Caution to the Wind by Giana Darling4.25 stars
Caution to the Wind has been my most anticipated read for so long so when it hit my kindle, I started it right away. I was so happy to be back into ‘The Fallen’ world and read Mei and Axe-Man’s story.
Mei and Henning (Axe-Man) meet when Mei is young. She’s Cleo’s best friend, and Henning is Cleo’s stepdad. Cleo and Mei have always been close friends, but when Cleo loses her mom, the trauma of that bonds the three of them forever. Then, something else big happens that tears them apart when Cleo and Mei are 17.
Fast forward 8 years later, and though Mei and Cleo have remained as close as they can from afar, Mei and Henning reconnect for the first time. It’s not pleasant, and even though he wants nothing to do with Mei, for Cleo’s sake he endures. I think he was a little too hard on Mei for her past. She was a teen and knew her parents and that situation and I’m guessing he could have figured out the why if he really thought about it, but either way the 8 years has past and now they are in each others lives for good.
I love a good age gap romance and the last 20ish percent was an epic love story. I think the only reason for me personally it’s not a 5 star read is because I wanted more romance throughout the book. My favorite part of this story wasn’t Axe-Man and Mei’s romance, it was Mei and Cleo’s relationship and bond. Found family is everything and theirs was top tier.
Overall this book was fantastic. Giana’s writing is always captivating and her characters and stories are so engaging. After finishing this I’m craving even more Fallen books. I don’t even care who the next one is about, you know I’ll be reading it the moment it releases!
