Black and Green: The Ghost Bird Series: #11

Black and Green, finally! It seems like the wait was forever. That's how much I love Sang and the Team. We pick up immediately where the last book ended; Sang and the boys are making a hurried trip home after learning that her father has returned and is searching for her. No one is happy. The boys were in the middle of a fight about the plan, and everyone is now tense about Sang going back into her house. Once Sang arrives home the surprises keep coming. The situation is worse than she imagined and all she wants is to be back out of the house and with her guys. The guys are working on it and trying not to let her feel alone, but the stress is hanging heavy.This book is told is dual POV from Sang's perspective and from Dr. Green's. This is a nice change. I do love getting in the guy's mind. It's a well written, if slow paced book. It all takes place in a couple of days. There is so much angst on this book; virtually no fun. The guys are fighting; fighting about how to help Sang, feeling conflicted about the future and the plan. Sang is weak, physically and mentally. I understand. The girl has PTSD, but being bombarded with her fears, uncertainty, and general unhappiness is tough. I keep hoping for her to step outside of herself for more than a minute and start the path to 'woman'ing up. She's emotionally immature. Yet she's still likable; she's sweet and has the ability to bounce back to a good mood fairly quickly.As much as I love this series, it's time for the plot to move forward. There was no resolution to any of the problems. We got a band-aid fix (which was amusing and I would have liked more of) for the main issue in this book. Still nothing long-term. Please let's not do this again in the next book! There was no Volto, no McCoy. Worse, much worse, we had very little guy time. I was disappointed. The only character development was with new characters and Dr Green. And to be honest, Dr Green's character turned out to be much more immature than I had imagined. I decided it made sense; he has been focused on the Academy and becoming a doctor. Still I assume that he has had interaction with girls. His goofiness over Sang seems in conflict with how he's been portrayed before. I would also feel more comfortable if Sang wasn't 16. I don't have a problem with the age difference, however Dr Green and Mr Blackbourne have adult lives with employment and reputations that can be damaged.I know it sounds like this is a negative review. It's not meant to be. I did enjoy the book. I love Kintsugi. What a fantastic message. I also love, love, love the notebook. Letters, questions, thoughts, and answers. Can't wait for more. I was so happy to have anything new with these characters. I only wish the focus had split more with Sang and the guys, rather than focus on Sang. I do understand that this book may be the needed set-up for the remaining books. I'm also willing to have a time jump if it advances the characters to a point close where all relationships can be pursued. I want to work on the plan. I want LOTS of one on one time with each guy. Several were basically overlooked in this book. It's a large group, but since each guy is special, they all deserve time. I also want group time. I want for the guys to remember the love they have for each other and not to fight over a girl. Or if they are going to fight, get it all out. Be open and honest, resolve the issue. Have fun! No relationship is worth having, if you aren't enjoying yourself. The sneak peak after the book's conclusion gives me hope that the next book will focus on the entire team and the plan. So begins the wait for Loves Cruel Redemption.

This review is not just for Black and Green but rather for the series overall as well.When I read the first book I was hooked. And I was hooked enough to keep buying each new edition until now. I have grown dissatisfied of late with regards to the plot and the story line. I don't need to read how many times Sang bites her nails or chews her hair or can't look at someone in the face. Or how many times she blushes. Is she a broken character? Absolutely. Are the boys good for her? Yes. But the speed at which these books drag on is getting to be a bit tedious, it's almost more fun watching a spider spin a web. I also find myself thinking how much more accidents or incidents take place to one person? So far by my count, she's been assaulted/abused by Jade, her step mother multiple times, the vice principal, the creepy footballers, the druggies. I'm sure I missed a few. The boys spend a lot of time babysitting Sang who takes everything personally if they don't include her. She worries that they don't like her, that she'll disappoint them, that she'll hurt them. That's all well and good to know but it doesn't have to be repeated in every single book for about 1/4 of the book. Also, how many times do we have to have a description of how she sits with her knees drawn up. The mom in me wants to reach into the book and scold her "sit like a lady, act your age". She keeps getting into trouble partially because she won't listen when the boys say stay put... I know children who are 8 and 9 who listen better than she does.I preordered Black and Green hoping for resolution. I really did. Instead I've got two new characters that annoy me- what kind of mom lets her teenage son share a room with a teenage girl he just met and vice versa? Doctor Green's mom is another distraction but she did provide a little but of insight to his past, also I felt as if the scene where she is painting the broken bowl with gold to repair it would have been perfect if we had already established a connection between Mom and Sang. Then I could see Mom telling Sean that you can repair what's broken and make it more precious than it was before. Mama Green seems to be a Tiger Mom, Sean is multicultural. But is that really needed here? It doesn't advance the story line, nor does the implication that Carol by her reaction to hearing that Sean is adopted and by Japanese parents, is quite possibly racist.The introduction of Carol and her son, and Sang's stepmother's return as well as Sang's ultimate rescue could have been relayed in just under 4 chapters at the very beginning. Then perhaps Carol could have gone nuts and kidnapped Sang and maybe we learn a bit more about Sang's birth mother or something. Anything. Anything rather than what we ended up with. Quite frankly , reading about Sang fainting over and over again, or that she doesn't eat, or that she can't sleep, or her eyes filling with tears because she thinks she's hurt someone's feelings , or swallowing nervously because she doesn't want to speak what's on her mind is wearing me down.Reading the blurb from book 12, it appears that the boys are fighting among themselves over her and it's turned physical so they are beating each other up. Once again Sang is crying. I really don't want to buy book 12 if it means that I have to read through 7/8ths of the book reading descriptions of Sang fainting, Sang not eating, Sang getting dressed. I genuinely think our author has run out of things to say and is going to drag this on and on till we hit that magic number 20.After I read the first book, I was so caught up, I wanted to recommend it to some fellow readers. I decided to wait so that I could tell them exactly how many books there were in the series. Now I won't tell them because they will all look at me as if I have two heads for recommending such a long series. I also won't let my preteen daughter read it, not because of the content, she's pretty smart enough to read and understand the books, but again for the same reason. 11 books? We could have cut that down to about 5 for the most by now. At this point, I'm not reading the books because I'm eagerly awaiting to see what happens next but rather because I've stuck it out this long. And that's not a nice way to feel about a book. Ms. Stone is a much better writer than the speed and repetition of this series indicates.

