There’s
Bared To You then Reflected In You; now here’s Entwined With You.
The
third installment in the Crossfire series,
Entwined With You is the turning-point
chapter for the kind of people Eva and Gideon have become as they pick up the
pieces of their relationship after such a character-defining incident in the
previous book.
Day One of my life was
the day I met you. – Gideon Cross
First
things first, the romantic gestures, both the simple and the grand, are a
foolproof winner for me. I’m a sucker for such things which this book has
plenty of. It kept my grip of the novel tight.
Favorite part
would be the wedding at the Caribbean. That would be every cheesy girl’s dream,
and it couldn't have gotten any better than
that. Hearts all over the place! It was more of the intimacy of the
ceremony and the purity of each other’s intentions that made it a very fitting
wedding for Eva and Gideon.
If souls could be
mated with wishes, ours would be inextricably entwined. – Eva Tramell
Now
onto the criticisms.
Entwined
With You
felt more like just a continuation of book two, in a way that I didn’t actually
open up a new book, just a new chapter covering a very long denouement.
There
was nothing in particular that stood out for me. Sorry but I think the first
half of the book could have been skipped without missing much. I mean, most
could have just been mentioned in passing, not combed through, because they
somehow took the life out of the story gradually. What’s that word again,
dragging.
Worst
of worsts, I was not satisfied with the ending. It was too abrupt! It could not
have ended right there and then, but it did. Whaaaaat? I was left hanging at
the last page of this book and not in a
crap-that-is-a-killer-ending-i-need-to-read-the-next-book-asap kind of way, but
in a what-is-it-really-the-ending-it-does-not-seem-likely-it-is-too-soon kind
of way. Yes, there were many issues such as Eva’s video, Anne Lucas’ surfacing,
Cary plus Tatiana plus baby, Corinne minus the baby, the secret marriage, and
Eva’s clash with Gideon’s mother which all feel like a lot but are actually not
that much. Frankly, even when combined, they still did not suffice to awaken
the excited reader in me. Book two’s climax was a real climax; this wasn’t.
Angel, a crowd of
millions couldn’t hide you from me. I found you once. I’ll always find you. –
Gideon Cross
In
general, I guess I was more disappointed than thrilled with how the story went
down. As it turns out, Crossfire is not just a trilogy, which I
initially thought, but a five-part series. Rumor has it Captivated By You
and the last book have yet to be released on November this year and sometime
around 2015 respectively. And because I went through the first three books, I
might as well read the remaining ones for closure’s sake.
Are
you done reading this book? Share your thoughts!
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