What a long way to go to get a HEA for Violet and Travis. Attention readers: We need an editor here STAT! Violet has returned from 2 years in hell caring for a dying grandmother, a recovering rape victim mom and healing her own personal tragedy filled with overwhelming grief.

Violet is a mess and here is a sample of what she is dealing with:
1. Horrific nightmares caused by witnessing the suicide(gunshot to the head after shooting her first in the shoulder) of the unstable twin brother of her dead best friend(decapitated by lightning while Violet bullied her into swimming during a storm)
2. Jealousy, anger and frustration related to her father having an illegitimate daughter raised by the gangster that has been trying to kill her. This secret daughter is also the reason her parents broke up years before.
3. Heartbreak when Travis her soul mate and one true love has a secret daughter and ex-girlfriend he left Violet for 6 years ago. Apparently he was so in love with Violet he had a drunken one night stand with his high school girl knocked her up and took her with him to NYC so he wouldn't hurt Violet? So not 10 minutes before Violet is shot she finds this secret out when they show up at his front door trying to figure out why Travis left them months ago in NYC.

This hot mess does not prevent Violet from returning home to start over and heal. She is so gifted at the power of healing she cures Travis' 2 year drug addiction to meth and pills in 10 days. I know right?!

I would have upped this to 3 stars and overlooked the crazy plot twists, bad decisions and emotional immaturity of these characters for a sexy rockstar wedding. The wedding we got was sweet but not what I needed. Following those crazy plot twists, including a baby Travis was not that psyched about, I felt I had earned a pledge your love moment beyond a proposal. Nothing says I've loved you all my life despite the crap I have put you through and thanks for getting me off the drugs better than a spectacular over the top rockstar wedding. Am I right? UGH!

Here is a sample of the crazy I mentioned: Travis leaves Violet in the hospital alone following another attempt on her life to care for a lunatic ex-lover. He threatened to kill a guy for having coffee with Violet, however, it is OK for Travis to help out a former lover that has begged him back for the last two years? When Violet finally gets her big girl pants on and asks him NOT to do this he says he's not up for her jealous act? WTF? I wasn't invested enough in the outcome here to be anything more than confused at this point in the book. I read to the end mostly to see what else this author throws at these poor people. How about a kidnapping and stabbing to go with that 'I told you so?'
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