Wow, would definitely suggest reading "Outlaw" before this book. The beginning of this book pretty much starts off where Outlaw left off. The author seems to assume readers have read Outlaw as she doesn't explain who characters are or how they found themselves in the situations they are in.
Eighteen? Really? I’m sorry, it's just incredibly hard for me to get into a story where the lead male character is only eighteen years old. I like my guys to be older and more mature. Yes, I know a lot of books have the female being super young also but I have double standards where it doesn't bother me, besides we all know woman mature super duper faster than men. So there is this road block of Robbie being only eighteen years old and then to boot his love interest Roxane is older, I'm thinking she is in her thirties. Another double standard of mine rearing it's ugly head, I don't like the women being older than the men. I have a feeling there are some Demi/Ashton fans out there cheering this book on but for me it severely affected my ability to get into this story.
With that being said the author is an incredibly gifted writer. She was able to write Robbie well enough that sometimes I forgot he was only eighteen. The interaction between Robbie and Roxane is smoking hot and jumps off the pages at you. Top-notch stuff.
Roxane was an interesting character. She openly acknowledges the fact she loves Robbie but doesn't see a logical way of being able to be with him. This story is completely different from a lot of typical romance books where the hero/heroine stay apart because they can't admit they love each other or there is the big misunderstanding. Here we have political drama, children, and sense of freedom. Kudos to the author for having Roxane be an intelligent woman who considers how good of a father Robbie would be to her children and if she would lose the freedom she has as a widow. I think here in these problems is where the age difference between these two really shows; Roxane thinks and struggles over logical issues and problems over her and Robbie being together while Robbie just thinks love is enough and all problems can be solved because of that. I was disappointed how the author made Roxane a little dumb towards the end of the book with Roxane not trusting Robbie. In fact the whole last part of the book was what I would consider crappy storylines.
This book dragged for me, I could never get into the stories or characters because of the afore mentioned issues. I did a lot of read-skipping. I'm kind of frustrated with the author because I think she has incredible talent for writing but I can't seem to get into her stories; you would think good writing would create a good story.
This story wasn't for me at all. The beginning was way better than the end, it just drug on for me. Readers who like the author, Johnson, might like it because as I said before Johnson has real talent as a writer but for some reason I just don't like her stories. Hmm I love her writing but hate her stories, does that make sense?

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