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A review by dancingterracephantom
This Will Hurt II by Cara Dee
4.0
There was a month between reading book one and two in this series, and the hurt never faded. Roe and Jake had my heart in a chokehold because they were denying themselves, and I HATE that. I guess I'm selfish, but I just want characters to make happy choices, okay? Because sometimes in real life we don't and it makes me sad. But at the same time, these characters and their story felt so real because of all the hurts and the happiness mixed together.
This book wasn't easy. It wasn't all hurt in book one and all happiness in book two. Roe and Jake still had a lot to process about themselves and choices to make and decisions to stand behind. This book spanned years, just like the first. They take steps forward and steps back. They love and they hurt. They finally get their HEA, but the path is a long one.
I still really love their jobs, and it was cool to read the evolution of how they started to the huge success they were by the end of this book. That's one advantage to a book written over so much time, even if it's not my favorite way to read a story.
Cara is my favorite MM author hands down, and I loved all the cameos from her other books. So many of my favs were mentioned, even if just briefly, which I adored.
Overall, the HEA that Roe and Jake fought for was hard but worth it. I'm off to read their novella length epilogue, and I'm curious to see how much more I like this series when I do a re-read eventually.
This book wasn't easy. It wasn't all hurt in book one and all happiness in book two. Roe and Jake still had a lot to process about themselves and choices to make and decisions to stand behind. This book spanned years, just like the first. They take steps forward and steps back. They love and they hurt. They finally get their HEA, but the path is a long one.
I still really love their jobs, and it was cool to read the evolution of how they started to the huge success they were by the end of this book. That's one advantage to a book written over so much time, even if it's not my favorite way to read a story.
Cara is my favorite MM author hands down, and I loved all the cameos from her other books. So many of my favs were mentioned, even if just briefly, which I adored.
Overall, the HEA that Roe and Jake fought for was hard but worth it. I'm off to read their novella length epilogue, and I'm curious to see how much more I like this series when I do a re-read eventually.