Book source ~ ARC.
My review is voluntary and honest.
12 February 2019
Fantasy | Romance
299 Pages
My Rating ~ 3 bites
Rikki Albermarle ran
away from her tiny home town in the NC Smokey Mountains to Chapel Hill. She
convinced herself she was doing what she always said she was going to do: go to
UNC to be an oncology nurse. While she did do that, what she was really doing
was running away from the man who killed her best friend. A monster. The man she
had fallen in love with, Owen Amir. But after three years she had to go back
and get some answers for her own sanity. Nightmares plagued her and it was
beginning to affect her work, so back to Evansville she goes. With bridges to
mend and a gut-wrenching confrontation with a killer in her plans, she’s not
sure she’ll survive again.
This story alternates
between past and present and sometimes that makes it hard to keep things
straight. Also, Owen and Rikki are kinda hard to like. For me anyway. I’m sure
many will like them just fine. Owen wants Rikki to trust him, but he won’t
share his secret and Rikki is just too angsty. To be honest, I don’t
particularly care for either one of them, so I’m not invested in their outcome
even though that outcome is damn interesting. I did enjoy the big reveal and the
final showdown, but I’m glad it’s over. Does that make any sense? LOL I think this is
one of those love or hate books and while I didn’t hate it I also didn’t love
it. However, don’t let my ambivalence stop you from giving it a go. It just might
be up your dark alley, so to speak.
Thanks for "keeping it real". LOL. I appreciate your candor and how hard you tried to still be nice about not liking Touch of Smoke. Ha ha ha. I really think my next book will be right up *your* dark alley.
ReplyDeleteIt's easy to be nice when the reason I didn't like it as much as I thought I would isn't because it's poorly written (because it's not, it's great!), but because of my own personal feelings towards the characters. I know plenty of people who like the angsty stuff. lol I can't wait to read your next book. *bounces in seat*
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