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beeziereadsromance's review against another edition
4.0
Everything you expect from this series
First, do not read this story if you haven't read the first three books in the series: it's not a standalone and there's some ongoing backstory to the series.
Second, so much character growth for Carson, I love it.
Watching Carson reconnect with his hometown and his family and his childhood sweetheart is such an experience, made better by how unflappable and unknowable he is in the previous books.
I enjoyed this a lot, and my only annoyance is there are a few of obvious typos in the second half of the book which are always distracting for me.
First, do not read this story if you haven't read the first three books in the series: it's not a standalone and there's some ongoing backstory to the series.
Second, so much character growth for Carson, I love it.
Watching Carson reconnect with his hometown and his family and his childhood sweetheart is such an experience, made better by how unflappable and unknowable he is in the previous books.
I enjoyed this a lot, and my only annoyance is there are a few of obvious typos in the second half of the book which are always distracting for me.
haletostilinski1's review against another edition
4.0
I was so excited for this fourth installment in this series. I've enjoyed this series so far, so I was excited for more and wondered how Carson's story was gonna go, and what we were gonna find out about him, since we don't really know much of anything about him besides him being a con man before this book.
I was pretty into this from the beginning. I wanted to see Carson (aka Jake) and Eric interact, it was hard to put it down, when these two finally met up I loved it.
But....near the end it did drag a bit for me, and I think that was because of the inclusion of the plot point that because it took away, for me, the story of these two.
Now maybe if it had been set up as them trying to take them down from the start, with the romance included, as it's been for the past three, I wouldn't have minded that much. But in this one it was set up like the sole purpose of all this was to get Carson back with Eric, nothing else. And for awhile it was just that - and although the other guys didn't have as big a role and it felt like didn't have to be there, it was still just fun and entertaining and interesting.
But throw in this side plot, that also kinda was dealt with fairly quickly in the end, and I just didn't much care for it, and it kinda took me out of the story near the end at times. Especially as it kind of took away from Carson and Eric's relationship, and it felt like they both had everything resolved before the end and there wasn't as much of a focus on them anymore, and so the ending was just this side plot that I didn't care for with not much romance.
And also I felt that their ending was kinda abrupt. I wasn't expecting it to end when it did and I was just expecting them to be a little more settled into things, and into their HFN/HEA when this ended and it didn't feel that way.
The epilogue that focused on Leo was interesting and who showed up was definitely interesting and something I'd been suspecting since like the end of book one. I wonder if who shows up is the same person as the "interested party" person. It would make sense.
So overall, for the majority of this I really liked it, it was really good and interesting and Carson and Eric were so good together, and they had great chemistry, but then the last portion of this just lagged for me and didn't round out as nicely as I would have liked, dragging the story down.
It's interesting, usually it's beginning of stories that drag for me, or are a little slow, but it was the opposite with this one, which actually pulled me in from the get go, and it was the ending that dragged for me and was a little slow.
But overall, a good fourth installment, with a good hook in the epilogue to keep the readers excited and interested in the last installment. I still recommend this to those who have been enjoying this series so far.
I was pretty into this from the beginning. I wanted to see Carson (aka Jake) and Eric interact, it was hard to put it down, when these two finally met up I loved it.
But....near the end it did drag a bit for me, and I think that was because of the inclusion of the plot point that
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there was a low level gang guy or whatever who recognized Carson in his hometown and who was working with this other guy who was kinda on and off again with Eric for years, so they had to try to stop him.Now maybe if it had been set up as them trying to take them down from the start, with the romance included, as it's been for the past three, I wouldn't have minded that much. But in this one it was set up like the sole purpose of all this was to get Carson back with Eric, nothing else. And for awhile it was just that - and although the other guys didn't have as big a role and it felt like didn't have to be there, it was still just fun and entertaining and interesting.
But throw in this side plot, that also kinda was dealt with fairly quickly in the end, and I just didn't much care for it, and it kinda took me out of the story near the end at times. Especially as it kind of took away from Carson and Eric's relationship, and it felt like they both had everything resolved before the end and there wasn't as much of a focus on them anymore, and so the ending was just this side plot that I didn't care for with not much romance.
And also I felt that their ending was kinda abrupt. I wasn't expecting it to end when it did and I was just expecting them to be a little more settled into things, and into their HFN/HEA when this ended and it didn't feel that way.
The epilogue that focused on Leo was interesting and who showed up was definitely interesting and something I'd been suspecting since like the end of book one. I wonder if who shows up is the same person as the "interested party" person. It would make sense.
So overall, for the majority of this I really liked it, it was really good and interesting and Carson and Eric were so good together, and they had great chemistry, but then the last portion of this just lagged for me and didn't round out as nicely as I would have liked, dragging the story down.
It's interesting, usually it's beginning of stories that drag for me, or are a little slow, but it was the opposite with this one, which actually pulled me in from the get go, and it was the ending that dragged for me and was a little slow.
But overall, a good fourth installment, with a good hook in the epilogue to keep the readers excited and interested in the last installment. I still recommend this to those who have been enjoying this series so far.
terriaminute's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
4.0
Fear and anger, lies and fears, round and round... This one's True Love long lost, and the reasons are intensely character-driven. I enjoyed it. And oh boy that epilogue!
However.
Kelpie Press needs to hire better line editors. There are missing words, but far worse, twice Ridge is referred to as Breck, and there are many instances of paragraphing fails during dialogues, which is even more confusing when there are more than two speakers. Tsk, I say. TSK.
However.
Kelpie Press needs to hire better line editors. There are missing words, but far worse, twice Ridge is referred to as Breck, and there are many instances of paragraphing fails during dialogues, which is even more confusing when there are more than two speakers. Tsk, I say. TSK.
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