Hold Me

4.5 Stars Honest review - no spoilers. I already loved the first book and second is just as good. Willow Winters and Amelia are successfully writing a story that we are all enthralled by. This is a romance but with plot twists, mysteries and some insanely sexy scenes. This picks right up after the cliffhanger of an ending of book 1. (If you haven't read it, go do that now). This book gives us more back story, more explanations to things, and we get to learn about the mysteries at the same the characters do. I didn't see the ending coming though. Can't wait to finish book 3 now!

Hold Me is book #2 in Love The Way You series; it was a duet but just recently the authors announced that it was going to be turned into a series. And I'm super excited for book #3 "Love Me" which is planned to be released next year. Hold Me picks up from the events of the last book "Kiss Me". And in this book, Ella's and Zander's backstory is unravelled a bit more. The reasons why Ella is in a such a fragile state in the first place, and the incident that scarred Zander deeply. And the in the midst of everything they are navigating their forbidden relationship. Hence, at the ending of book #1 everyone became aware of their secret relationship; Zander crossed professional boundaries by being in a relationship with her. But Zander and Ella couldn't care less, after all it's their lives and they desperately need each other. Zander needs to proceed with caution, by handling the situation delicately; one wrong move and it could deeply effect all the progress they made so far. Because Ella's mental health is on the line. Two people with painful invisible wounds, who are trying to work through the pain and grief, every single day. I really liked how Ella's character truly developed in this book; Ella started to feel more comfortable to talk about her past, revealing the memories that she was wanting to forget. And it was the same for Zander. Day by day, both Ella and Zander were slowly healing each others' wounds. But at the same time, Ella and Zander were struggling to deal with their emotions. Or more like their feelings for each other. Boy oh boy! The steamy scenes left me thirsty. There are still a couple of unanswered lingering questions, but the ending though! It completely threw me off guard. Another superb work by these amazing authors. Once again, Ameila Wilde and Willow Winters executed this storyline incredibly! And Willow Winters is an author's work that I simply cannot get enough of! **This is a voluntary review

This is the second book in the Love the Way series and picks up right where Kiss Me ended. This is one of those books that manages to give you all the feels, and expression I usually don't use but so aptly fits this book. It's so beautifully written and does such a good job of giving us a piece of a beautiful love story, while also showing us the various depths of grief and grieving and how that process can be similar and yet different for people. You get both Ella and Zander's viewpoints as we move through this story and it's incredibly moving, emotional and yet also very sexy, steamy with a bit of kink. I can't believe we will have to wait 10 months to get the next installment, but it definitely won't be a hardship to reread both Kiss Me and Hold Me as we get closer to that release. If you love emotional, moving but steamy books, this one is definitely for you! You feel like you are right there with Ella and Zander as they experience their emotions- it's just so beautifully written. I received an Advance Reader Copy of this book and have voluntarily left an honest review.