This was so close to being a five star read for me. The characters were perfection. I could not have loved Cassie and Curtis more. I like that Cassie was a gentle character. Too often we either get wimps or bitches. Cassie was kind, loving and had a good heart. She had endured a lot and was putting her life back together. She was flawed, real and so different from the usual virginal waifs. Curtis stepped up for his brothers. He was hell bent on giving them a good life.

My only issue is that this one moved way too slowly. It was hard to really feel a connection between Cassie and Curtis because we weren’t given much time of them being together. We saw two separate stories. I’m fine with the slow burn of it, but I needed to see both of them on the same page, whether or not they were a couple yet. They just didn’t interact enough.

Cassie is still hands down my favorite Gentry kid. And this one definitely will go in the re-read file.