
Title: The Education of Sebastian and The Education of Caroline
Series: Yes
Author: Jane Harvey Berrick
POV: Heroine and Hero
Cliffhanger: Yes
On a scale of 1 to 5 (highest) stars:
Sexiness: 5
Angst: 5
Plot: 5
Thought Provoking: 4
Hangover: 5
Overall Rating: 4.8 stars
The thrill of forbidden love.
This two part series is about the love between an older woman and a much younger guy.
Their love for each other is so beautiful that you couldn't see right from wrong.
In book one, we get to meet the two beautiful characters, Sebastian and Caroline. We read about their life before they met, Caroline's crumbling marriage and Sebastian' s abusive childhood. We get to read about how they came together and how their love blossomed. The thrill of the forbidden is so exciting that I understood their recklessness. It's just so easy to forget the present when you are so in love. This was the start of their problem and book one ended on the height of this. My heart bled for Caroline and Sebastian at the end of this book. Their dreams were within their reach and it was abruptly taken away.
In book two, we get to meet a different Sebastian and Caroline. Both damaged from their past. Both hardened and cynical. Their issues forgotten but not left behind. Both still carrying the weight of their pain. We get to read how both tried to move on and move forward. They both failed and yet they still tried to pick up and deal with the issues. We get to experience their life as a journalist and a marine. There were so many painful parts as well as the love. In the end there were still issues that they need to settle but they are in a good place, finally.
This series is recommended to those whose interested in forbidden romances. This story is also unique in a sense that this is the first book that I read where the forbidden love is between an older woman and a younger man. It's usually the other way around.