Cora Brent’s Gentry Boys series continues to be one of my favorites. As mentioned in previous reviews, my read count is nowhere near correct on here because I have read most of these at least a few times. A couple of them remain on my list of go-to reads for times when I want something I know I already love.

Hold is not a stand alone book. The previous books, Draw, Risk and Game need to be read before this one. The fourth book, Fall is also before this one, chronologically, but I don’t think it’s quite as necessary to read before this one.

This book is told entirely from the POV of our Gentry triplets, Cord, Creed and Chase. I still love these men. They have all found the love of their lives, and are settled down. Each brother is facing changes, and it’s great to see how they are handling everything that is being thrown at them. Ms. Brent is one of the best authors I’ve read when it comes to knowing her characters. Each one of the men has their own distinct voice, which is great when it comes to a book that goes through changing POV’s several times. I didn’t have to look back at the first page of each chapter to see whose story we were getting, it was clear from the narrative.

While I enjoyed the multiple POV, I’m greedy. I would have liked to have heard from our heroines, Sayler, Truly (again, my Queen and the best character in the series, imo) and Stephanie. I missed them. Obviously, they are still a big part of the book, but, again, I’m greedy. I want their POV’s as well as our boys’.

This book also wraps up some of the past for Cord, Creed and Chase, while leading us into Genty’s of the future. It’s here where we are first introduced to Stonewall and Conway Gentry. Stone and Con are Gentry cousins, still living in Emblem. Teenagers who find themselves in need of some help from the cousins they’ve never met. The next books in the series, Walk and Edge are their stories.

My only real complaint is that I felt that we were told the story, rather than shown it. This is narration heavy. I wanted more dialogue between the characters. Most of the story is told through the thoughts of our main characters.

Still, it’s a solid story. I love the way it looked to the past, while bringing the boys into their futures. They deal with a lot, but, as always, they go deal with everything as the brothers they are.

If you’ve read any other of Ms. Brent’s Gentry Boys books, you’re going to want to read this one.

*TW for violence and death