"Hold on Tight" by: Nicola Haken Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
Dexter has to be the most infuriating character in a long time. I constantly found myself screaming at my kindle at his actions. Now that is out the way, this is the continuation of Emily and Dexter's story, picking up exactly where 'Take My Hand' finished. With an unexpected and unwanted blast from Dexter's past turning up and reawakening old feelings, his path of self destruction starts and the life he has fought so hard to rebuild comes tumbling down around him as he slips back into old, bad habits.
For Emily it is sheer torture as she tries to be supportive and save their relationship but with Dexter pushing her away, she has no choice but to head back home. Despite everything that Emily has been through and experienced in her life, she is still naïve in some respects and with little understanding of the path Dexter is taking there is little she can do for him.
So this is an uncomfortable read with subject matters of drug abuse and violence as a recurring theme but they are dealt with in such a way that you are drawn into the story. Even though I found Dexter infuriating, he has a lot going in his life that you feel a certain empathy with him. I think that had we not seen Dexter with his life mostly together in the first book, we as readers would struggle with the Dexter we find in this one.
With their journey still far from over, I am eagerly waiting to see where this gritty series takes the reader next. The very talented Nicola Haken has produced another amazing story and a fantastic instalment to an excellent series.
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