Waiting for Ru

All of the books in this series had been intense, a lot of things happening, but 'Waiting for Ru' had the most surprises. For one, while it gave me a lot of anxiety, it was the least eventful. I mean, no one got stabbed.

Ru was great and I felt so sorry for him to be met with hostility and bullying and I was worried things will escalate to a very dangerous situation. While things were bad, they could have gotten so much worse and I'm glad they didn't. I was worried for Ru and couldn't help but worry about Bela as well. But Bela's so smart, she was a real help.

It's been a while since I read 'Give Yourself Away' so it took until Jasim told Ru what he'd done that I realised who he was. That was the biggest surprise, I did not expect any of the characters to have any connection to anyone outside the Unfinished Business series. I didn't have any strong feelings about Jasim while reading 'Give Yourself Away', but I did like him a bit, so I'm glad to find out more about him, as unexpected as that might have been.

I liked Leigh and Newt a lot too and I'm curious about them as well. Not so much as how they met as about how they are now. I'm sure established couples have a lot coming at them too. And they seemed so lovely, both as friends to Jasim and Ru, but as a couple as well.

I'm still surprised at how calm this book was compared to the others in the series. Was it really? Or am I just getting used to having the main characters go through misery and pain?

There's surely good things coming for Ru and Jasim and I'm glad they found each other. They have some catching up to do, a lot of firsts coming up for both of them.