I was almost dreading reading this book because I loved Avalanche of Desire and Storm of Seduction so much and I didn't want to be let down. I don't know what I was thinking, silly me, because this is exactly the book I had hoped for. Bea's characters wound their way into my heart from the very beginning and will stay there. Her talent in weaving a tale, keeping up the tension, tugging at the heartstrings is growing with each book she writes. I love the Sisters of Hex series because paranormal and urban fantasy are my more usual fare but this contemporary series just captured my imagination even more, precisely because it is so real. Louisa, Hudson, Bryce and Max have all suffered because of their parents and in reality these days, very sadly, their situations are not uncommon. Although they all suffered different awful home lives, they all felt the same heartache and pain. The brothers and Louisa are now a real family and they have learnt to open up, trust their hearts and allow themselves to be happy, even though their insecurities keep surfacing. The strength of Louisa's love for her three men shines through in all the books, especially in this last one when she has to show them all how much they mean to her and how happy they have made her.
All through the book, the characters' words and actions are true to what we have learnt about them and they are so real to me, they could step out of the page and I wouldn't be surprised. In fact, I wish they would because most of all, I want to give them each a great big hug.
Other reviewers of the first two books have mentioned that they would like the series to be told in multiple POVs but I think Bea has got it absolutely spot on. Don't get me wrong, I love hearing the voices of the main protagonists in a book but this is emphatically Louisa's story and I think the book is all the more powerful with only Louisa's voice being heard. if Bea wrote it from the brothers' points of view as well, it would be a completely different series altogether. We learn all we need to know about the three men from their reactions to, and interactions with, Louisa, and also their actions in general throughout the books, such as employing their childhood friends.
As an aside, the book Louisa is reading on the plane is one of my favourite books so I know she enjoyed it! (Cheeky, Bea, but very clever!).
I cannot praise this series highly enough. Bea's writing is beautiful, her characterisation outstanding, each book, as I have said before, equally heartbreaking and heartwarming. I will read anything that Bea writes and I suggest you do so too. She is an author not to be missed.