4.5 Blair Loving Stars! 
 You didn't throw love away. You clutched it to your chest, fought for it, died for it, and kept it safe above all else. 
 After Jackie's complete turn around in book one, my fingers were crossed that Blair wasn't going to follow the same path, and thankfully Blair stayed true and strong the whole way through. 
 Blair is the good legitimate daughter who has always done what is right for her family, but not always right for her. Now, after a devastating break up, she finds herself at law school. Not totally loving the experience but she's following this path. Well until one asshole teacher changes her world. 
 There had always been a disconnect between what I thought and what I said-a big one-but with him I didn't care. 
 Graydon (Gray) has a shitload of baggage, but now he's trying to turn around his life. Staying away from the tempting student is the right choice but not the easy choice. 
 There was no pretense with him. He was an asshole and he owned it. I 
 didn't know what exactly I was, but whatever it was, I wanted to own it 
 too. 
 For Gray, he loved to get under Blair's skin. It filled something in himself that helped him get through when he wanted to give into his vices. 
 She was beautiful under normal circumstances, but when she was angry she was fucking gorgeous. 
 Blair is a bit of a dichotomy but once she finds her way she's ends up kick ass. 
 I always voted the party line, never went more than five miles over the speed limit, never drank more than two glasses of wine. And I wanted to fuck my professor with an intensity that bordered on madness. 
 Blair always does what is right, but Gray is everything wrong. 
 He was a train wreck, and I'd never been the kind of girl who wanted to fix a man or found baggage sexy. The world was full of screwed up guys; I didn't need to go looking for one. But even though I hadn't gone looking for trouble, apparently trouble had found me. 
 They both try to stay away but can't. 
 "It means you're hot in the kind of way that makes lady parts stand at attention. In a completely wild, unrestrained, sexy sort of way . . . " My voice trailed off. 
 "Jesus. And I thought you were shy." 
 Blair & Gray help one another to find their true selves. 
 "You can do bad things and still be a good man. Don't let your past take that away from you. You can be more. You just have to try." 
 But Blair has to fight for what she wants, once she realizes what it is. 
 "You're scared. Scared to try, scared to be more than you are, scared to take a fucking chance. You're hiding under all that arrogance and anger because it's easy to hide in the dark. Easy to settle. Easy to play it safe." 
 For the first time, Blair stands up for herself and fights for happiness, even though not everyone is on board with this plan. 
 "You might be right. But he was honest with me from the beginning. He laid all of his sins, all of his secrets out for me when he didn't owe me a fucking thing. He trusted me with that, and if he were an asshole, he could have said none of it and tried to get me into bed. So I'm going to give him a chance. Because everyone deserves to be forgiven for their mistakes." 
 Finally, getting behind Gray's walls, Blair gets a piece of a possibility she didn't know was possible. 
 "I don't know what I did to deserve you; I'm not even sure I do deserve you. Fuck, I probably don't. But I can't let you go. I don't want to, and even more, I'm starting to think you wouldn't even let me if I could walk away." 
 Now her mother. What a cow. 
 "No. It's your father's career. You don't get to have a life of your own, Blair. Not publicly. Not after everything this family has sacrificed to get where we are." 
 Blair may realize what she wants but not everyone is on the same wave length. This time around it's the hero that has the stupid martyr moments. 
 "I don't want to hurt her." Kate's eyebrow arched. "Then don't." 
 I absolutely loved this book. I loved the fact that Blair was strong the whole way through and never backed down. Once she found her footing she just kept going forward. Poor Gray and his baggage almost ruined the moment but thankfully Blair's sisters gave him the eye opening he needed to get his head out of his ass. Blair's sister, Kate had some bitchy moments so I can't wait to read her story next to find out why she has such a chip on her shoulder. 
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