I loved the last book in the series, ‘First Kiss’, I thought it was the best one in the series so far so I had high expectations for ‘Black and Green’.As always, this book starts off where the last one finishes. Sang has a new situation - her father has returned and has his mistress and her son Jimmy in tow. They want Sang to return to the home and although the mistress doesn’t abuse Sang in the way that her step-mother did, she uses a different method of controlling her and Sang ultimately ends up with another horrible home life - something the boys told her would never happen again. The team rallies round to come up with a plan to get Sang away from the house without raising any suspicions or getting Sang sent away.This book wasn’t as good as the last one for me and at times it felt like a filler book. This is the first one written from another POV (Sang’s and Dr Green’s) and I am not sure that this new format worked for me. I like knowing what Sang knows and I like not knowing what she doesn’t know. Although seeing what was happening with Dr Green ensured that I learnt more about him, it made me feel more distant from Sang and I don’t think it moved the story along any quicker. I think I’ll need to get used to this though as, given the sneak peak at the next book, we have chapters from Natha’s POV too.The side storyline with Dr Green’s Mum was strange but it was good to understand more about the history between Dr Green and Mr Blackbourne and how they work well together. We are led to believe sometimes that Mr Blackbourne doesn’t need anyone else so it was interesting to see what Dr Green brings to their partnership.We are approaching the end of the series now and I hope we have all the loose ends tied up. I assume Sang and Mr Blackbourne’s relationship will move forward and that they all live happily ever after....

Out of all the books I think this has been my favourite, sang us starting to come out Her shell and I love it I don't generally read the meak heroine books and was starting to get a bit of bored of her following along but I understand it had to be part of the storyline to show how bad her situation was but completely sang starting to stand up. I loved the duel sides if her and Dr Sean it was good seeing his side but I think from the beginning you could understand where he was coming from. I believe the same should be done for black because he still is the biggest mystery and getting to see his side would be amazing instead of just the teasers at the end of the book.So what can I say other than i want more!!! Please please!So what has Nathan done and what will be do as the wild card of the deck?Jet x

Amazing read ! This is the best book in the series yet ! Loved how it was more grown up than the previous books and how we got to see the boys working together now that they know. The relationships between sang and the boys were nice to read about as well, they seem more serious now ! I can't wait for the next book, I really want sang to meet doctor Sean's mum and I can't wait to see how the house swapping going to go :) !This is the best RH series ever ! I can never wait for the next book ❤️❤️❤️❤️

If I'm to be honest, this took me quite a few chapters to get back into, but once I did it became one of those reads that one is always excited to get back to whenever free time occurs.The gang are all struggling with "the plan" on top of trying to get Sang back from a messed up situation. Their determination to succeed has us falling for them all over again, especially Dr Sean (as Sang has now named him).The little teaser at the end left me hanging on bated breath! What has happened with Nathan? I need to know! Way to keep us wanting more C.L.Stone! Good job!

Another fantastic addition to ghost bird series. It was great to finally meet the mistress as mentioned in the book. I saw a lot of negative reviews from readers regarding this book. But I honestly didn't have a problem. It's black and green for a reason.Sean and Owen are often just flicking through. Unlike Silas or the rest of the guys who are constant. So I'm glad to finally see more of Sean and Owen. Getting to know these characters more.Loved this book so much !