This is the best book ever!!! Loved this book, the plot, twist, the characters!!! I am so in love with this!!! Is a clomplex, heartbreaking, amazing story!!!
Wow just wow, as Leigh does to outdo herself every time, I have no idea, but her books just keep improving every time.
This trip with our last Hothole (yesssss, my heart cries for it), was one too intense, emotional, distressing, sad, hopeful, unique, tender, hot, raw, I loved every word in the book, every sentence so full of feelings.
I knew of course that my dear Leigh would never disappoint me, and that Trent would make me fall at his feet, but let me tell you that it was that and more, Leigh created her magic and gave us a unique story, with twists and turns that I never expected, with unique prose, masterfully developed, she always has the ability to create stories that make you feel, live and suffer with the characters.
I started the book thinking that no one could ever outdo my Dean, but I was completely wrong, Trent, omyGod!!!, the mute, perfectly imperfect.
A journey of two lonely souls, that found in the least expected way, but perfectly complemented. Trent and Edie are perfect for each other, despite the differences that separate them, and the drawbacks in their relationship, they had me sighing with love, crying, suffering, laughing, hopefully.
Trent, called the Mute, for good reason, is an enigmatic character since we met him in Vicious, having a very different upbringing to that of his friends, he has had to fight much more for what he wants. He is a dark, quiet character who prefers solitude to the company of people. He has to raise his daughter Luna alone and besides she is also a solitary little girl who does not speak and has difficulties to relate to others.
Edie is a teenager who carries a heavy load on her shoulders, who does not have a life like that of other teenagers and who despite coming from a wealthy family also struggles for what she wants. She is a beautiful girl, young and full of life, who loves the ocean and surf.
In an adverse situation they find and begin with the left foot, hating themselves and wanting to kill each other, but in spite of everything they are attracted physically.
As they begin to relate sparks jump and each time the attraction is harder to hide. The encounters between them are always explosive, with sparks jumping from both, hot and sexy ... In the end they have to give up to the attraction and those scenes, wow, spontaneous combustion, that scenes, oh my God !!! They made me blush on more than one occasion.
Luna, is a unique character, a sweet, tender, solitary kid, who can not communicate with others. The fierceness, love, and surrender with which Trent protected her made me so tender, made me want more than once to enter the book and embrace them.
The hotholes, Dean, Jamie, Vicious, as always was a delight every time they were together, I laughed too much with them, but I fall in love with the fierce way they cover their backs and protect friends and loved ones.
Bane, I need his story, really, Russian, sexy, hot and I just finished killing me his unconditional support with Edie. Super intriguing, may Leigh bring us his story.
The other secondary characters perfectly complemented the story.
This is a unique story, with so many feelings, so much passion, so much sweetness, so much reality, so much sadness, so much anguish, so much hope, and that epilogue, gahhhh, I cried of emotion with him, that Mr. epilogue.
A story that you will not want to miss, ladies and gentlemen, I fell at it feet, totally in love with the characters, their way of being and the capacity of surrender and sacrifice for those who love. I DO NOT WANT THE END, I do not want to say goodbye to the hotholes, my heart is not ready yet ...
Unique, masterfully written and very well developed ....
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Favorite book so far in the series!
I am SHOOK.S. H. O. O. K.I cannot believe that I loved this book so damn much. I remember when this first came out and there were so many warring reviews. People either seems to love it or hate it and I assumed I'd be in the latter group. So of course it's only natural that it turns out that this may be my favorite of the series so far.I still really wish that the author wouldn't have explicit sex scenes between the hero and other women on screen and that's basically the only reason I took away half a star from this. I get that she wants to show us what a bunch of "hotholes" they are and how sexy, unattainable, etc etc they are but I really don't think I need those scenes to know they are a bunch of sex-obsessed, walking STD uncommonly hot, rich men that literally are gods in their social circles.That being said, I really have no other complaint about this book. I fell so damn hard for Edie, Trent and beautiful, sweet Luna who owns my entire heart. I loved how strong Edie was, I loved how much Trent loved his daughter (even if he did do some questionable stuff that had me scratching my head) but mostly importantly I loved how much this book made me feel.I was captivated from almost the first page. I was so invested in Edie's story with her family, her character growth, with Trent and trying to be there for his daughter, his struggle to let himself love, with Luna who deserves only the best things in life but is a sad little four year old learning to be happy. So many times my heart would clench in both happiness and sadness and by the end of the book I couldn't stop myself from chanting, "I love them so much!"L.J. Shen really won me over with this one. I'm so invested in this series and this group. I honestly get so happy when the previous characters show up on screen, I love being able to still see them being happy while also watching another couple fall in love. I also whole-heartedly fell in love with Trent and Edie's romance. They really are perfect for each other and that epilogue had me close to tears of happiness.Also I want to add that I really, really appreciated the diversity rep in this book. I thought we'd just get a small mention of Trent's skin color and then never talk about it again but Shen actually goes into detail about Trent's life and living in a place where everyone is predominately white and he grows up as the biracial black man who feels he doesn't really belong anywhere. I loved this so damn much and I really hope she has more POC characters because she proved to me with this book that she can do a damn good job with it.I'm so damn excited to finally get to Bane's book but I'm also sad at the idea of this series coming to an end. Even though she sometimes goes in directions that I don't typically like, LJ's writing style is just too addictive for me to not fall in love anyway. And that's the true tell of a good writer.
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Rosie
The Tide brought Edie and Trent together in the end!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2020
Ambur (Burning Impossibly Bright)
Absolutely Amazing!!! Dark, Taboo, and so, so Sexy!
Reviewed in Canada on October 9, 2017