ARC Review – Reflected in You (Crossfire #2) by Sylvia Day

Description:
Gideon Cross. As beautiful and flawless on the outside as he was damaged and tormented on the inside. He was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn’t stay away. I didn’t want to. He was my addiction… my every desire… mine.

My past was as violent as his, and I was just as broken. We’d never work. It was too hard, too painful… except when it was perfect. Those moments when the driving hunger and desperate love were the most exquisite insanity.

We were bound by our need. And our passion would take us beyond our limits to the sweetest, sharpest edge of obsession.

 

 

I was awed by Reflected in You. There is no way to put into words the impact Gideon and Eva had on me in this book. So many secrets, so many insecurities. But, in the end, so much love.

My emotions were all over while reading Reflected in You. I hated Gideon for how he was treating Eva and making her feel like he was using sex to make up for his short-comings. I hated Eva for being so dependent upon Gideon and not standing up to him. I loved Gideon for how he took care of Cary in his time of need. I loved Eva when she became Gideon’s champion and started figuring everything out. My heart broke for Eva as Corinne came back into the picture and I cried for Gideon when Brett tried to come back into Eva’s life. I was proud of Eva when she put it all on the line. I was even more proud of Gideon as he opened-up to Eva. But, most of all, I held my breath waiting to see how they would overcome everything that was thrown at them.

I will not do a synopsis of this book. We start to learn about some of Gideon’s past and more of Eva’s, that’s all that I will say. Too much happened and the only way to explain or even comment about it would be to give the whole story away. There is no way to explain the heartache or the amount of love that just tears you up inside. There is no way to be flippant about anything that happened in “Reflected in You”; the sex, the betrayals or the explanations.

The emotions in “Reflected in You” ran the gamut. Love, Hate, Distrust, Envy, Jealousy, Betrayal. And, you felt everyone of them just as they were happening. You had no idea why Gideon would tell Eva to “wait” when it seemed like all he wanted was to be with Corinne again. And, you had no idea why Eva would want to “wait” with the treatment she is getting from Gideon. But, it all becomes clear as all the pieces fall together. Ms. Day brought all of the pieces of the puzzle together and then shattered them again and she leaves the reader breathless, wanting and waiting for more.

I have read many emotional books but there are few that brought me to the point of being so awed and stunned that I wanted to cry but couldn’t. It’s still hard to wrap my head around everything. The way Ms. Day wove the story in “Reflected in You” was unbelievable. You felt everything that Eva felt; she made her a part of you; she made you feel like you were living her life, her dreams and her nightmares. She brought both Eva’s and Gideon’s pain to life and the love actually pulses right off of the pages.

“Entwined With You” will bring the end to the Crossfire Trilogy. What will she have in store for Gideon and Eva? How will they cross the bridges that need to be crossed to find their Happily-Ever-After? Will they finally face their demons together? Until that time, we will just have to settle for knowing that their love is all-consuming; addicting, and that they can and will face whatever comes their way.