Loved Book 1. Hudson was Hot, HOt, HOT! I love the confidence and the control and the dominance with which he pursued Alayna. Alayna was great in book 1. By book 2 her appeal started to wane. By book 3 I didn't want to listed to her talk. Her constant need for reassurance, her constant questioning of Hudson on who he was with, never believing if he was cheating...it grew to be too much. I understood why she was like that, but I wanted more growth, more strength from her that she did not achieve until the last couple of chapters of book 3. There are some lingering questions, such as how Hudson could do what he did, how he could lie the way he did. These questions are resolved in Hudson, a must read. Yes, it retells the story from his perspective, but it gives you an understanding of his motives, of the things he chose to do and why. Book 3 ends with an epilogue 1 year later, but Hudson ends with an epilogue 3 years later, which is such a great ending to their story! You truly fall in love with these characters, and root for their healing. Both are broken, and both need the other for their completion. The depth of emotion in the last couple of chapters of book 3 and in Hudson, are so worth the read. There was one negative, just one, and that is when Alayna is speaking to her therapist friend and says "I guess you think we are fifty shades of f&*%#d up." I imagine this line was an homage to another great series, one that jump-started a genre for bored housewives everywhere, but I felt like this line was a cheat, and beneath the writer for her to include it. No comparison to FSOG is needed. This book series stands on its own merit.
