{"id":401,"date":"2016-01-25T05:48:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T13:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=401"},"modified":"2017-01-29T05:48:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T10:48:29","slug":"review-sebring-unfinished-heroes-4-by-kristen-ashley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=401","title":{"rendered":"Review: Sebring (Unfinished Heroes, #5) by Kristen Ashley"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI\u2019m gonna make it all okay. You gotta let it go and believe.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kristen Ashley finishes off her Unfinished Heroes<\/i> series with the story of (up until now) bad guy, but still quietly badass, Nick Sebring.<\/p>\n

Like anybody else who read this series, I haven\u2019t been a fan of Nick, but from the moment this book began, I loved him. He\u2019s changed a lot but and he\u2019s been through hell and is trying to deal with the devastation of it all, and the only thing that keeps him going is his plan of vengeance on the people who destroyed him \u2013 the Shade family.<\/p>\n

Olivia Shade is a very reluctant member a struggling crime family. She is forced to work for her scarily violent father and her control-freak sister as they try to save their criminal empire, but she does it under silent duress, doing her best to stay out of it as much as she can. From the outside, it looks as if she lives a privileged life, but in reality she lives her life in a cage and she\u2019s terrified of being herself or chasing her dreams. She tried that once, and she paid brutally for it, and she\u2019s learned that it\u2019s not worth trying again. So she does her job, and she hides who she truly is, keeping herself safe and not allowing anybody else into her world, not wanting anybody else to get hurt because of her again.<\/p>\n

Olivia is Nick\u2019s \u2018in\u2019 with the Shades. His plan is to seduce her and use her to get close enough to take out her father and his top henchman and destroy their business. However from their very first encounter, Nick and Olivia turn each other\u2019s worlds upside down.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe instant I caught sight of him, I froze. He was tall. His eyes were the color of the ocean. And he made me believe that I could want something, take it and have it. Own it. Keep it. Something precious would be mine.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Holy hell, this book is hot. There is SO much sex in this book, and it\u2019s steaming. Nick and Olivia\u2019s wild attraction to each other makes for some very steamy scenes, and initially that\u2019s all that they have. It\u2019s easy, it\u2019s drama-free, it\u2019s hotter than any other sex they\u2019ve had and it works for both of them. But soon that\u2019s not enough. Nick finds himself becoming emotionally attached to the quiet, withdrawn, Olivia, and she finds herself wanting to lean into him. It\u2019s a dangerous situation for both of them, but as hard as they may try, they can\u2019t resist their growing feelings.<\/p>\n

I love these two together. Nick is amazing with Olivia \u2013 he has the KA-alpha vibe going on\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cNow,\u201d he rolled me to my back, \u201cwith all that shit, I\u2019m not fine.\u201d His mouth came to mine. \u201cSo we\u2019re fucking until I feel better.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2026but he is also beautifully tender when he needs to be, doing what he can to make Olivia feel safe and protected when she is with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake the whole night. We got until morning to be what you need us to be,\u201d he pushed. \u201cSwear to Christ, you\u2019re safe right here. I can give you that, Olivia. I can give you the night. I promise you that.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He sees something special in her, and he works hard to make sure she knows that, and to draw her out of her shelter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you let whatever you got inside you loose, you\u2019d make a man incredibly happy. You\u2019d be a dream he couldn\u2019t build. You\u2019d be everything.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And though they have their ups and downs, it\u2019s all handled beautifully \u2013 it\u2019s intense yet realistic and not too angsty, and I loved watching them work their way through it all and find something special together.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust so you don\u2019t forget,\u201d he began. \u201cYou mean more to me today than you did yesterday.\u201d Her lips parted and her eyes got bright a different way. \u201cAnd yesterday you meant a fuckuva lot to me.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But the world they live in is a dangerous one, and it\u2019s only a matter of time before Nick and Olivia\u2019s secrets are revealed \u2013 secrets that have the potential to destroy everything they\u2019ve found together.<\/p>\n

I loved this book. I loved Nick and Olivia as characters, I loved their connection, and I was really intrigued with both of their family dynamics and the dangerous crime element that was woven throughout. There\u2019s quite a bit going on in addition to the love story, and it\u2019s all tied together really well, and I was just as invested in the non-romantic storylines as I was with the love story. However, having said that, I was expecting something a bit \u2018more\u2019 to come from it all. KA has conditioned me to expect exciting or shocking climaxes to her stories, and though the build-up was there, nothing really happened. The book ends 86% into the kindle edition, and I sat there thinking \u2018that\u2019s it?\u2019 Don\u2019t get me wrong, I love the way it all played out, I thought the drama was handled really well, of course there was a happy ending and it was swoonily romantic, and there\u2019s a wonderful epilogue showing us their HEA, but I feel like she missed an opportunity to do something really spectacular \u2013 especially considering the dangerous world the characters inhabit. The set up was there, but it all kind of fizzled.<\/p>\n

I thought it was a really nice ending to the series though. Of course, we get a chance to catch up with all of the characters from the other books in the series \u2013 especially Knight and Anya (and though I\u2019m not Knight\u2019s biggest fan, I loved seeing him in the role of protective and supportive big brother), and I love that we get to see glimpses into the future for each of the couples.<\/p>\n

I have really enjoyed this series. It\u2019s a little darker than KA\u2019s other books, but she did it well, and some of the books of this series remain all-time favourites. Nick and Olivia\u2019s story fits into the series really well, I loved it and I\u2019m really happy with how it all ended up.<\/p>\n

4 stars.<\/p>\n

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The Unfinished Hero Series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"Knight<\/a>\u00a0 \"Creed<\/a>\u00a0 \"Raid<\/a>\u00a0 \"Deacon<\/a>\u00a0 \"Sebring<\/a><\/p>\n

Knight (#1) <\/strong> (Knight & Anya)
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Creed (#2)<\/strong> (Creed & Sylvie)
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Raid (#3)<\/strong> (Raid & Hanna)
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\nBuy: Kindle Ebook<\/a> | Paperback<\/a>\u00a0| Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

Deacon (#4)<\/strong> (Deacon & Cassie)
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\nBuy: Kindle Ebook<\/a> | Paperback<\/a>\u00a0| Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

Sebring (#5)<\/strong> (Nick & Olivia)
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For more KA awesomeness, check out our Kristen Ashley Author Spotlight<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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