Readingrrl

Dear all, here we are after such a long wait... I hope you enjoyed the book as I did!

Where to start...

Overall I really liked EWY, I loved having more nice time between Eva and Gideon (never enough though for my addiction!), I liked this new, more confident Eva and somehow I felt that Gideon started opening up more. I especially loved that now they fight together against all that is happening in their lives, they don't let anything breaking them up, they really felt like an united front, they clearly want so strongly to move forward together and that is amazing considering where they were coming from.

My favourite of the 3 books so far is still Bared to you, but this come second mainly because there is more Eva and Gideon together while they spent apart most of the time in Reflected.

What I did not like in this book was that there  have been so many new plots that somehow felt too cramped to me considering that the book is not long. I understand that there are two more books coming to develop them and I am very happy about it, but the overall feeling that I had was that they were thrown there, but without the space to develop and sometimes situations felt a bit rushed, which I never felt in the first two books. Just the first example that comes to my mind is the end where Eva meet in a very short time Elizabeth, Magdalene , Deanna and Anne Lucas...

I really hope that the next two books only develop what we have already without any other new things and I especially hope that our couple are just able to enjoy a bit more without always having to worry about something or fixing something else. It felt a bit too many adversities for them to fight. There were already the murder and Gideon's sleeping and family problems that were already enough (and I was really looking forward to reading more about that, but there wasn't much apart finding out who the abuser was) , and then Corinne (I hate her even more now and I really hope Sylvia will get rid of her very quickly because it is unbearable and I would really like not to have to read about her any more) and Brett (why is he still in the picture I don't understand either, just to cause more troubles?). To top it up we have Cary's baby, Deanna, Brett and Eva's video (it felt cramped as well that during the same night Gideon was at the hospital with Corinne (why has he been called?) he also went for a glass of wine with Deanna and then flew to California) , Victor and Monica, Monica's tracking devices, the mystery of Nathan's bracelet (well, I hope at least  that really turns out to be a good thing happened for our couple)...

This is obviously my personal opinion, I loved the book and I am really looking forward to reading the next two ones (hopefully with less waiting time). 

I loved Eva and Gideon even more as they are amazing when they are together and they fight together and not against each other. I obviously loved the sex scenes between them...

I would not like to see more adversities for them. I Hope that in the next two books  we will see a nice wedding, lots of fun and happy time for Eva and Gideon and is it too much to hope for a baby for our couple as well maybe as a surprise at the end of book 5????? OH, I WISH....

Sorry if my post is maybe a little bit confused (I tried to keep it short and to the point) and I am sure I forgot to mention a lot of other things, but I will post again...

Looking forward to reading your comments!

OK, I tried really hard not to mention this (I was kinda hoping someone else would acknowledge it) because I got the impression from everyone on the board that it would have been so implausible and there is so much else to delve into so I dropped it.  I think I said (before the release of the book) in another thread that I would love for book 4 to include a wedding and all the drama that goes with that for Eva and Gideon.

 

Everyone else was saying there is so much else to deal with first a wedding would be so far from the plot. Imagine my surprise when I saw that in EWY.

 

I know I'm new here but I feel like I'm coming off wrong on this board, lol.  (or maybe its just me).  I think it's safer for me to go back into lurk mode.  I feel like I'm ruffling feathers for thinking too much out of the box.

 

I am enjoying reading the discussion; however, so keep those up.

Hi Sheens263,

Great photo!  Enjoy your new phone case!

That's great.  Did you make a special request to get both FSOG and Crossfire?  The site only shows one or the other.

Oh I'm now saying don't try to get this change.  I'm just saying don't get your hopes up.

I know you mean well but I don't think anything can be done about some places releasing the book a day or two earlier than others.  Like I said department stores who have employees whose only mission is to restock shelves aren't going to pay attention to release dates.  Other stores like Barnes & Noble are a little more strict about only selling on the official date.  Plus you've got people who get advance copies for reviews and those people may sell their copies and copies that are given out as promotions.  I would think it would be impossible for publishers to police something like this.  I know when your anxious to get the book, it's frustrating when you hear that someone has it a day or two before you but I don't see how that can be stopped. 

 

My apologies if anyone is offended but what I just said.  I just didn't see the point.  In any case, I'm just glad that *I* can read it now, lol.  The rest of it is beyond my control so I chose not to worry about it.

