Today's review comes from my "To Be Read" list. I read a really bad Advance copy of another book and needed something I had been looking forward to in order to get back in sync.
He's tall, dark, and deliciously handsome. Not exactly what Harlow is looking for. Her heart's still stuck on Iain Bentley. But it's been a painful struggle since she last saw him. Two years of silence and wondering; of desperate sleepless longing. And Jax Walker is a hard man to resist. Just as she's prepared to open herself to new love, Harlow's whole world is thrown into a painful spiral.
Elizabeth's Review
4 Stars - Would Recommend to a FriendReview Copy Provided by Author
This was honestly one of those books that was completely made by the last 1/4 of the story. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the first 3/4, but it didn't get special until the end for me. Consumed picks up 2 years from the end of the story in Collide and follows Harlow through the beginning of her third year at University. She is still dealing with what happened to end her relationship with Iain and while she is functioning, she isn't really living. All of that changes when she meets Jax in a class they share. This is a well written book and I enjoyed getting to know Harlow better and she allowed herself to begin to "thaw" out and enjoy what Jax brought to her life. She is a complex young woman dealing with an emotional situation that would have been difficult for someone much older and she seemed to handle it well. I loved Jax. He seemed to see something in Harlow that wasn't visible to most. It was fun to watch him court her and care for her. When an unfortunate blast from the past blindsided Harlow, it was wonderful to see him stay with her and process the information versus running away. One of the things that seemed to happen between Harlow and Jax is that he seemed to "fix" her without necessarily trying to. He was there for her and supported her without taking over or thinking for her. There was also an element of suspense in the story, but it was subtle. Just when we thought Harlow and Jax might be headed for a happy ending, two big things happened. Iain reenters Harlow's life by accident and the suspense element of the story exploded in another horrible blast from the past. I liked and appreciated how both issues were handled. Consumed leaves us with an ending that realistically could finish the story and would leave me satisfied as a reader, but wondering what happens next in Harlow's story. It's a good thing I know there is another book in the story so we can find out.
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