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Chaos by Jamie Shaw
5.0
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Note: This ARC was provided by Avon Impulse in exchange for an honest review.
I read Mayhem, Riot, and Chaos one after the other and, like the addict that I have now become, I simply couldn't get enough of this series. Jamie Shaw's third and latest installment would probably be considered a second chance rock romance by some, but I see Shawn Scarlett and Kit Larson's love story as more of teenage-crush-turned-true-love kind of a thing and it really was all about timing with these two. Let's face it: Kit was fifteen and Shawn was eighteen when they ended up in bed together and neither of them could have really been experiencing feelings of the other being their one true love. Sometimes, two people need to go their separate ways to grow and mature and discover themselves before they're truly able to share who they are with a significant other. That was the case with these two, though I can more than appreciate Kit's feelings of hurt and abandonment when Shawn never called or reached out to her after their one and only time together. But, her feelings toward him at fifteen were nothing compared to those at twenty-one.
This book could have gone in the direction that one would expect, but, as usual, Jamie Shaw took the road less traveled and came up with scenarios and characters that were not idealistic but felt more realistic. I love how she never fails to surprise me at least once with these books of hers. They leave you wanting...wanting more, that is. It's like being at a kickass concert and needing encore after encore. I know there's one more The Last Ones to Know member left to tell his story, and I will certainly be waiting anxiously for its release, but I find myself dreading the end of the series. That's what happens when you have stories and a cast of characters that leave you intoxicated and, without fail, a goofy grin on your face. Shawn and Kit's story checked off everything on my romance read checklist and I'm hoping that you don't miss out on reading Chaos or the two other books in the Mayhem series. The weekend's coming up, so do yourselves a favor and curl up with this trio of 2015 favorites. And yes, book three gets five-plus stars too. ♥
Note: This ARC was provided by Avon Impulse in exchange for an honest review.
I read Mayhem, Riot, and Chaos one after the other and, like the addict that I have now become, I simply couldn't get enough of this series. Jamie Shaw's third and latest installment would probably be considered a second chance rock romance by some, but I see Shawn Scarlett and Kit Larson's love story as more of teenage-crush-turned-true-love kind of a thing and it really was all about timing with these two. Let's face it: Kit was fifteen and Shawn was eighteen when they ended up in bed together and neither of them could have really been experiencing feelings of the other being their one true love. Sometimes, two people need to go their separate ways to grow and mature and discover themselves before they're truly able to share who they are with a significant other. That was the case with these two, though I can more than appreciate Kit's feelings of hurt and abandonment when Shawn never called or reached out to her after their one and only time together. But, her feelings toward him at fifteen were nothing compared to those at twenty-one.
This book could have gone in the direction that one would expect, but, as usual, Jamie Shaw took the road less traveled and came up with scenarios and characters that were not idealistic but felt more realistic. I love how she never fails to surprise me at least once with these books of hers. They leave you wanting...wanting more, that is. It's like being at a kickass concert and needing encore after encore. I know there's one more The Last Ones to Know member left to tell his story, and I will certainly be waiting anxiously for its release, but I find myself dreading the end of the series. That's what happens when you have stories and a cast of characters that leave you intoxicated and, without fail, a goofy grin on your face. Shawn and Kit's story checked off everything on my romance read checklist and I'm hoping that you don't miss out on reading Chaos or the two other books in the Mayhem series. The weekend's coming up, so do yourselves a favor and curl up with this trio of 2015 favorites. And yes, book three gets five-plus stars too. ♥