More of You by A.L. Jackson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
First word that comes to mind when I think of this book? Intense.
Jace Jacobs – His mother is a druggie loser who doesn’t care for anything beyond her next fix. Jace at an early age realizes to survive he must take care of his younger brother, Ian, and himself. At some point (forgive me if it was explained in the book) he also starts taking care of his cousin Joseph. Now I’m not sure where Joseph’s parents were. Again, it might have been explained and I just don’t remember. What’s pertinent for you to know is that these boys have to steal, lie, and fight just to survive…through no fault of their own. They are judged by every community that their mom moves them to. Eventually Jace is able to make something of himself. Not just a regular holding down a job, buying a house type of success. Jace is a very, very wealthy businessman who buys/takes over businesses. As a reader you’re led to believe he’s a millionaire.
Faith Linbrock- Gorgeous, sweet, and oh, so innocent! Naive may be a better description. She encourages Jace to look past the stereo-types he’s been branded with and believe that he can be more. What I will point out is that the author (through Jace’s descriptions and vast waxing of positive affirmations regarding Faith) never once is she described as intelligent. This would prove a fair assessment because she is used as a pawn throughout the story.
My Thoughts-
As I mentioned before this book is intense. The author creates this almost intoxicating relationship between Faith and Jace. They can feel each other’s presence which is often described as a pressure or energy that envelops the room. Faith frequently gets chills or shivers up her spine when in Jace’s presence. When they first meet and several times throughout the book the characters feelings intensify as if becoming aware of a premonition or omen. I could go on but you (hopefully) catch my drift. The characters have an almost paranormal-type awareness of each other. When Faith is in peril Jace hears words in his mind. Considering this was not listed as a paranormal romance I felt it was a tad too dramatic/exaggerated for my own taste.
Second comment- If you follow my reviews you know I hate when authors create wealthy characters but don’t give them attributes or characteristics that are in-line with wealthy behavior. Based on the description of Jace’s success and his business I’m lead to believe he’s a multimillionaire. Therefore why the fuck is he fucking around with Faith and Bailey’s security? (Pardon my French) Seriously, if you have millions of dollars at your disposal and the love of your life is in danger you are NOT going to rely on the local law enforcement and the occasional police squad car drive by to protect her. You’d hire a private security team, bring in the best CUSTOM alarm system that money will buy, and hire free lance investigators to track down the threat. I don’t want to rip this book to shreds but I do feel that Jace’s character- alpha, protective male -that he is was underserved in this regard. Jace would have pursued all possible avenues to ensure Faith and Bailey’s safety. For goodness sake…he bought her a palatial manor! He’s not going to penny pinch on her security.
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