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Lukas (Ashes & Embers, #3)

Carian Cole

Why we're reading this: Storm’s younger cousin.
Vandal’s little brother.
You’ve met him in the background.
The sweet one.
The nice o…more
[close] Storm’s younger cousin.
Vandal’s little brother.
You’ve met him in the background.
The sweet one.
The nice one.
The one they can all rely on.
The good one.
He’s a tattoo artist. He plays metal and classical music - on the violin.
He’s got a body built for sin.
He’s 24.
In comes Ivy. She’s a 36 year old single mom who hasn’t dated in 18 years.
All she wanted was a tattoo.
She got a helluva lot more :)
Being good has never been so bad.

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Mar 03, 2015 Ash Luna added it

Cant Not Wait For This Book Lukas is bound to have a book worth reading

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Lukas move your HOT ass over here

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Oct 26, 2015 Jan rated it really liked it

Shelves: series, hot-read, heartwarming, bbf

Loved Lukas

Lukas is my favourite so far in this series. Hot tattooed guy outspoken,talented and knows what he wants in life he just hasn't found it yet until Ivy

Ivy is a doting mother married for 18 years in a marriage she thought was good until she finds out her husband is having a year long affair.

Naturally Ivy has trust issues with men and her children to consider but Lucas isn't the type of guy to give up.

It's a sweet story with only a bit of angst, you still see other characters from pre ...more

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Dec 28, 2018 Book Catharsis rated it liked it · review of another edition

Lukas is freaking perfect

I’m so happy that I continued the series even though I wasn’t the biggest fan of Vandal’s story. Lukas’ story was almost as good as Storm’s. I love Ivy and Lukas together. I think out of all of 3 men so far, he’s my favorite, but I’m a total artist and reader, so no surprise there. Just his house alone is enough to make me swoon. I definitely think that the author has it out for high school sweet hearts, as she made 2 out of the 3 last books about awful high school rela ...more

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May 17, 2024 Celeste Davidson rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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This book was not for me.(there will be some rambling, i apologize now)

I read all these great reviews about how wonderful this book was, and how emotional it was, people really connected and felt the pain.. people cried.. there is hope for older women and on and on. 🤔🤔🤔 I wanted to love it because i have liked the other books in the series and I really like the Author. I did not love at all. I wanted to stop reading it but this Author put bits and pieces of other characters in her oth 🚨Spoilers 🚨

This book was not for me.(there will be some rambling, i apologize now)

I read all these great reviews about how wonderful this book was, and how emotional it was, people really connected and felt the pain.. people cried.. there is hope for older women and on and on. 🤔🤔🤔 I wanted to love it because i have liked the other books in the series and I really like the Author. I did not love at all. I wanted to stop reading it but this Author put bits and pieces of other characters in her other books and i wouldn’t have known who Hope was or how she came about if i hadn’t just finished it. I don’t find it repulsive or anything, love who you love but i think it’s just unrealistic for the long run and it turns me away from enjoying the story. It could be that i have never been a fan of huge age gaps so maybe i just had a hard time finding it believable or realistic on a long term scale. ???
I am not saying that once in a while it doesn’t work out, because there has be proof of that though history but in my personal experience 9 times out of 10 at some point the age gap is a problem. I have seen so many people try to make that work and they might even be happy for 10-15yrs and then one is in a different place in life then the other and even though love was definitely there they just don’t work out. Also my own dating experience has lead me to feel this way too. Again i know there are the lucky 1% but it’s not enough for me to seek out and enjoy an age gap story, because i am already jaded about it.

The story it’s self was ok, boy meets girl, there are obstacles to overcome, they brake up then realize they or one of them was stupid and they kiss and make up and live happily ever after.
I do not like the Hope part and as a parent i do not care what i am going through i will always want to know about my child and make choices on my own. I think they are going to cause more harm in the long run. Since i read his brother book first i felt like at the end of that book his brother was growing and changing in good ways and when he was push by his mate he pulled himself together and did what he needed to to get the girl. Why would they not assume he wouldn’t do the same if not more for his kid? When they talk about how much he loved Katie in both books there is no reason to believe that if once again put in a tight spot that he wouldn’t rise to the occasion again, just like he did for Katie and Tabby. I think he and his family were wrong to make the decision.

As you can see i have some pretty strong feeling about many parts of this book.

Don’t even get me started on Ivy’s x-husband and her daughter’s truly awful behavior..

To end. I will never read this book again or recommend it. I will however continue to the rest of the series and of course other books by this author. 📖
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