3.5 Peaceful Stars
We've all seen the Aristocats right?
Good because this book could be the
human version of that.
Reagan got pregnant while in her school
and her boyfriend wanted her to have an abortion, she refused and he
broke up with her. 6 years later she's sworn of men, except for her
6yr old son, Parker. Coen just got out of the military, he can't
leave behind his war demons but he still tries to live a normal life.
They meet by chance and there starts their awkward relationship.
Earlier I compared it to the Aristocats and heres why:
For one Reagan is a single mother and
Coens “Sweet” nickname for her is Duchess. When Coen and Reagan
first meet she is not impressed, she's sure that he's just trouble
and she doesn't want to start introducing random guys to Parker.
While Parker is ecstatic to meet Coen
and finally have a daddy figure
Parker is an absolute sweetie, he's the
best part of the book!
“Because Jason has a dad,
and he said everyone has a dad. But I don't. Uncle Keegan's my uncle.
And Grandpa is my grandpa. And I like Coen. So can Coen be my dad,
mom?”
It even broke my heart when he said that.
Now I had some serious problems with
this book, because the entire first half she's talking
about how she's sworn off men, she can't trust them, and they
wouldn't be good enough for parker and she goes OOON and OOOON about
this but she hasn't been with Coen for 3 weeks when already she's
trusting the rest of her future with him... Which I guess is better
than The Aristocats because they were inlove after hours
Not only that but the Coen's going for
ever about how he loves her and she takes away his demons and then
just because of a story he hears he figures she's cheating on him, I
mean really?
” Not even three months in I
was thinking about marrying her? I couldn't do this. I just – I
couldn't”
It was very frustrating, and okay even
though Coen was pretty sexy, It didn't excuse his flat out
jerky-ness. My favorite part was the ending because of how adorable it was, and the book is full of cute and swoon-worthy
moments but they were overshadowed by the dumbness of the other
moments.
Overall for a Novella it's
okay, but not one that I would recommend or re-read
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I've never read anything by this author, and I'm pretty sure she isn't for me. I LOVE the comparisons to The Aristocats. It's a bummer this wasn't as good as it could have been. Great review!
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