***5 'Seahorse and Tide' Stars*** 
 #HotHolesForTheWin 
 Not that I expected any less. With each book I've come to love and adore this band of assholes with hearts and the women they drive batshit crazy in every way you can think of, even those you couldn't imagine, but end up bringing them to their knees and Scandalous brought all of that and more. It was all kinds smexy and angsty goodness that was balanced out with humor and heart and when you add in the HotHoles themselves...it was just a book I couldn't put down and didn't want to end. 
 Trent. The Mute. The single dad. The last HotHole standing. This man is all kinds of ruthless determination and yet there is that part of him that is lost and vulnerable and it makes him a charismatic enigma that you can't help but want to get close to and figure out what makes him tick. There were times when I didn't necessarily like Trent, but seeing the lengths he'll go to help his daughter and how he was with his family ~ both by blood and choice ~ made it hard to hate him and in the end I couldn't help but adore him, asshattery and all. 
 Edie. Teenager. Rich. Rebellious. That's what one sees on the outside, but on the inside she is so much more complex. I loved her snark, sass and bravado, but it was her heart that did me in and what had me adoring her quite early on in the book. For all her youth, she is much more of an adult than those twice her age and with all the responsibility she put on herself I actually enjoyed those moments when her teenage self came out to play. 
 Their journey was all kinds of rocky, and this was without the whole age thing coming into play, but it was a fun one. I loved watching how they got under each other's skin and how the chemistry between them jumped off the page. But much of the evolution of their relationship and their knowledge of each other lands squarely in Luna Rexroth's tiny hands. She was their looking glass and mirror and simply helped to push them to the next inevitable level. The Sword of Damocles that is hovering over their heads is laid out from the very beginning, but there were a few twists and turns that definitely surprised me in a most satisfying way and I loved how it all played out in the end. 
 It's funny, I waffled over starting this series when Vicious first came out and it took awhile for me to dive in, but once I did I couldn't put any of them down (and, yes, I kicked myself for not starting them sooner). The words Ms. Shen puts down are crack. I ate them up and I want and need more. I know that Scandalous is the last book for the HotHoles, but I'm hoping that it isn't the last in the series because there is Bane ~ who I NEED to know more about ~ as well as hopefully the TotHoles one day down the road. So I'm crossing my toes that the announcement that Ms. Shen said she'll be making at the Scandalous After Party on September 30th on Facebook will make me a very happy woman! 
 Oh and if anyone were to ask which HotHole is my favorite my honest answer is, I don't have one. They are all practically perfect in their own #assholeswithhearts way. Would that piss them off? Probably, but it is what it is *BSEG* 
 ~ Copy provided via Social Butterfly PR & voluntarily reviewed ~