There are very few authors who can bring me to tears with the beauty and heartache of true love. Brittainy C. Cherry is one of those authors, and Landon & Shay Part Two is no exception. I liked how Part One traced the evolution of their relationship, and I was looking forward to the continuation in Part Two.
While there were sections that tugged at my heartstrings, I felt that overall, the second half of their story was rushed.
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It started where the first book left off, with Landon in Southern California and Shay back at home, writing letters back and forth to keep each other grounded and remind each other of their bond. It becomes evident fairly quickly that Landon’s new life in SoCal will take center stage, and boy, does it ever.
These were the parts that I felt were on fast forward. Landon’s rising star rose quickly, and I wish that the author had spent some more time on those parts. I would have loved to watch the two of them support each other through that rise (and fall).
I thought that Shay was more inconsistent in this book. I understand that her heartbreak (from her father and Landon) made her distrustful, but there was just a little too much inconsistency. A lot was made out of her writing abilities, but it ultimately went nowhere.
She even got on my nerves towards the end when she would ask why something happened and then immediately say, “never mind.” That got annoying.
All of that being said, their romance is still vintage Brittainy Cherry. There are angst and pure emotion, creating places where I did tear up. I especially liked the parallel with Eleanor and Grey, and how that story fed Landon and Shay’s. I love how she creates that world where people are connected and not just functioning in a vacuum.
Part Two doesn’t quite live up to Part One, but put together they make an epic love story.
