If you read and enjoyed Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #3) by E.L. James, Eyes Wide Open (The Blackstone Affair, #3) by Raine Miller, and Entwined in You (Crossfire, #3) by Sylvia Day then you will LOVE this book!
Basic
Summary
This
epic romance between an all-American beauty and her Aussie continues in this
final installment of The Beauty Series.
Jack
McLachlan is fulfilled by more than he dared to dream possible. He finds everything he never knew he
wanted—or needed—in Laurelyn Prescott, his last and final companion. Life is beautiful with his beloved by his
side but their post-wedded bliss cut short when his dark past spring sin their
present happiness. He wants to shelter
Laurelyn but keeping her untainted by his previous life proves impossible when
yesterday’s sins insist on returning to haunt him. Will it be possible for them to find
happiness in their forever with a past like his?
Beauty from Love is an adult contemporary
novel and is not intended for younger readers due to mature content.
First
Impressions
I am so
happy that Jack Henry and Laurelyn have finally got their shit together and are
married!! Yay! The beginning of the book
begins with the start of their honeymoon and of course that means tons of hot
sex scenes! Of course that is an
automatic plus in my book! Their
honeymoon is Maui at the house that Jack Henry has bought for them to vacation
at and it really makes me miss Hawaii so much.
I have family there and wish I could go there more often especially
right about now since it is the middle of winter here in New Jersey. I love that they went to a Luau and are so
cute and cuddly with each other, I just hope the entire rest of this book isn’t
all hearts and roses. I need some drama!
My
one big complaint so far is that I get that this is the last installment of
this series but I read the last book a while ago and if someone just picked up
with this book they would have no clue what these characters look like. There needs to be some description of them
because I can’t remember what they look from the previous books.
What I
Loved
I
like that the chapters alternated between Jack Henry and Laurelyn because if
gives you the opportunity to get in both of their heads. I really like when that happens because it
makes the story more well-rounded and complete.
It was great to see both points of view because you got see how both of
them were struggling at times not just one, giving me the opportunity to get more
emotionally involved in the story.
The
character development in this series is really amazing especially when it comes
to Jack Henry in his complete turnaround as far as his lifestyle and
priorities. You can really see how much
Jack loves Laurelyn in this story, the love they have for each other just pours
out of the pages and into your heart. There
are definitely a lot of touching moments in this book, along with laughing
moments, and nervous moments. I’m pretty
sure at a certain point I was tearing up a little bit towards the end.
Not So
Much
One big
complaint for me is that this book didn't seem as organized as the others. There were a lot of different story lines
going on at the same time and there wasn't really any follow up then at
all. Towards the beginning of the book
one of Jack’s ex-girlfriends tries to stir up trouble, but it’s just kind of a
random scene because you never see or hear from her again. I feel like to make a character like that
there needed to be more follow up. It didn't make sense to me that she just kind of walked away and never bothered Jack again so that wasn't completely consistent.
I
also felt like the pace was a little too fast, it skipped over a lot of time
period and I get why it did that because it would've made the story boring but
I felt like it skipped over time a little bit too much. Especially with a lot of story lines in play
there should’ve been more detail in those plots because I feel like they were
kind of just brushed away and not fully addressed.
Overall
Great
ending to this trilogy, I totally feel like I got the closure I needed with
these two characters. I love Laurelyn and
Jack Henry together, and I the sex scenes were nothing less than sizzling. They are hot apart but together they are explosive! There were definitely times this book had me
a little bit frazzled and nervous not knowing what was going to happen
next. There is a lot going in this story
and it keeps the reader on their toes.
This book started right where Beauty from Surrender (Beauty, #2) ends
and I liked that there wasn't a lapse in time because I was excited to read
about their honeymoon.
There
are a lot of different story lines in this book and they kind of keep coming at
you and because I didn't feel like the book was that organized and seem kind of
scattered to me. I would've liked to maybe cut away one of those plots and
maybe add onto a plot that was already mentioned. I wish that there were more details in this
book when it came to their surroundings.
In the first part of the book they step into their house in Maui and all
I know is that the kitchen, living room, and dining room are open plan, I was
expecting there to be more detail there especially when there was so much
detail about the bathroom.
I
really enjoyed the epilogue because it zooms about two years into the future so
get to see more of their marriage and their family. They do mention what is going on with some of
the supporting characters and I really appreciated that, it tied up those loose
ends pretty nicely.
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