House of Scarlett continues where we left off at the end of Fall: a cliffhanger that made me want to punch Legend right in his perfectly imperfect face. The beginning of this book, though? If you can read this without a tissue, I don't know if you have a soul. Gaaaaaaaaah! It's so insightful as to why Legend is the man he is today—muddied reputation, psychological damage, and all. Chapter 1 is why I adore broken heroes: they're little more than beautiful, imperfectly woven tapestries of heartache, mistakes, and regrets. Legend is no exception...

After royally f'ing up a good thing with a good woman, HoS explores a side of him I've been waiting to devour since Fall. Legend is a man who couldn't possibly understand what a normal, functioning relationship is supposed to look like, feel like, sound like—but he knows he's going to be hopelessly incomplete without at least trying. It's a lovely example of humanity at large and how when we can feel so undeserving of what we're given, we self-sabotage rather than risk losing it after pouring everything you've got into something that matters. Why do we do that? Because giving something up freely is a LOT less painful than having it taken away from you, especially when you want to hold onto it forever.

So, how does Book 2 of the Legend trilogy stack up in the ratings? The legendary KBR 6/5 improper fraction star rating stakes another win for the House of March! Book 2 amps up the sexy times and throws kerosene on the inferno between Scarlett and Legend ;) Letty and the Tramp (yeah, it's a thing now—naming it and claiming it) are en fuego and the long-awaited caveman moments Gabriel graces us with?
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Sorry. Blacked out for a second from the heat 😈 It's what we alpha lovers adore in our adorable knuckle-draggers: a consuming need to have his woman at all costs. I lovelovelove when the hero goes into protective, king-of-the-jungle mode Sweet cornbread and biscuits, it's a thing of beauty in this book *RAWR*