***5 'Me and You' Stars*** 
 ~ Short & Sweet Review ~ 
 This is my first read by Carian Cole and I absolutely adored this book. I adored Toren and Kenzie. Toren's all kinds of calm and intense alpha male who is all about family and doing the right thing. Kenzie is an old soul who is much more mature than other her age and yet still has just enough naivete in her to believe in a HEA of her making. I loved seeing how their relationship evolved over the years and how soul deep their connection truly was and it had me rooting for them to find a way to be together without having to hide it. The whole age difference and the position Tor held in Kenzie's life as an uncle didn't skeevy me out because they had evolved past all that by the time the story begins. They were friends, best friends, and it was the friendship that turned into something more. I enjoyed how the story took a very realistic take on their relationship with how there were those who supported it and who didn't and how it was all resolved in the end. I'm totally looking forward to Tied, but now I definitely need to get to reading the Ashes and Embers series, especially Lukas' book!