Emily is moving
away from town she’s always called home after the death of her mother and to
New York City to be with the one she loves Dillon Parker. Trying to get her
life on track after the move until Gavin storms into her life and changes all
the rules.
After his fiancé
leaves him, Gavin doesn’t think he’ll ever find love again, let again find love
at first site that is until Emily walks into his office delivering his food and
turns his world upside down, he’s never chased after a woman before, but he was
not going to let Emily slip through his fingers.
I read both
Collide and Pulse in one day because I could not put them down, the constant
battle between Emily and Gavin made my heart ache. But also I have never been
so infuriated with a character like I was with Emily, the moment she saw Gavin
she should have broken up with Dillon, should have left his sorry arse behind
and been with Gavin, but instead she sticks with Dillon lets him control her,
lets him slowly manipulate her.
At the beginning
Dillon and Emily’s relationship seems normal, but as the reader you pick up on
things that Emily didn’t, Dillon’s slimy behaviour, his controlling nature and
his cheating, all oblivious to Emily’s eyes. You also see how Gavin looks at
her, how he wants to consume her, own her soul, her heart, her every desire,
and you can’t help but want to scream at her to notice.
It makes you
crave the attention and love that Gavin would give Emily, you want to have that
for yourself and you get angry because she could easily have it but she’s
pushing it away, pushing Gavin away so much and she does this by agreeing to marry
Dillon.
After some drama
between Dillon and Emily they separate for a couple of days and in this time
she comes to terms with the fact that she has fallen head over heels in love
with Gavin without even meaning too. Refusing to keep fighting her feelings she
goes to his apartment and they devour each other and have the most intense sex,
they are both finally able to give into their desires and the way Gail McHugh
describes it is amazing.
However their
story doesn’t end there, not even close, they don’t get their happily ever
after there. Emily walks in on something as she tries to surprise Gavin at his
apartment and leaves before he is given a chance to explain, he doesn’t even
know what’s happened. And Emily goes running back to Dillon and agrees to put
the wedding back on.
“Why are you
marrying someone you don’t love?”
“Isn’t it obvious? I’m marrying someone who loves me!”
The rehearsal
dinner was where this story really broke my heart; I could envision the look on
Gavin’s face at the end before he was driven away by Olivia, the heart break he
had to endure, the scare that Emily had left him. The ending of this book was
the reason I had to continue to read Pulse straight after, I needed their
happily ever after.
A review for 'Pulse' will be coming soon, I happily give this book a 4* rating.
