Luca by Brenda Rothert
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Luca (Chicago Blaze, #2) (ARC) was graciously provided to me by Inkslinger PR for an honest review. I have voluntarily read this book and have provided my honest opinion.
Superman Disguised as a Strong and Mighty Hockey Player..
An absolutely amazing story with heart-breaking and emotional moments has taken this reader by surprise as this story was able to interweave such gut-wrenching trigger-filled topics and mold them into such a beautiful story filled with sweet, sexy, angsty and adorable hopeful moments of peace..
It is no surprise that I have been excitedly waiting for this particular new release, after having read the first book of the series, Anton, and loved it, this next book in the Chicago Blaze Hockey Series, was placed immediately at the very top of my highly-anticipated to-read list. And…I freakin’ loved it!
Luca, by Brenda Rothert was such a great story.. It was definitely well-worth the wait. With its gripping and heartfelt moments, my emotions were on high-alert as the plot was very often upsetting, and indescribably frustrating. GAH!! As if the author could already hear the silent screams of future readers, with me leading the way, its plot and tone switches interchangeably into one that soothes the broken hearts of all.
Luca is one of those stories that has an amalgamation of practically every emotion and readers are able to truly understand the incredibly realistic journey the main characters, as well as a few of the secondary ones, needed to endure and understand in order to survive… Moments of immense raw pain, denial, desperation, chivalry, contained excitement, need, prideful understanding, continued denial, exhaustion, honesty, strength, humor, actual excitement, and..love were clearly felt by this reader. Despite it containing such gripping and challenging moments, I loved how it all came together in such a seemingly smooth way that with such great characters, wonderful humanistic moments, as well as a hopeful future, it turned out to be such an exciting read.
Luca, by Brenda Rothert was predictably going to be one of those “EEP! The-next-book-of-the-series-is-here-and-I-need-to-read-it-right-now!!” kind-of-book. And..*pffft* it so was. Hockey stories always seem to have that extra form-of-excitement that I always seem to enjoy. Even though it did contain a smattering of typos, it once again, really didn’t make a difference as it was such an excellent story and I definitely recommend it as I really, really liked it..:)
*star rating: 5.00 ‘I really, really liked it’ stars*
