A review by sonja_ahrb
End of Day by Jewel E. Ann

5.0

Okay, now that I've had my much needed chocolate after the ending Ms. Jewel E. Ann left us with, I feel much better and able to write about End of Day. As soon as I saw that End of Day was written by Jewel E. Ann, I immediately wanted to read it because I absolutely loved her Only Trick - it's one of the best books I've read this year - so I knew this one would be good and I was so excited that I really only skimmed the synopsis. And that turned out to be a mistake, but only because it left me confused at the beginning, but as soon as I read the whole synopsis carefully, it made sense. Despite that little road bump, this book was spectacular and I wholeheartedly loved, loved, LOVED it!!

I positively loved Jillian, she's so sassy, snarky, and sarcastic! She's a mischievous troublemaker, strong, but vulnerable, and she makes me laugh as much as she breaks my heart. Jillian doesn't much care about doing what's proper, she does what she wants, and that includes driving Sergeant AJ Monaghan crazy with all of her antics. I loved all of that about her, but I especially loved seeing her gentle, caring, soft side. Jillian's kind of crazy, but I loved that about her - she's an amazing heroine!

Senior Master Sergeant AJ Monaghan is one hooooot man! Sure, he's a little older and he's all grumpy and surly, but that just made me love him more! He does grumpy and stuffy so well and all of that just makes it so much hotter and better when he loses the fight against Jillian. AJ is rough and commanding, he's a jerk and a pain in the butt sometimes, but he has his gentle, sweet moments too. What can I say? I love that old, grumpy hero and I couldn't have stopped it from happening if I tried!

End of Day is so full of life, passion, mystery, and heartache. There are bittersweet moments, deep ones, times where I laughed my butt off, and moments that stopped my heart and took my breath. It pulled me in completely, made me cry, smile, and sigh, and it broke my heart and touched it. It was another phenomenal book from Jewel E. Ann and I CAN'T wait to read Middle of Knight!

End of Day is told from multiple points of view, there's no HEA yet, and it is a HUGE-YOU-WILL-NEED-CHOCOLATE-AFTER-THIS cliffhanger!!!!

~ Sonja, 5 Stars