However, this can be read as a standalone with a HEA and no cliffhangers. I can’t this is the first book in the Trails Of Sin series and I can’t wait to read the others because it seems like the suspense subplot will continue to unravel and that’s a fascinating story on it’s own. This is an emotional rollercoaster, dark and a little scary but also steamy and just lovely. I almost never highlight quotes but there are so many great lines here which are just lyrical, poetic and gorgeous. It’s a beautiful tale and Pam Godwin has a gift for words.
This story is about loss and suffering but it’s mainly about redemption and saving those you love. Conor doesn’t like it but she agrees it was the best way to handle things under the circumstances. They were teenagers with unimaginable burdens on their shoulders so Jake did the best he could with his limited power and resources. Once the details all come to light though, he probably did the right thing. I wasn’t a huge Jake fan immediately because I don’t like the idea that he knew what was best for her and had to hurt her, keeping her in the dark, for her own good.
She’s confused and alone but she perseveres. Her life would have broken a lot of people, but she never gives in to despair, even if it’s eating her alive from the inside every minute of every day. Conor is so strong and resilient and capable to have withstood everything that’s happened in her life. The night of her sixteenth birthday was the beginning of the end of two families and the events that took place shaped four young lives. She eventually meets a man but their relationship is completely one-dimensional. Since then, she’s just been going through the motions and there’s no joy in her life, no connections, no friends. Conor stopped living at the age of sixteen after losing her innocence, her brother and the boy she loved. The assault was awful in every way, but years later she’ll learn there was so much more to it. This poor girl’s life just kept getting worse and I couldn’t see how a HEA would be possible after all of this but I’m glad I stuck with it because my fear was unfounded. This book is dark and I usually love that but it was also very realistic, so much so that I quit around chapter six or seven. Conor Cassidy has been through hell and is still stuck there, every day since her sixteenth birthday.
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