Review: Cooper, by Harper Sloan

book review Cooper

Cooper, by Harper Sloan

Do you take me seriously? Because I don’t. I use my jokes and easygoing personality to hide the pain I’ve felt since he took his last breath. I’m adrift without my partner in crime, my best friend…my brother. I can taste the vengeance just within my grasp. Until she barges into my life. Promising me happiness and a peace I’ve been craving for years. She is the sun to my darkness, the happy to my despair. But she holds secrets. Just like I do. She holds hers close, where I just pray mine don’t rock the walls we’re trying to build. Now I’m stuck at a crossroads between my desire for revenge and my craving for her and the life we could have together—and I have no idea which road I should travel. All I know with crystal clear certainty is that the past has the power to destroy it all.
Product Details
Paperback: 278 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; Lrg edition (June 21, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1500260290
ISBN-13: 978-1500260293

About the Author
Harper lives in small town Georgia just a short drive from her hometown of Peachtree City. She (and her 3 daughters) enjoy ruling the house they dubbed ‘Estrogen Ocean’, much to her husbands chagrin. Harper has a borderline unhealthy obsession with books; you can almost ALWAYS find her with her ereader attached. As an ex-reviewer and blogger, Harper’s passion for reading runs deep. It wasn’t until ‘Axel’ decided to take up residence that she realized her true calling.

She started using writing as a way to unwind when the house went to sleep at night; and with a house full of crazy it was the perfect way to just relax. It didn’t take long before a head full of very demanding alphas would stop at nothing to have their story told.

REVIEW:
Sometimes you are lucky enough to discover a series that does so much more than just entertain you. You know what I’m talking about – the series that makes you feel as it touches on every emotion. Harper Sloan’s Corps Security series is one of those series.

The first book in the series, Axel, made me feel both anger and happiness as it dealt with some issues of domestic violence and forgiveness. Cage was next and had so much humor and heart in it that I found myself laughing out loud. Next up was Beck, followed by the novella Uncaged, and I think I went through two boxes of tissues for each one.

Ms. Sloan’s newest installment to this vaulted series is Cooper and while my expectations were set obviously high, I had no doubt that Cooper would not only fulfill them, but probably exceed them. And to nobody’s surprise, it more than exceeded them.
Cooper was about salvation and redemption and had so much heart on every page that I also felt cleansed of most of the sadness left over from Beck. The main focus of this book was on the healing power of love and Ms. Sloan has turned me into a true believer of the idea that love can conquer all.

We first met Asher Cooper in the last book and I have to confess I wasn’t a big fan of his. I know that he had suffered an emotional blow with the death of his brother but I didn’t like how he was dealing with the situation. In this book, the reader was given the opportunity to learn more about the Cooper brothers’ childhood and I not only began to understand Asher’s behavior but wanted to just hug him and tell him that it would be okay.

And the reason it would be okay is because of Chelcie and the “sunshine” that she brought into Asher’s life. I love all of Ms. Sloan’s heroines because they are strong, smart and sassy women who know how to fight for the people they love. I loved Asher and Chelcie together and how they helped pull each other from the sadness and guilt that was drowning them both.

With each book, Ms. Sloan’s writing just gets better and better. The storyline flows so naturally and I am absorbed into the world she has created. I end up losing myself in the pages until I have finally finished the book. When I finished Beck I felt exhausted from the emotional marathon I had been through. This time with Cooper, I felt energized and hopeful again and yet anxious as I realized that it may be awhile before the next book comes out.

Speaking of the next book . . . I would be remiss if I didn’t take a moment to mention by book boyfriend Maddox. For those who are fans of this series, we all know the hidden emotional depth of Maddox Locke. In Cooper, we continue to see glimpses of the pain that he is dealing with. I was already in love with Maddox before this book, and now my love has reached celestial levels. I cannot wait for Ms. Sloan to write his story so that this amazing man can have his own happy ending.

As much as I want you to read this book, I do not recommend reading it as a standalone. There is too much emotion tied into this book from the others in the series and in order to truly appreciate Asher and Chelcie’s journey you need to have read the others. Each of the others was a five star review for me as well, so you know that you will be reading some amazing books. You won’t regret it!

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