Ok ok I will
admit it, I have a massive wet soft spot for all the boys from the
Woodlands house. And by book four we have a fair amount of insight into each of
them as well as a solid knowledge in the fact that they are the kind of men
your Dad has nightmares about until they fall in love, cause when they fall
they fall hard and they fall fast and there is absolutely no grey (well there’s
Gray but he has had his own book ;) )
I have to
admit that Winter’s backstory hit me too close to home for comfort and I spent
a good portion of the book in tears where I am sure the author didn’t intend.
So my opinion on things might be slightly skewed by having my emotions so
closely linked.
Winter is the
adopted sister of an alcoholic. I don’t know if many people can grasp the kind
of person that makes you ,not on the surface but in the depths of your soul, but
damn did Jen nail it. And even though Winter did stupid things and made
decisions I would want to slap anyone else for,
I got it. It’s hard to walk the line between tough love and support when
you’re scared to set off the ticking time bomb that’s your sister and for a
good percentage of the book I was scared Jen was going to let Winter be the weak,
selfless person she started as.
Finn was one
of the Woodlands guys I was most looking forward to. However the road he walked
to get to Winter was hard and I had moments there where I just wanted to see
him say fuck you all and run away leave them all to deal with their own fall
out. I mean damn Jen give him a break. But then he is the kind of guy who will
weather any storm with his broad shoulders held high and I guess that’s why I
loved him from the start.
Of course I
should have had more faith in the amazing Jen cause the book was written so
perfectly that I honestly could believe she has lived it. The drama and angst
were in perfect proportion to the events and obstacles Finn and Winter had to
overcome to get to the end of the road they were on. And unlike a lot of New
Adult books there wasn’t drama or angst for the sake of it. Every bit of it was
valid and justified and just added to the characters and their story. And as
with all the books in the series the sex scenes were hot as hell and had my
tears forgotten and steaming off my pillowcase.
I honestly
can say that if I knew going into this book what the themes were I wouldn’t
have read it, so I am seriously glad I went into it blind just knowing it was a
much awaited, highly anticipated Woodlands Series novel, not even checking to
see who’s story I was getting before I dove right on in.
If you
haven’t read this series yet I couldn’t recommend it more. However each book
can be read as a standalone but why would you want to when some of the best men
live at the same address and you get to see a tiny bit of each of their
personality in each novel.
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