Elude
Rachel Van Dyken
July 9th, 2015
Summary:
**This book is the sixth book in the internationally bestselling Eagle Elite Series. It's an interconnected standalone with no cliffhanger. **
Twenty-Four hours before we were to be married--I offered to shoot her.
Ten hours before our wedding--I made a mockery of her dying wish.
Five hours before we were going to say our vows--I promised I'd never love her.
One hour before I said I do--I vowed I'd never shed a tear over her death.
But the minute we were pronounced man and wife--I knew.
I'd only use my gun to protect her.
I'd give my life for hers.
I'd cry.
And I would, most definitely, lose myself, to a dying girl---a girl who by all accounts should have never been mine in the first place.
I always believed the mafia would be my end game--poisoning my heart, while it claimed my soul. I could have never imagined. I would be my redemption.
Or the beginning of something beautiful.
The beginning of her.
The end of us.
Review:
I have read every
book in the Eagle Elite series by Rachel Van Dyken, and none of them have affected
me the way that Sergio’s book, Elude, has affected me. This whole series has
brought so much to the table. It has mixed romance and heartbreak, romance and
hate, suspense and revelations, friendships. I have seen such growth from
Rachel in this book. She used her words to break down all the walls that were
built up. Her words broke me down and twisted me in more ways than I can count.
Sergio slowly made his way into my heart with this book and I didn’t want it to
end.
Elude is all
about sacrifice in my opinion. Two individuals are thrown together in hopes
that 1: one will protect the other, and 2: they learn from each other. This
story brings Andi and Sergio together in less than desirable circumstances. Andi is dying. She was such an amazing
character. She’s a spitfire. She doesn’t care how she goes about things,
including using pots and bats in a completely hysterical way. She’s not afraid
to stand up to any of the guys even though they could end her with a pull of their
finger. She puts them in their place and brings them all closer together in the
long run. She proved more than once that she could handle her own, including handing
them their own asses. She showed Sergio that even though she was dying; and
knew it quite clearly, she wasn’t going to let her control her. Andi brought
the good out of Sergio. She pulled the emotions from him even though it may
have been unwillingly for a little bit but slowly Sergio began to fall deeper
and deeper for her.
Sergio was so
against marrying Andi. Why marry someone that is going to die and leave him
broken-hearted. Sergio was used to being by himself. Things were always changing
and being who he was, made it difficult to have a life. Sergio’s heart was full
of malice and contempt. When forced to marry a special little Russian, the
walls surrounding his heart start to fall. Before he even marries Andi, he’s
cold, mean, and downright nasty to her. Andi doesn’t let it faze her though.
She continues to stay perky and upbeat. As she slowly breaks away the cold,
hard ice, from Sergio’s heart, the two of them begin to embark on their own
future, no matter how short or long it may be.
This book also
showed the crazy connection between all of the guys. They proved that they were
together through it all. They continued to make me laugh every though I was
balling my eyes out. Their friendship knows no bounds. Each of them holds a
special place in my heart and with this book they have embed themselves even
further in. Their sarcasm, they humor, their love shows how they truly care for
one another.
There isn’t much
more I can say about this book without giving everything single thing away. I cried….
Hard. Big. Ugly. Crocodile Tears. Every emotion I felt in this book, hit me
bad. This book is beautiful. Its beautifully heartbreaking. Its beautifully romantic.
My heart was twisted in a million different ways. One scene specially completely
broke me, shattered me. I laughed, I cried, and I drank lots and lots of wine.
This book was absolutely fabulous. Read it… seriously read it. you will not be
disappointed at all.
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