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A review by robinbridgefour
Complicated by Kristen Ashley
4.0
KA books are guilty of a few things:
But you know what, it really doesn’t matter I get sucked in still. I will admit I sometimes skim the details about the kitchen and living room décor and anything about throw pillows but overall I get hooked into the story from beginning to end.
This is a small town story and I’m a bit of a sucker for those. You know the type one where everyone knows everyone else’s business and there don’t seem to be any secrets. Also it is a place where nothing bad ever really happens.
Hix is Sheriff in this little town and he has just made bit of a mistake, he went home with Greta had the night of his life and everyone is going to know about it. What is worse is that he is recently divorced and knows that she might be everything he wants in a woman but he isn’t ready, it’s too soon and he can’t deal.
Greta is great! While I was on the fence about Hix for about half of this book I loved Greta immediately. She is kind, funny and comes from a hard background. Her mom is a piece of work, just WOW. But her brother is really adorable and I you can’t help but love the sister who did everything she could to take care of her brother after an accident that left him in an assisted living home.
The one thing KA always does right for me are the kids in her books. They are kids and fun and add to the story instead of taking away from it. I like that many of her romances are with people in their late 30s and early 40s. Just because you aren’t 20 anymore doesn’t mean that the finding your true love portion of your life isn’t over.
There is a murder in this small town that rocks it. It is just part of Hix’s job but overall it really didn’t add much to the story other than seeing how good of a guy and cop he is. It is a little random and thrown in there but I guess that might be how murder in a small town would feel.
Overall this reminds me of her Burg series more than some of her other series. I enjoyed it and as always felt like about 100 pages should have been cut. But KA always makes the end worth the journey and has some of the best epilogues in the business.
Not my absolute favorite of hers but I hadn’t read a KA book for awhile and it was great to feel like I was coming home. She still remains one of my favorite guilty pleasures.
①- Being super long for contemporary romances
② - Having a lot of extraneous details about décor, clothing and hair.
③ - The midway break-up because the hero/heroine becomes a complete idiot for a minute over a misunderstanding that could have been cleared up easily with a conversation.
④ - Lots of side characters and random details about their lives.
⑤ - Some semi-cheesy language for nicknames, or using a song to convey some emotion or a combo of the two.
But you know what, it really doesn’t matter I get sucked in still. I will admit I sometimes skim the details about the kitchen and living room décor and anything about throw pillows but overall I get hooked into the story from beginning to end.
This is a small town story and I’m a bit of a sucker for those. You know the type one where everyone knows everyone else’s business and there don’t seem to be any secrets. Also it is a place where nothing bad ever really happens.
Hix is Sheriff in this little town and he has just made bit of a mistake, he went home with Greta had the night of his life and everyone is going to know about it. What is worse is that he is recently divorced and knows that she might be everything he wants in a woman but he isn’t ready, it’s too soon and he can’t deal.
Greta is great! While I was on the fence about Hix for about half of this book I loved Greta immediately. She is kind, funny and comes from a hard background. Her mom is a piece of work, just WOW. But her brother is really adorable and I you can’t help but love the sister who did everything she could to take care of her brother after an accident that left him in an assisted living home.
The one thing KA always does right for me are the kids in her books. They are kids and fun and add to the story instead of taking away from it. I like that many of her romances are with people in their late 30s and early 40s. Just because you aren’t 20 anymore doesn’t mean that the finding your true love portion of your life isn’t over.
There is a murder in this small town that rocks it. It is just part of Hix’s job but overall it really didn’t add much to the story other than seeing how good of a guy and cop he is. It is a little random and thrown in there but I guess that might be how murder in a small town would feel.
Overall this reminds me of her Burg series more than some of her other series. I enjoyed it and as always felt like about 100 pages should have been cut. But KA always makes the end worth the journey and has some of the best epilogues in the business.
Not my absolute favorite of hers but I hadn’t read a KA book for awhile and it was great to feel like I was coming home. She still remains one of my favorite guilty pleasures.