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Review

Ummmmm… WTF just happened? Honestly, that’s pretty much the only thought my brain can process right now. But *pulls up the big girl panties* more of that later…

First and foremost, this is the conclusion to Woods and Della’s story, and it is an emotional, angsty, romantic, and really freaking steamy ride.

I love Woods! He is deeply, madly, and completely in love with Della, and is still swoony as all hell. But I must say, he almost seems a bit obsessed with her, unable to function without her close, and smothering her with his love and protectiveness.

“In all her twisted perfection she had made me fall helplessly in love with her. A life without her in it seemed pointless.”

Della is accepting of Woods’ smothering, so in love with her man that she is happy to do whatever she can to help him, and I love that she takes the initiative to be there for him and try to prove that she is capable despite Woods treating her like she’s made of glass. She still worries about her future, and her concerns about not being worthy of Woods continues to plague her. And this brings us to her moment of epic stupid. Seriously, I rolled my eyes and was groaning my frustration as my pet peeves reared their heads again – stupid heroines jumping to conclusions and lack of communication. Ugh! But, I did like the way it was resolved. I like that it all got dealt with, I like that she was able to look back and realise what she had done was stupid, and I like that it led to some big changes for her. She needed to do it, I just wish she’d handled it a bit differently. And I have to say, I love the way that Woods dealt with it! Just more proof of his awesomeness!

And it’s not just Della going through changes, Woods’ life has completely changed since the last book, and although it is unexpected, he is embracing his new role and responsibilities and claiming it as his own, and I loved that! He is all badass and ‘take charge’ with what he wants, and it was great watching him.

There’s a lot of stuff going on personally for both Della and Woods, but the love between them is never in doubt, and I love their romance. They are from completely different worlds, but they have an incredible love story, and they are so intensely passionate about each other! The sex scenes in this book are scorching, and then Woods comes out with the dirty talk, and it’s just… Whoa!

I love the ongoing involvement of the other characters in this series, and we get to see a lot of them in this one. Tripp, Jace, Bethy, Della’s awesome friend Braden, and of course, Rush, Blaire and Grant, and even Rush’s Dad, Dean, make appearances! I loved getting to see where everybody is at, and the scenes where they are all together are just gold.

There are some big developments for the rest of the series – Grant is in a clusterfuck, with some seriously big stuff going on with him (enough with the Nan storyline! Seriously! Just, no!). And Tripp gets a fair bit of story time, which is great because I love him! There are some huge reveals for him, and I now assume he’ll be getting a book of his own, and all I can say is… DAMN!

And then there’s that twist. OMG! Out of nowhere, my mind was blown and I can’t believe Abbi went there! I was in total and utter shock, and had tears streaming down my face. The emotion! OMG it was intense!

But despite the questionable ending, I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was really well written, and (love it or hate it) Abbi does a great job bringing the emotion, I was really feeling this one! In fact, I was feeling it so much that it took away some of the happiness from Woods and Della’s HEA, which was a bit disappointing. But I still loved their story. Yes, the characters did things that annoyed me at times, but it was important to their journey, and it all builds beautifully to a very satisfying HEA.

4 stars.

For full series info, see our Rosemary Beach series page.