Knotted

This is one of my favorite books of all time! I am in shock with the masterpiece that this story represents. It has everything I never thought I would want in a book. I literally fell upon one of my top 3 favorite authors!!! When I was trying to decide if I wanted to read it, I read the first chapter like I always do. God, I was never this hooked and amazed at just the beginning of a story. I could immediately understand that Jake, his brother Jarret, his lover Connor and Connor's brother, Lorne, shared a bond like I've never seen at such a young age. I have tears in my eyes just thinking about it. It's a bond that represents love, union, forgiveness, a will to fight and revenge each other and protection. So when at the age of sixteen, Connor is raped at night, they take revenge into their own hands and make a pact to completely dissipate the lives of those who made such an assault to a child's life. That night turns their lives upside down, in a way so intricate and mysterious, we end up feeling the weight of how a single moment in life can change everything forever. The things the four of them go through after that moment are so real and sad, it is impossible to not cry with them, not be angry with life, with people. When they get together again to honor their pact, the story unfolds like I never saw coming. So if you haven't until then understood how big, rare and unique is the love Jake and Connor have for each other, you will feel it then with it's full force. What the hell?? I was gasping, twitching, miserable and alive, gaping at how brilliant Jake takes care of Connor, never giving up and showing an understanding of each other that only years growing up together could have allowed. I never read about a love so intense and powerful, so dark and beautiful, that their own actions allowed even me to find my peace after what happened with both of them. How is that possible?? I will tell you how it is possible. Pam Godwin is a mastermind who created a masterpiece even people who hate romances can´t and won´t be indifferent. Her writing style makes a feeling burn through the pages, a word rip you apart, an action feel as if you were the one doing it and love flow into the air around you. She doesn't just write, she makes it sound like a lyrics of a song, exploring every word and playing around with them. Her text is full of details, so many that you read a sentence, and stop to reread again, and again. And at the end, you stop, reflect and gape at how brilliant she is. However, her awesome writing style about details never tires you and is always just enough, giving you the right amount of information you need. Basically, she knows what you want to read. And if this isn´t enough, she has her words blend with songs she picks that seem like they were wrote for that moment in time. I am a fan of music and books, so when they come together so magically, a boom is heard in my head! I would highly recommend this book to a simple lover of romance, because for me you can´t let the "dark romance" words stop you from reading it. If you do refrain yourselves for that only reason, you will end up losing one of the biggest creations of all time in the book's history! However, it is true this books touches themes like rape and domestic violence which may be triggers for someone, so be aware, and Jake and Connor's love is not filled with butterflies, but seriously their love is so much better than that. Also, Pam Godwin explores the hating, disdain, jealousy and lack of respect between women, which I think is never enough to open up our eyes. I would give it ONE BILLION STARS if I could, for everything is so well designed that you will be sad when it ends. However, don´t worry too much because the author found a way to not let us down, continuing this series with Jarret's story in Buckled and Lorne's story in Booted. I can´t wait to keep reading the stories of this cowboys that will forever remain in my heart! And let me tell you I never liked cowboy's stories that much.