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Growing up with certain expectations
and your entire life mapped out for you is never easy, but when the bar is set
impossibly high, most would give up.
Not Max Colton.
Even as a child, his father is
unrelenting. Discipline, rules and rigid control are all he knows. Nothing Max
does is good enough, and no matter how hard he works, approval and recognition
are always just out of reach.
From boarding school to university,
Max gets a glimpse of the freedom he’s always been denied, and learns
unexpected things about himself along the way. When he somehow finds himself
thrust back under his father’s iron rod of control, that freedom proves harder
to let go of than he anticipated and he finds himself caught in a balancing act
between his lifelong battle for his father’s approval and living out his own
hopes and dreams.
With loves found and lost and his
friends at his side, Max has to navigate through the world one step at a time.
People aren’t always as they seem, and every stone unturned reveals a new
challenge, bringing him closer to a future that has always seemed elusive and
uncertain.
A future that holds success, freedom
and love he never expected to have.
A future that will offer loyal
friends and a home that isn’t confined to a building.
A future that leads him to
Wonderland.
It's no secret that I love this series. Each time I receive an email about a new book, I jump on the chance to review it. This group of authors have created characters with such depth and real worldliness that I get sucked in every time I start reading a new part. I think I've mentioned this before, but here I go again: the way they connect these stories is amazing, and the way that different authors write the same character is so smooth, like they all know what the other is thinking.
Max, by far, has to be my favorite character (do I say that for all of them? Oh well). He's sweet and real, and wants nothing more than his father - a hardass that couldn't have any chill if he lived among polar bears - to be proud of him. He works hard in school, in work, in life, and doesn't stop until his dreams are made real, even if that means throwing aside a few things he thought he truly loved. Max discovers things about himself that might not be considered normal with others, but he loves these particulars, and they make him happy. But that's his downfall: trying so hard to be happy that he's blind to those around him that are trying to hurt him.
I think my favorite part about Max's story was the end. This books don't follow a certain pattern, but I think I had become used to certain characters making certain decisions that seemed obvious (I'm trying so hard to be vague here so I don't ruin anything, so sorry if I sound insane). Max does not follow this same path, and that made me even more excited for the next installment of this series. I want every character in here to eventually be happy, and now that there are three lives I'm invested in thanks to this ending, I need the next installment now, thank you.
Get This Book!
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1GZNLX6
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1HEWvFX
About the Author
H. A. Robinson is a jet-setting billionaire with a home on
each continent, who spends her free time saving kittens from trees and babies
from burning buildings. A graduate of Hogwarts and a frequent visitor to
Narnia, she drinks coffee in Central Perk and tames dragons in Westeros.
In her dreams…
In reality, she’s a support worker living in a small town in
Cheshire, who would almost always choose fantasy over reality. She’s been an
obsessive reader from the moment she picked up her first Enid Blyton book, more
years ago than she cares to admit, and enjoys nothing more than getting lost in
new worlds and adventures from the minds of all the amazing authors out there.
She’s had the voices of characters in her head for as long
as she can remember, and puts them down on paper in order to convince herself
and the men in white coats that she isn’t crazy.
Connect with the author!
Twitter: @H_ARobinson
And don't forget about the three other books in this series. I've done reviews for all three of them: here, here, and here!
Of course, here's the link to the giveaway:
Thanks for coming everyone! I'll see you here later this week, for a rambling review of Go Set A Watchman. I'm warning you now: I had lots of feelings while reading that book.
Thank you so much for your review! I'm so happy you enjoyed it. <3
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