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Give Me a Reason

A.L. Jackson

3.72 AVERAGE

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4.5 stars

What a fantastic start to a new series. Rife with compelling and complex characters, an intense and passionate opposites attract chemistry, and some unexpected twists, this is a beautiful and emotional story about loss, redemption, and the power of love. Lyrical prose, amazing secondary characters, and a story that packs so much heart and heat- there’s so much to adore. One of my favorite AL Jackson stories to date- and looking forward to more from this family!

Full RTC

Trent Lawson is a true bad boy . Tattooed from head to toe, only drives motorcycles + sports cars and he is the owner of the local night club in town, Trent’s reputation proceeds him . Hiding out in Redemption Falls was the only way Trent knew how to keep him, his son + his two brother’s out of harms way from the past that is trying to catch up to them all . Trent’s only focus in life has been to protect his son from any + everything, but nothing makes sense anymore once he meets the beautiful Ms. Murphy and realizes he wants to protect her too .

Eden Murphy is heaven on earth . A beautiful + pure soul who only wants to make everyone happy around her, even if it means she is not . Working as a teacher at her father’s private christian school, Eden finds herself needing a second job to help make ends meet at the school . Without her father knowing, Eden takes a job at the local night club across town . Thinking it will be a quick month of work + then pretending it never happened, she wasn’t prepared for the storm Trent would be in her life .

Trent + Eden were such an amazing couple - a true opposites attract romance . I loved that the two of them were different in almost every single way except for both running from past traumas + loving Gage furiously . I also loved that Trent’s brother’s were very involved in this first book . I have already grown so attached to Logan + Judd that I can’t wait to read their books next !

As always with A.L. Jackson she knocks it out of the park . I love how she can intertwine suspense + romance to make it flow so seamlessly . I will admit that the end of the story was not my favorite . I didn’t want that specific person to be so heavily involved negatively in each of their lives but it did make sense for the story . This was the first book in the Redemption Hills series but can be read as a stand-alone . Enjoy !
dark emotional funny medium-paced

Dnf

Can't do it. The writing style is boring, repetitive, dramatic, and too much inner dialog. We get it. He has a past that makes him no good for her. And she is "heaven". Despite knowing that and thinking she will fall apart in the end she can't stay away.

Wow this was an incredible story. So beautiful and so sad at times. I absolutely loved this. Gage is the cutest thing in the whole world.

3.5 ⭐️s. I really loved the plot and the plot twist. Why do all the sentences lack pronouns. Like “Am gonna be better”. WHY CAN’T HE SAY “I’m gonna be better”. I know it’s to help out off like a gruff tough guy, but gruff tough guys use pronouns in their sentences too. If you can get past that, I’d recommend because like I said good plot and I surprisingly didn’t see the plot twist coming.

3.5

I definitely didn’t see the twist in this book coming!

I loved these guys but like I said with the other books I can Not get into the caveman talk. Just use the work “I” before hand it would help my brain so much lol
dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No