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A review by theromancespace
One Last Kiss by A.S. Kelly
2.0
2 Stars
I have very mixed feelings regarding this book. I liked the element of an age-gap between Rain and Parker. It happens to be one of my favorite tropes. However, I found myself very frustrated by both of them.
Parker is a divorced single father of twin girls scorned by love and Rain appears to be a shy, yoga teacher pining after Parker ever since the night he saved her. They have feelings for eachother or perhaps it's just lust at first, but something is there that they can't seem to forget after that night. Parker is afraid of getting his heart broken and he won't risk hurting his little girls. Rain wants Parker to want her, but she lacks the courage to really go for him. Luckily they have a close friend group and they are both being pushed on both sides to take a leap of faith.
I believe most of my frustration with this read came from being slightly confused with the dialogue. I found myself getting lost in who was speaking and to whom. I found this book hard to follow especially when it contained mostly dialogue. I did however, like the personalities of the supporting characters. The friends were funny and witty but not particularly clever in their plans to push the couple together. I also liked how the author incorporated the "aside" device with Parker, I would've liked to see more of that. I found it to be fun and different.
Overall I would say I didn't love this book. It wasn't a bad book, maybe just not for me. Conflicts that could easily be solved by communication don't excite me. I just find myself frustrated begging the characters to get their head out of their own a**.
Release Date: [ 20 Aug 2021 ]
Thank you Xpresso Book Tours for this ARC
I have very mixed feelings regarding this book. I liked the element of an age-gap between Rain and Parker. It happens to be one of my favorite tropes. However, I found myself very frustrated by both of them.
Parker is a divorced single father of twin girls scorned by love and Rain appears to be a shy, yoga teacher pining after Parker ever since the night he saved her. They have feelings for eachother or perhaps it's just lust at first, but something is there that they can't seem to forget after that night. Parker is afraid of getting his heart broken and he won't risk hurting his little girls. Rain wants Parker to want her, but she lacks the courage to really go for him. Luckily they have a close friend group and they are both being pushed on both sides to take a leap of faith.
I believe most of my frustration with this read came from being slightly confused with the dialogue. I found myself getting lost in who was speaking and to whom. I found this book hard to follow especially when it contained mostly dialogue. I did however, like the personalities of the supporting characters. The friends were funny and witty but not particularly clever in their plans to push the couple together. I also liked how the author incorporated the "aside" device with Parker, I would've liked to see more of that. I found it to be fun and different.
Overall I would say I didn't love this book. It wasn't a bad book, maybe just not for me. Conflicts that could easily be solved by communication don't excite me. I just find myself frustrated begging the characters to get their head out of their own a**.
Release Date: [ 20 Aug 2021 ]
Thank you Xpresso Book Tours for this ARC