Plenty of reviewers have gone over the deets of the book well. Liam and Blake's story is book 3 of this series and it is a fantastic addition. But for some reason that doesn't apply to me with this author *shrugs*. PS: I'm aware that for most of people this will be nothing special. Liam has a twin brother, that will be interesting ^^. However, I overlook that little detail because I'm not really annoyed at the series of events. That unbalanced the book and broke the pace marked for the whole story. Not because the scenes are bad chosen, but because I have the feeling the author was writing at her own rate and suddenly she realized there were only 20 pages left to reach the 300 and she had to speed up to make ends meet. Don't let that fool you, she knows perfectly. It looks like she doesn't know what she's writing and why. Instead, everything is well measured with the rhythm I've learnt to appreciate in the author. It's so obvious and daring it could be violent but it's not. This is a book written for the characters' sake, not for the reader's sake. It's liberating reading how situations turn out with people who have their own personalities. They break ground and re-write the rules and they do so without the awareness that that's not the scheme of things. The characters never act as I expect them to do. The third pair of Trybe is now in high esteem from my part. While Dan and Julian form a relationship from an intriguing beginning to a sad ending, Liam and Blake seemed a very unattractive couple, but surprisingly they fit beyond all expectation. I liked this book much better than the second one. She makes me realize I don't need to hear the 'I love you'. She gives dignity to wild young people and she does it changing the well-worn scenes into surprising but real situations, with sparkling chemistry and sex, and with an almost tangible love that is never artificial and forced. That's when I roll my eyes and kick the book away.īut I can't do that with Maris Black. The challenge comes when they are childish and brainless. When I read YA or NA books, I always connect with the characters because they are nice and seasoned. I honestly don't remember an author that achieves that in the same measure this one does.

She writes about immature characters but they never rub you up the wrong way, just the opposite. It's not that her stories are profound or super 'angsty' or weird. She never ceases to amaze me and after a while reading M/M, that's saying a lot. With her, I know I'm getting something innovative and different, something new. Now I know why I love Maris Black: I feel I'm not reading the same tired old story yet again.

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