I
devoured every book in this series and then we got to Marek, and I just
couldn't pick it up. And even after I bought it, I had the thought I should
just remove it from my TBR and kick off into the next series. But since I had
that though after I bought it, I figured since I'd already paid for it I'd just
read it and get it out of the way.
And
to be honest that's kind of how I feel about the book. I didn't hate it, but I
didn't love it. And I knew going in I would feel that way, so I don't know why
I had to read it except I'm annoying AF, even to myself.
Let's
be honest, secret babies have a fundamental reason why the baby is a surprise.
Sometimes it's an innocent reason like a one-night stand or an unreachable
person. But generally, it's hidden because of something that's happened between
the couple. And then you almost have to pick sides. Is her reason for keeping
it secret more valid than his (and more importantly the child's) right to know?
On
top of that in a second chance romance novel you have the reason they aren't
still together. Plus, how do they get over the above-mentioned secret baby
stuff. And then we have this book and its characters.
So,
I was on Team Gracen. I understood why she didn't tell Marek she was pregnant.
And it helped that once he found out about it, he was a dick. His reasons for
breaking up with Gracen were selfish acehole reasons in my opinion but at least
he broke up with her and if that was the end of their story, I'd be happy. But
I can honestly say in her situation after he has broken my heart out of nowhere
after 5 years together because he doesn't want the responsibility of being in a
relationship now that he's been drafted to the NHL, I wouldn't be hunting him
down for anything.
Then
to have him be a jerk about the fact she kept this secret without acknowledging
that maybe she was valid. Bye bye Marek.
Other
than the fact I disliked both characters and the theme the book was beautifully
written, of course. And the secondary characters being people I liked in
previous books were great to see. And now I can forget about this book and read
the other series guilt free.
I absolutely loved Gray but I have to admit I didn’t get what I was hoping for with this book. Gray was kick ass and I loved that she earnt her place in such a male dominated industry. That strength of character and drive was awesome but I was really wanting to see more interaction with Ruby and Violet and a bit more “family”.
Check out my review of Zack here
I seriously wasn’t sure I could like this book. I mean I have been waiting for it for what feels like forever (yes my patience is saint worthy) but Sawyer made me think Zack and Gina were this beautiful perfect couple when we met them in previous books and I cried big ugly shuddering sobs when Gina passed away for poor Zack and little Ben. So when I read the teaser for this and then the blurb I was convinced there would be no way I could read it without hating something major and I was scared cause I really didn’t want my love affair with this series to end.
