Trace Montgomery has buried his damaged past with women and fighting until one day he meets an angel and suddenly he wants more, he wants her. For her, he's determined to overcome his demons but will the dark secret that links their pasts bring them closer or will it tear them apart.
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Rating: ★☆★ 1/2
Version Read: Kindle
First let me start with these warnings. If you are one of
the following: a grammar nazi, someone who can’t handle rough transitions, can’t
overlook editing errors or needs a book to go through the perfect editing
before, DO NOT read this book. This book is NOT for you and will likely make
you mad. BUT if you are someone who can enjoy a story barring imperfections,
rough transitions and lack of editing to enjoy the story underneath, READ THIS
BOOK.
Now let me explain my above statement. There are grammar
errors in this book. But not enough for me to pull out my badge and want to
place the author under grammar arrest. It simply looks like they couldn’t find
or afford one to proof read their work before publishing. Or maybe they were
too unsure or shy of the story to show anyone. I hope that they revise and
republish an updated edited version one day in the future, but to me it wasn’t
enough for me to throw my Kindle across the room. The transitions were VERY
rough. A simple use of double spacing, or something, to separate time lapses or
different scenes would have been helpful. It can get somewhat confusing until
you adjust to it. But I am the type of reader that will dive into a story and overlook
most things unless it’s so blatantly distracting I can’t stand it. With this
the story was so engrossing; it didn’t bother me after a while.
Now for the story. We have two different people Ember and
Trace. Ember is the wallflower, who is shy and very high on the normal scale. Trace
is the man with tats and bad boy charm that wants what he knows he shouldn’t.
The story isn’t really a stereo typical boy meets girl and boy hits on girl, and
then they connect. It’s more of a girl sees boy, boy stops drunk, girl sees boy
in dark corner, shocked girl runs away. Ember and Trace is a natural
progression in a relationship even if it does seem strange at first. But we’ve
all looked across a room and have just known that the person on the other side
was meant in our lives for whatever amount of time. That’s how this starts out.
(Again I wish this would have been written in third person as I would have
LOVED to know Trace’s thoughts, especially as the story progressed.) While some
of the dialog can get a bit cheesy, the love story is heartwarming.
The road for Ember and Trace isn’t easy by any means, and
there are a lot of bumps and obstacles, that mostly have to do with Trace
himself. This is a full story that actually handles any issues that it brings
up and doesn’t leave thinking “well ok what happened to….” You think you know
at certain points, but then BAM you don’t. There is a mystery there about Trace’s
parents and that makes up the second part of the story. The twist in it, I
never saw coming. (And I usually guess pretty darn closely.) Also the burdens
you find out that he’s carrying and his sense of responsibility is almost
heartbreaking. At the same time it is also inspiring as he reveals each one. Ember
starts to grow and come out of her shell. While there are peeks of her here and
there in the beginning, only when she figures out things on her own does she
really shine. Some may argue that she gave too much to try and heal a damaged
man in the first part, but I would say she had set a hard limit and when it was
breached stuck to her guns despite the pain. I don’t think she wasn’t trying to
save Trace, but rather loved him enough to help him learn to love himself. Love
heals, and her character was formed with that though in mind. When you love someone
you love all the good, bad and damaged things about them. Not just the things
everyone else sees.
The side characters are strong and don’t take away from the
main two characters. Lucien was my favorite; I hope he gets a spin off. He was
a definite addition to the story. Even the villains in the story weren’t a
blatant over the top, but well done so we knew who they were and some we watch evolve
into the horrid person they become.
The sex scenes aren’t overly graphic, but neither are they
to be considered very tame. Although Ember (much to my disappointment) is a
virgin, at the same time she isn’t stereotypical. It’s very hard to describe.
Some of the language is rough, but not over done in a lewd way if that bothers
you.
This book made me smile, get mad, sad and sigh. As W. Styron
said “A good book should leave you slightly exhausted at the end, as you live
several lives while reading it.” That can be said of this book. I would have
given it a solid 4 Stars, but need of editing sadly made me give it a half. I
will say I know that this is one I will reread.
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