Thanks LN

 

Way to go Sylvia, I am glad she told us but I feel sorry for her as she sounds very frustrated with the publisher and people asking questions all the time especially the monetary ones.

 

I wonder if she will look at the ideas we have had on this forum for the title of the new books

I'm really glad she posted that. Yesterday I was reading some of the comments about how people were unhappy and about this being more of a money thing and I kinda felt for her a bit.  People like Sylvia write because she enjoys writing and while she does need to have a bit of a think skin, her books are her babies.  Even thought what she makes is very important, my guess is, her main reason for doing this is because she enjoys it.  Yeah we are all unhappy when the book gets pushed back but there have been a lot of book release dates pushed back and it never has anything to do with the author.  Olivia Cunning had her Sinners series released out of order and that was also a publisher decision, I'm sure.  It made reading the book a little confusing but I don't think Olivia had any control over it.  I, for one, am glad to see the story continue a little further although it makes waiting for book 4 agonizing!

 

Sharon

Jazzie did u preorder?

try refreshing. I did that and preorder went away.

I would love to attend a booksigning!

You have to remember something. If he gets picked for FSOG' he won't be able to play Gideon

Is he in the running for 50 Shades?

Really??! How exciting! I didn't know they'd give the book early 

Actually some stores will put a book out early.  I guess they don't really pay much attention to release dates and put them out when they arrive.  There are other stores, Barnes & Noble for example, who will have the books in their backrooms but won't put them out until the release date.  I've gone into the store and ask them for a book like a day or two earlier only to be told, we have copies and we can save you one but we can't sell them until the actual release date.  You can usually find them early at larger places like department stores and sometime drug stores that may carry them.  Places where they have employees replacing stock without really giving much thought to something as trivial (to them) as a release date.

Sorry ladies, Sherri my friend went to that fair in NY yesterday or the day before not sure which day but she has EWY it was in the gift bag, so I'm reading it TONIGHT..! But I will sit on my hands till June 7th..!

I am DYING to know your thoughts!

I was thinking of possible scenarios for the 4th book.  I wouldn't mind it being about Eva and Gideon's wedding, honeymoon (some place exotic) and the first year or two of marriage.  What do you guys think?

I was thinking of possible scenarios for the 4th book.  I wouldn't mind it being about Eva and Gideon's wedding, honeymoon (some place exotic) and the first year or two of marriage.  What do you guys think?

It's their site too. For the main bulk of us diehards we could start our own page, under the heading, The Henry Club! Lol

Who is Henry?

I know it's very addictive.

My friends think I'm insane being on this forum over a book. H e l l it's just so much fun and I love the international flavour to it.

Actually this is a nice way to be able to discussing a book that your passionate about with people who feel the same way and have really great discussions. 

I know I'm sooo excited for ewy I keep syncing my ereader just by any unknown chance it appears no luck so far

or maybe hoping for a 'sample' that we haven't read yet.

Welcome!

The more the merrier!!!

As Julie said to me, you'll need more than a cup of coffe over our posts!

LOL, one of my favorite things to do when reading the Crossfire books is to have a glass of wine nearby.  Especially late at night when the house is quiet and everyone is sleeping.

I can go with that.

We will need a good nights sleep before the Internet goes into meltdown across the Atlantic! Lol

Late morning is good to go by me.

I think if you order through US Amazon, you can probably get the book on June 4.

I am one of those rare people who don't really mind spoilers.  It's not going to stop me from reading the book but at the same time, I do think it is very considerate to put so much attention to not spoiling the book for others.  At the same time, I am also anxious to see everyone's reaction to the book and will probably read the threads even before I finish the book.  There are times when I, don't like spoilers myself but most of the time and with certain books, they don't really bother me. 

That's one of the main reasons that I love my iPad too! 

Although, I have been asked what I was smiling at

I will definitely be reading this on my Kindle.  I really like being able to sit in the doctor's office or at the hairdressers and reading about how Gideon is ravishing Eva while no one knows that I'm reading. 

OK I see. Well either/or is fine with me. 

Wouldn't it just be easy to start a thread just for spoilers and spoilers can only be posted in that thread?  If you don't want to know what's happening in the book, don't read that thread.

Hello everyone,

 

I just wanted to introduce myself.  I'm new to the board and after reading the posts for several weeks have decided to finally say hi...so hi.