MY RATING:
Synopsis:
How do you define yourself when others have already decided who you are?
Six years ago, when Camden Daniels came back from war without his younger brother, no one in the small town of Alba, Colorado would forgive him—especially his father. He left, swearing never to return. Then a desperate message from his father brings it all back: the betrayal, the pain, and the need to go home again. But home is where Willow, the one person he still loves, is waiting, the one woman he can never have—because Alba has buried secrets that are best left buried.
- Pages: 384
- Genre: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance
- Publication date: February 25, 2020 by Entangled: Amara
- Format: Paperback, Kindle, Hardcover, Audiobook
- Source: Owned
PURCHASE LINKS:
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KOBO
REVIEW:
Looking at the reviews, you either love it or you don’t. I am afraid I fall into the latter category.
What I expected from this book was not delivered, and as much as I loved The Last Letter, this one missed the mark completely for me.
We follow Camden and his estranged family, or whoever is left of it. His ill father and his older brother, who’s taking care of him. And of course, our love interest, Willow.
A lot is going on in the small town of Alba Colorado, and between these characters, a lot of drama is stewing. The entire plot was lacking, and I found it uninteresting, unfortunately, as I couldn’t connect with any of the characters. The only interesting part was Arthur’s story, and I wish there was more about the whole illness part, more awareness about it and all. I mean, we still see what it does to him and those around him, but it wasn’t enough for me, and the focus was really on getting the one thing his father wanted and not so much on the rest. You have to read the book to understand, as this might not make any sense to you.
The relationship between the main characters was, to say the least, boring. I did not enjoy their exchanges; their chemistry was not shown, there was no buildup, no emotions. We never saw it happen; you are simply told it has always been there. The only thing you see as areader is the growing desire for both of them to sleep together, but even this doesn’t happen until more than halfway through the book. Which I don’t mean per se, when there is yearning, longing, and it is done properly. I cannot say it was done here, though.
I did like Rose, even though there was not much of her, and I totally saw everything that happened with her coming, so this was also a meh moment. Additionally, the “accident”, so to speak, with her was quite weird, and I suppose it was so the whole story could be tied together to the past, but it could have been done better.
In conclusion, it was an OK read. The majority of it was boring, and the end was not as shocking as the author probably hoped it would be.
The potential was there, sadly, it was not executed properly.
Therefore, my rating is a solid 3 stars.
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