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Absolutely incredible!!!

Revisado: 12-18-24

This series is incredible, each book just gets more captivating than the last. The concept and character development intriguing.

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Excellent!!

Revisado: 12-20-23

Excellent story telling, fascinating, intriguing, great character development and story plot. Pacing and development throughout building up to an exciting conclusion.

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Trinity Dunn, is either a master of writing or drawing me in for a shattering of disappointment and a broken heart!!

Revisado: 08-13-22

The first book left me hopeful, excited and eager to know what happens next. The second book left me completely devastated wanting nothing to do with the series. I’ve listened to the third book and I feel a mix of sadness, disappointment, frustration and small glimmer of possible hope. I finished listening to this book within two and a half days and committed to finding out what happens next so I’ll definitely read the next book hoping beyond hope that there is possibly for Chris and Alaina to be together.

I have found myself completely addicted to the characters (excluding Maria), I want to cheer for them and really find myself craving every detail. I’ve gone as far as rereading parts of the book after already listening to the audio version.

My largest frustration was in bringing back Chris, Chris easily became one of my favorite characters as is Alaina. In many ways I like the relationship with Alaina and Jack, it has an obvious sexiness to it, the sex they share. My issue is I feel deep down that Chris’s love for Alaina is unconditional and much more pure and authentic. I find myself desperately hoping that Alaina will see Chris’s love and go back to it, if their relationship was once perfect then it could easily still be perfect if given the opportunity.

I hate seeing Chris and Maria together, Maria is awful as a character and treats Chris horribly and has been manipulating him from the beginning. Looking back and reading the books I realized that Maria lied to Alaina making up things Chris said and began putting seeds of doubts about her love for Chris in their conversation on the trail, right after Chris arrived. She constantly tears Chris down with insults, criticism, and tirades. My hope is that it was his brain injury keeping him from seeing the truth.

In rehashing and looking back over book 1 & 2, I realized that Jack really did push Alaina to accept that her relationship with Chris was over. One of Jack’s first questions to Alaina on the plane was why they didn’t trade seats, he also brought it up again in one of the fights when she was struggling over letting go of Chris in an rage at her. He helped cement the doubt of the marriage being over. Those are not acts of true love. When Jack stormed the room after Chris first arrived, Jack quickly confessed to his plan to leave if she didn’t choose him. Threatening to leave was not putting her and the babies first, it’s not an act of love. He also hid the fact that their was possibility Chris might still be alive and he never felt guilt for hurting her for hiding the secret just fearful he might loose her over it, I felt that most of Jack and Alaina’s love was and is built on wild sex and it’s obviously good sex. Looking back I even started to feel like Jack is in someway manipulative in toying with her emotions manipulating her into a way of thinking but neither her no the island group suspect it.

I was left moderately hopeful at the end of book 3 that maybe there is a chance for Alain and Chris to reunite and have the opportunity to fall in-love again. I just fear she is trapped in complete infatuation that Jack is the perfect teen heartthrob that can do no wrong and it doesn’t make it any easier with him giving her twins. My biggest frustration is that it feels Chris’s will only truly be happy if he is free to be completely in-love with Alaina and I feel he deserves to be with the Alaina and I do think the Alaina would easily fall back in-love with the Chris if given the opportunity. Alaina and Chris both seem to deserve each other with both their caring and loving hearts. I just don’t see how Chris will be able to pull Alaina from the not-so-perfect heartthrob that she can’t say no the moment he touches her.

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This is both a 1 star and 5 star book!!! I equally love and hate this series!! But I can’t put it down no matter the torment!!

Revisado: 08-12-22

Trinity Dunn’s writing is elegant yet simple, she is a master at weaving scenes that pulls at your emotions. The characters rather hated or loved are well mastered.

The first half of the book primarily focuses on Chris and Maria and their history, with a few chapters to Jack and Bud, and another couple chapters devoted to the island group.

My love in this book and series is the Characters, I can’t get enough of Chris Alaina, Jack, Jimmy, Lilly, Bud, and Anna and I feel drawn to what happens next.

The thing I hated most was I felt like the excitement and buildup are setup to point me in one direction and within a few minutes something drastically changes the outcome and hits you unprepared leaving me disappointed.


**Possible Spoiler, nothing major**



I thoroughly enjoyed the addition of Chris, seeing everything from Chris’s perspective felt good and really adding to the series. The addition of Maria was awful, her constant tirades, blatant manipulation of Chris, Alaina, and everyone else, listening to her lie, criticize, and her angry fits made her completely unredeemable.

The addition of time travel really added to the overall story as they struggle to try and find a way home.

I think Chris’s character really began to shine in this book with how much commitment, dedication, and unconditional and true love he has for Alaina. With Jack I felt he came off as a combination of one moment kind and loving but the next moment egotistical, possessive, manipulative and selfishly demanding what he regardless of the others emotions.

I felt their was major disconnect between the expectation and how quickly Alaina’s choice was made and how the decision was determined. I felt that in many ways her decision was forced upon her by the actions and desires of others.

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Listen at your own risk, this series is both highly frustrating and addictive!!!

Revisado: 08-12-22

I have just finished all three books, and a forth book is being written apparently. The first book I feel is the best in some ways but it leaves you on a major cliff hanger as does each book. I happened to find book 2 and listened to the first five minutes until I realized it was the second book ruining the major end twist.

To start off with, Trinity Dunn has created an beautiful and amazing story concept!! Most of the characters are highly likable and pull you in, making you fall in love and care for them. (Except Maria!!!) I really find myself pulling and hoping for the best for most of the characters and find myself drawn-in wanting to know more.

It does has a quite a few drawn out and long verbal sequences that seem to repeat and it also has quite a few sexual scenes, so be aware of that.

Many of my frustrations are in the outcomes and decisions in book two and three making me at times regretting even starting this series. The narration of the overall storyline seems to at times force the the characters to seem and be completely happy with choices that seem unnatural to the characters personality being presented. It sometimes feels as the characters thoughts and emotions are laid out in one chapter preparing the listener (reader) and setting up the expectation for one outcome and several chapters later the outcome is the opposite with no explanation in between, which is highly frustrating to the listener (or reader).

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