Shattered (Extreme Risk, #2) by Tracy Wolff

Ash Lewis is dealing with a lot; this book picks up almost a year after the tragic ending of the previous book. The last we saw, the crew was getting ready to compete, when Ash receives a call telling him his parents died in a car crash and his little brother, Logan is hanging on for dear life.

Now Ash has quit snowboarding and is doing his damnedest to take care of a now paralyzed Logan, unfortunately his overprotective ways are really putting a strain on his relationship with his brother.

Tansy Hampton is living life like there is no tomorrow; she has spent the last decade waiting for the cancer to finally do her in, but against all odds, she has survived. Now working for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, she wants to make Timmy's wish come true; that wish, seeing his hero Ash Lewis snowboard again.

With a little doing from Ash's friend Z and the others, the whole gang is off to the mountains of Chile to make a dying boy's wish come true. Along the way Ash will have to deal with his relationship with his brother as well as the love he's developing for Tansy.

It was nice read, very emotional though because the characters find it difficult to deal with the tragedies in their lives. Logan was by far my favorite character in this book, despite his tragedies, he still tries to see the better in things. I hope Ms. Wolff will give us a third novel that focuses on Luc and Cam, we've been teased with their relationship since book one, we deserve a book.

Rating 3.5 out of 5

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Shredded (Extreme Risk, #1) by Tracy Wolff

Z Michaels is the best snowboarder on the mountain, too bad he's more interested in punishing himself for the tragedies of his past.

Ophelia left lovely New Orleans to recover following a tragic accident that left her with more than just physical scars.

When Z and Ophelia meet there is an instant attraction, too bad Z is a total douche and Ophelia has no problem cooling him down with a nice, ice cold coffee down his pants. Z's friends, Ash, Cam and Luc, are always there to help him out, which is really great because after you find out the trauma that is leading him down the self-destructive path, you are glad he has someone to turn to.

These two eventually learn to trust each other and deal with all the horrors of their dealing with. What I did not like was that after we learn the great tragedy, which is like 70% into the book, and Z eventually starts dealing with things, there is never a confrontation between him and his dad. That confrontation between Z and his father was really needed so that the book would have been all neatly tied up.

Rating 4 out of 5

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My Control (Inside Out #4.1) by Lisa Renee Jones

This novella is written in Mark's point of view. If you've been following the series, you know that Mark was basically a control freak, but since learning that Rebecca is dead and that she died at the hands of one of his former lover's, he's been spiraling out of control. Things between him and Crystal are insane and wrong, but for some reason, she centers him.

I have no idea how I feel about Mark and Crystal, through out the series I have always felt that Rebecca might be alive, after all, no body means hope. So the more Mark and Crystal are together, the more I feel like things are wrong. At the same time Crystal is the perfect character to reign Mark in.

Ugh, I cannot wait for book 5 and hopefully some answers to Mark's story and the whereabouts of Rebecca. Is Mark's future with Rebecca (hoping she's alive) or is his future with Crystal?

Rating 3 out of 5
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