This review is from 2013 and is kept here for reference. Titles, prices and availability may have changed.
S. Walden
Book ArchiveContemporaryNew AdultMolten
Their relationship has been exposed, and now their lives are changed forever.
For Cadence Miller, the fast track to adulthood proves intimidating and frustrating. She’s a little girl lost—abandoned by her family and uncertain of her future. She doesn’t think she “fits” anywhere. She’s eighteen. She wants to be older. And the result is both comical and heartbreaking.
Mark Connelly will do anything to provide Cadence a stable, loving home—to be her protector. But he’s just as broken and lost, and his heart won’t let go of his past so easily. He knows he should share his secret with Cadence. He should trust that she’ll understand. But what if she doesn’t? What if their love doesn’t grow stronger?
What if it doesn’t get better?
There was something about Good—this book’s predecessor—that I loved. Maybe it was the forbidden love story; maybe it was the superb writing; maybe it was just a good combination of everything I love. But Better is just that: better. Cadence and Mark have so many challenges to overcome, and as S. Walden is wont to do, she piles on more adversities in the second half of their story. It doesn’t hurt that she wrote in one of THE HOTTEST sex scenes I’ve ever read, and those are big words coming from someone who can count Favorite Sex Scenes on one hand. Or one-handed if we’re going there. Better is a hardcore must-read, especially if you’re into the whole forbidden, torrid love story thing. HIGHLY recommend! [5/5 stars]