Our 4.5 star review
While I liked Kelly Elliott’s Wanted, I loved Saved. This is
Ari and Jeff’s story. Wanted was primarily about Ellie and Gunner. Ari is
Ellie’s best friend and Jeff is Ellie’s brother. In the first book, Jeff fought
his attraction for Ari and spread himself thin trying to have sex with as many
women as he could to forget her. Between the fighting and the loving, finally
they seemed to be moving towards their HEA, that is until the devil’s spawn,
Rebecca, a crazy obsessed casual playmate of Jeff’s, lets him know she is seven
months pregnant with his baby. And that’s pretty much how the curtain fell on
Act 1.
“God Ari…I love you so much, baby. I hope that I’ve only
just started making your dreams come true.”
Saved picks up where Wanted left off. Ellie and Gunner are
happily married. Ari and Jeff are determined to live a life together, which is
easier said than done when Rebecca is equally determined to snare herself a
baby daddy. Meanwhile, another pair of secondary characters, Josh and Heather,
are flip flopping in a love/hate relationship themselves. This book really
needs to come packaged with a roll of antacids. There is so much delicious
angst (and a whole lot of heartbreak) that every time I thought I could relax,
that at least one of these two couples would find some semblance of happiness,
it would get ripped out of my Kindle holding hands.
“You literally saved me Arianna.”Elliott has really stepped up her game with Saved. She spares the reader no emotion. Her books are full of humor, which is necessary, because Saved is also full of tears. My heart ached for Ari, she has dreamed of being married to Jeff since she was ten years old. Having to face the almost certain reality that it is another woman that will give him his first child, and not her,hurts both the character and the reader. She is feisty, and loyal, and a survivor. Jeff, on the other hand, drove me crazy. A part of him is hoping Rebecca’s baby is his (he has abandonment issues) and he constantly puts her needs first and jumps at her every beck and call. All the while feeling guilty, but still he continues to do it, with vile consequences. Readers will root for these two, who in spite of all their obstacles love each other almost to the point of madness. As for Heather and Josh, Elliott has ensured that we have to have our hands on book three, Faithful, to see how their story plays out. I found I had to stop myself from devouring this book, I didn’t want it to end, but I didn’t want to keep dangling out on the ledge either. Some important storylines are neatly tied up with a bow, but at the same time, there is a whole new gift box full of questions and what ifs. This is one fantastic book and an angst lover’s dream.
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