ARC received for an honest review

We met Quincy, Declan and Brody and their litlle ol' love triangle in Choices, and although I liked Brody in it, I didn't really understand some of his choices.

Fate is the same story written from Brody's POV, and I just have to say, I love Brody!

I am not usually a fan of the same book written in different POV's ~ if I wanted to read the same book I would re-read the original, and it takes away what I felt for the first book) but there are a few exceptions - and this is one.

I got a totally different feel for the characters with this alternate POV. Whereas before I scratched my head and thought "What the heck is Brody thinking?!?!" I got drawn into his mind set and it made all the difference.

We got behind the bad boy to the soul of the man. There is so much more to him when we get digging, and I just liked him more for it. Watching him struggle with is feelings, worry about his friendships and his "brothers" in his fraternity, how his choices are affecting those around him.

But it is the heart in the man, the emotion he shows that get you

"Quince, I want to be the person you run to. I want to be the one you trust when the darkness falls. I want to know your dreams, and I want to breath the air you breathe. I want to be the one who makes you smile. I just want to be with you. Just trust me, Quince! Trust me enough to be with me. Let me love you every day for the rest of your life."

Quincy, Quincy, Quincy. She annoyed me a little in Choices with her not so much indecisiveness, as she makes her decision early on, but with the way she handles the 'love triangle situation. However in Fate this was amplified for me 100 times! GRRRR!

I felt a lot more for Declan in Fate. In Choices I felt "really, you can't see what is happening right under your nose?", and though I still felt this way, I could understand it more. Perhaps it is because we get more of his interactions with his frat brothers, particularly Eric, Brody and Seth. You can practically hear his heart break as things come to light.

"you can't always follow a plan, sometimes fate steps in and does whatever she want to"

I felt that Fate was a well paced, well written retelling of Choices, and I was definitely not disappointed with it at all. Telling a story from both a female and male POV can be a hit and miss affair from what I have previously read, but I feel Ms Lane has done both characters justice.

I look forward to reading more of her work in the future.