Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Come Back to Me
SERIES: The Lost and Founds #5
AUTHOR: Edmond Manning
PUBLISHER: Pickwick Ink Publishing
LENGTH: 322 pages
RELEASE DATE: August 23, 2016
BLURB:
After years of lying, scheming, and dangerous manipulation, Vin Vanbly finally gets what’s coming to him: love.
How can he survive unstoppable, uncontrollable love when his very nature demands he control everything? Clues about his one true love—tantalizingly hinted at in each of the books in The Lost and Founds series—come together in four life-changing stories.
In No Kings, a sex hookup with a parking lot stranger reveals more about Vin’s life as a Lost King and his destiny than he could have dreamed. In King Fitch, Vin meets the last king in his long legacy, one final weekend before he withdraws from the world to an anonymous Latin American jungle. The Lost Ones recounts a terrifying kidnapping by street thugs from Vin’s past. In King Malcolm the Restorer, Vin’s mysterious relationship with his older brother—and the soul-crushing secret which drew them together—is finally revealed.
Through it all, Vin Vanbly struggles to survive. But what if he is destined for more than mere survival? Is he finally ready to embrace the truth and remember who he was always meant to be? Once there were a tribe where every man was the one true king and every woman the one true queen…
REVIEW:
Well, I think I’m dead. This book. This series. Gah. I’m almost afraid to read book 6. I love every since page of these books but this one was one of the hardest. Trigger warning are in place for rape, abuse, etc. It’s not a pretty picture. In each book, it was briefly stated a few times about Vin’s past, but nothing prepared me for the whole thing. This books is broke down into 4 stories of Vin’s life. Including his final kinging. And a surprise Vin is not at all prepared for.
The first section, story, of this book, tells how Vin meets this sweet boy Mark. Mark doesn’t want a King weekend. He wants help with something else. Vin puts him off for a while but Mark is persistent and Vin gives in. But at the end of their weekend, Mark wants more and Vin doesn’t know what to do. He tells Mark they need to separate for a while for Mark to get over him but it doesn’t happen. In the next story, Vin’s final kinging. He’s ready to move on. He feels like he’s going nuts and he needs away. Everything is closing in around him and he’s had enough. He brings Fitch through his kinging a lot differently. Every King is different. But it along with the rest of the kingings have taken a lot out of Vin and he has no more to give. In the next section, Mark is back. The time Vin wanted to spend apart didn’t work. Mark came for him. Moved for him. And Mark loves him. But Vin is so sure that it’s not going to last. And finally, we have the last story. Mark and Vin have been together a while and Mark is tired of not knowing. But Vin literally can’t tell Mark about his past. It makes him violently ill. So Malcolm steps in and Vin’s story is told. Or from where Malcolm comes into his life. But Vin is terrified Mark will see him different after this, and Malcolm feels like there is a rift now that wasn’t between Mark and Vin. He hopes they can get past it.
Yeah this is definitely on of those times I wish I could crawl in a book and beat someone’s ass. Vin’s life was horrible. Some of his own making, yes. But most, not. Vin is ashamed, scared to death of what Mark is going to think of him. But love goes through rough patches. What Vin had to realize is Mark doesn’t lose his love for Vin. It gives him more. To know what he through, what he hides and buries. Mark pushes him to accept all the parts of himself and let go. Because Mark isn’t going away. And Vin pushes. Hard. But it’s time. Time for Vin’s transformation. And we even learn is real name. And nope, not telling. Read and find out! I guess what gets me the most about Vin, is he always thinks himself weak. Always has to be in control. Never let them see you sweat kinda thing. But it takes someone strong to overcome what he has. But it catches up to you if you bury it. And that’s why Vin thought he was losing his mind. It was time to let go. I love that Mark never gave up. He refused. Giving Vin what he needed even when he didn’t know he needed it. Mark is perfect for Vin. And I was so happy to see Mark take his place in Vin’s life.
This story will break every inch of your heart, but you will laugh as well. In this book, it shows the importance of letting go. The past is where it is. In the past. Holding on to it, keeps you from being who you are meant to be. Let go. And love.
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