Until the End (Sea Breeze, #9)

by Abbi Glines

The backstory that fans have been clamoring for - how Rock and Trisha fell in love - is the final installment in the sizzling Sea Breeze series.

Trisha Corbin always knew how to hide a bruise. And as long as it meant her momma's boyfriends wouldn't go near her little brother, Krit, it was worth it. But dreaming that Prince Charming would ever rescue her was pointless.

Rock Taylor always had a plan - a football scholarship for a major college team was within his reach - if he didn't let anything get in his way. But he'd never factored in trying to score a date with Trisha, the hottest girl in Sea Breeze. She was every man's walking fantasy, and she wouldn't even glance his way.
But when he finds her beaten and bruised, Rock knew his life was about to change and that he'd do anything to save Trisha Corbin, and keep her safe.

This special conclusion to the Sea Breeze series also contains the wrap-up stories of all your favourite Sea Breeze couples - the steamy romance won't stop until the very last page!

• ISBN10: 148143621X
• ISBN13: 9781481436212
• Publish Date: 17 November 2015 (first published 28 October 2014)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Simon Pulse
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

"One day, Trisha Corbin, you will call me your hero. And that day will be the most important moment in my life." (Rock Taylor)

Until the End promises the backstory behind one of the most consistent couples in the Sea Breeze series, Rock and Trisha. Unfortunately, their story is predictable and is filled with the most annoying New Adult genre tropes.

Rock is the popular football player with a bright future ahead of him and Trisha is the beautiful girl who keeps herself away from everybody. Both Rock and Trisha have terrible home environments. Trisha lives with an abusive stepmother, while Rock's father only cares about Rock's involvement in football. After Trisha is beaten up one night, Rock picks her up on the side of the road. Thereafter, Rock becomes Trisha's hero and they start falling for each other.

I didn't like that most of the women in Rock and Trisha's story, who have an interest in Rock, are seen as slutty and stereotypical mean girls, while the only girl who isn't made out to be slutty or mean is Trisha. Women don't need to be seen putting other women down to make themselves feel better!

While I have many issues with Trisha and Rock's story, I am extremely interested in Trisha's and Krit's sibling love and dynamics, the way they protected each other and the sacrifices that they make for each other.

Trisha and Rock's story is only half of Until the End. The other half of Until the End is epilogues of all the other characters in the previous Sea Breeze novels. The epilogues are extremely unnecessary!

The epilogues have:
1)Different characters/couples from each Sea Breeze novel who have similar personalities.
2)Either unnecessary drama or conflict that could have easily been solved through communication (i.e. Jax and Sadie, Preston and Amanda and Krit and Blythe) or the boring, happy lives that the characters are living (i.e. Marcus and Willow, Dewayne and Sienna and Cage and Eva).
3)Marriages.
4)Pregnancies.
5)Lots of sex.

Until the End follows the formulaic new adult trend. The characters are the same, the plot is weak and non-existent and every couple ends up unrealistically happy in their problematic relationships.

"Life is funny that way. Fate happens and it's better than what you had imagined in the first place." (Cage York)

[Sam@WLABB]

I am sad to see it end. I never wanted to say goodbye to Sea Breeze, but Glines planted that seed, and a little hope sprouted in my heart. Half of this book was Trisha and Rock's story, and Glines gave us what she does best -- the bad boy with the soft heart. We find out what sacrifices Rock made to win Trisha's heart, and I have to say, these was some big gestures. Even better was how we got a peek at the high school versions of almost all our Sea Breeze friends. I cannot lie, I love this stuff.

The second half of the book was for us -- the fans. It was just epilogue after epilogue. We got a little more of everybody's story. AND she did a time jump! The very last epilogue is told from the perspective of one of the next generation, and who she meets on the beach had my jaw hanging on the floor. I hope this "next generation" gets a series, because I will seriously miss Sea Breeze and Rosemary Beach without it.