A review by mycatismybookmark
Stand by A.L. Jackson

4.0

How do you capture all the feelings that A.L. Jackson’s Bleeding Stars novels leave you with? She has a special gift of leaving readers with an undefinable feeling that captures our hearts in a way that is unique and special to each of us.

Like the previous Bleeding Stars novels, Stand will deliver every emotion: heartbreak, suspense, drama, hope, love, family, swoon-worthy romance, laughter and smiles.

“The girl who’ll give up anything to save the world but won’t stop long enough to save herself.”
Jackson’s heartfelt, lyrical writing captures two people that would give up everything to protect the ones they love even if it means losing themselves. Zee will do anything to protect a secret from his past to protect what is most precious to him and Alexis will do anything to save her sister. Two people that never believed they deserved anything more that find each other in their darkest times.
“But what I’d been missing was someone to believe in me.”

I love Alexis and Zee’s sweet romance. Through each other they learn to trust one another – their family, and that it’s okay to want something for yourself. You don’t have to sacrifice everything to save someone else if it means you lose yourself or the one you love in the process. Sometimes it’s about finding the right person to believe in you, to take a chance on you.

“No fear. Just life.”

Stand is a beautiful ending to an amazing series where the Sunder boys’ story comes full circle. I only wish that the Sunder boys got to have a piece of who they lost. While Baz and Shea’s duet will always be my favorite, I can’t decide who gets the number two spot – Zee and Alexis or Ash and Willow.

I can’t wait for A.L. Jackson to create the next series for us to love as much as The Bleeding Stars series.