This is a sequel, so if you haven't already, you should read the first book in this duology.

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"Full tilt" is one of my favorite reads and it was so well written. The characters were amazing, the story was heartbreaking and you easily fall in love with Jonah and Kacey... and that was a problem for going into the "All in". But when a story comes to an end, that doesn't mean that all life should stop. Everyone deserves love and happiness in their life and I just needed to see how the story for Kacey and Theo would go on.

I was so heartbroken for Jonah and Kacey that it took me almost a year to read the sequel, the story of Kacey and Jonah's brother, Theo. And even a full year later, as I was reading the first chapters from "All in", my heart was sobbing for the cosmic injustice that happened to Kacey and Jonah, for Jonah and his brother, their family... Once again, wonderfully written and it holds your heart with bare hands :)
I was wondering how this side of the story would go but slowly Kacey and Theo did get their happy end. Their love for Jonah and his for them was the strongest bonding they could get and it was presented in such a gentle way. The most magical thing about it is that love can come in all different kinds and shapes and their love for Jonah is something that will live through them and their love for each other...
Their healing journey was through much-needed time for acceptance and recognizing themselves as individuals and realizing that this is not a punishment and that life goes on, they deserve to be loved and to love again. There is just this part in Kacey's story that was troubling me, of her turning back to alcohol and coping in her old way that I think was resolved too fast. Theo was there for her to help her get through the sobering phase and the withdrawal. Further in the story, her problem with drinking was mentioned a few times but you could not feel the real struggle that a recovering alcoholic (for the second time) would have and that is where the story missed its point of using alcohol for drowning the sorrow. This came just too easy.
Regarding the alcohol part, their story was all so wonderful and then the pregnancy trope happened. You can already tell that I am not a fan of this one, I don't mind it in the epilogue part...but I digress...
Until this point, I was wowed by how smoothly the story went from Kacey and Jonah to Kacey and Theo, and by the end, when it should be wrapped up, she gets pregnant and the few chapters from that point on were just a rush of all kind of emotions and explanations and acceptance..., just too perfect... The hurt that they went through with Jonah's life ending and how closer it got them together was enriched by the hurt of the miscarriage that they got through together, but the story was so developed this far, that they didn't need another painful experience in their life that would prove how strong for each other they are and how much love they share.
I believe that this kind of ending was unnecessary and could be easily avoided. As we got to the end of the book my interest in Kacey and Theo was slipping and the connection with their parents was much more interesting to read. And in the end, I was more emotional about the reconnection of Theo and his father than the happy family Theo and Kacey got.

I don't like comparing books but due to their strong connection with the plot, In the end, I liked "All in", but I felt "Full tilt" much stronger.