For 100 Nights (100 Series, #2) by Lara Adrian on January 16th 2017
Genres: Contemporary
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“At times in these past few months we’ve been together, I’ve wondered if there are other scars he doesn’t allow me to see. I know there must be, because the broken parts of me recognize the fractures in him, even if he hasn’t permitted me close enough to touch them yet.”
FINAL DECISION: A middle book that, for me, exceeded the first book in the series. Avery and Nick are navigating their broken parts in this series. As Avery’s demons recede in this book, we are given an introduction to Nick’s secrets that end in a cliffhanger revelation.
THE STORY: In the first book in the series FOR 100 DAYS, Avery Ross, struggling artist, agrees to apartment sit in a luxury apartment building. There, she meets Dominic Baine, billionaire. The two begin a relationship although Avery is keeping secrets. She allows Nick to believe that she is wealthy as well; Avery also is hiding the fact that her mother is in jail for killing her husband who raped Avery when she was sixteen. After Avery’s secrets are revealed in FOR 100 DAYS, Nick demands that Avery give into him with complete trust for 100 Nights. And thus this book begins. The two are now living together and Avery and Nick are drawing closer together although both still have secrets.
OPINION: I would like to get a preliminary matter out of the way. This book is part of a trilogy which is about the same couple. I don’t take complaints about this fact seriously. Adrian is certainly allowed to construct her story in that manner. There is nothing hidden about the construction of this story so potential readers should know what to expect.
This book picks up right where the prior book ends. Nick and Avery are engaged in a relationship and are now living together. Avery continues to have secrets from Nick. As the book proceeds, Avery gains in confidence and strength as a woman as this book continues until the revelation at the end. She is now strong enough to be her own person.
In this book Nick becomes more concrete as a person and less mysterious.. His secrets begin to be unraveled as Avery draws closer to him and his world. This book humanizes him as he begins to reveal his emotional attachment to Avery and as his past is disclosed. In the first book, Nick appears as the stereotypical romantic billionaire with a dark and mysterious past, but in this book he truly gains his humanity as the story moves towards its conclusion.
This book continues the intense, sexy relationship between Nick and Avery but the story contains a sense of drama and plot moving forward. This book ended far too soon for me and I can’t wait for the next book in the series.
If the first book of the series was about Avery and her problems, this book ends that arc and begins an exploration of Nick’s past. It constitutes the connection between these characters and I expect that the final book in this trilogy will finally expose Nick’s secrets.
I liked this book better than the first in the series because I did feel that this book developed these characters further and because I can now see the outlines of where this story is going. My only reservation is that I have been burned before by these romance in various parts stories. I reserve the right to downgrade all these books if the ending is bad. Because each of these books depends upon the other, each book is not complete in and of itself, no matter how much I liked the first two books, if it doesn’t end well, I will not be satisfied with what I have read so far.
WORTH MENTIONING: This book ends on the cliffhanger as the book is part of a trilogy.
CONNECTED BOOKS: FOR 100 NIGHTS is the second book in the 100 trilogy about Avery and Nick. The trilogy is all about their relationship and thus the books should be read together and in order.
STAR RATING: I give this book 4.5 stars.