, I got it. I was able to experience every single miniscule to large emotion that Chris dealt with when it came to being torn between his own feelings and thoughts on his relationship as well as keeping Robyn from being too outlandish. Well, the later didn’t work too much in his favor.I did appreciate that we got to see Chris transition into more of a family man after the birth of Caitlyn. It was almost like she was his first true love. Sure he loved and adored his previous children but Chris allowed success to blind him from his responsibilities and money to raise his children. It’s different to have a child with the woman you are to marry because it blatantly brings all issues and truths to the forefront. This was a new difficult yet welcome change for Chris. His norm was to ignore the truths and, well, buy off the issues.I still had a problem connecting with Robyn in this book. It’s interesting because I relate to her and her difficult personality. We both share that self-centered yet selfless frame of thinking and action. However much she reminds me of me, I just wasn’t prepared to look in the mirror at the time of reading this book. I can admit that I shed a lot of tears while reading Afterburn both for Chris and Robyn. In the end, I just wanted them to get it together and it took a hell of a lot to get to the finish line.