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Feisty by Julia Kent
5.0
Wow! This was my first Julia Kent book and what a way to start!
Feisty is such an amazing book, because it is fun and hilarious and you find yourself smiling at parts, but it is also a story of discovering new parts of yourself and learning and accepting how they make up who you are.
Feisty starts in the most dramatic and intense way, it really kicks off with a bang. I was pulled right in from the start and hooked into knowing how Fiona and Chris's story played out. I have never read a book that started in such a way, it was shocking!
Fiona, or Feisty which she was given to her by a boy in the seventh grade, has tried hard to erase her past self. After leaving for college, she changed her image and frame of mind completely choosing to think positively and start meditating. However, this book is proof that you can never really escape you past and fate has a way of stepping in to make sure you find what you need for your future too.
Chris 'Fletch' Fletcher has grown up since he gave that awful nickname to Fiona, and is now a paramedic and owns his own boxing gym. He wants to get to know Fiona, having always had a soft spot for her since school and to apologise for what he said in the seventh grade. But Fiona has always steered clear, putting him into a certain mould and thinking he's the same guy he was growing up. However, when fate steps in and they are thrown back into each others lives, popping up in the same places time and time again, will Fiona fight what is starting between them or allow herself to open up and accept how a part of herself she wants to leave behind is very much a part of her now? Will one traumatic event allow Fletch to be able to prove how he's always felt about her and finally allow her to let him in?
Fiona was so different to most heroines and I loved that about her. She was so refreshing and sweet, I think more heroines should be like her. Fletch was an absolute sweetheart, I think his message about what giving her that name taught him is such an important one. I loved how slow burn this book was, Fletch only moving at a pace Fiona was happy with, not pushing her but not giving up on her, was so unlike most romance novels, where usually the alpha male pushes the heroine into being with him. That's not to say that Fletch wasn't possessive or alpha when they got together, he just allowed Fiona to come to him, when she was ready which was amazing!
I haven't read Fluffy or Perky but now I will. Feisty has 100% made me fall in love with every single character and I need to know their stories now. Mallory, Perky, Will and Parker made such great side characters, they brought the whole book together and really made everything seem so real. I love series about friendship groups as it's not just a story about the couple but also about the friendships too.
My favourite part of the whole book was when they visited the cabin. No spoilers but the whole scene absolutely killed me, I laughed hard. I find if an author can make you smile at sweet moments, laugh at hilarious situations and make your heart ache when something upsetting happens, they're an amazing writer and Julia Kent did all those things.
This is an amazing read and I would recommend to anyone, I read it in one go, it's that good!
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.*
Feisty is such an amazing book, because it is fun and hilarious and you find yourself smiling at parts, but it is also a story of discovering new parts of yourself and learning and accepting how they make up who you are.
Feisty starts in the most dramatic and intense way, it really kicks off with a bang. I was pulled right in from the start and hooked into knowing how Fiona and Chris's story played out. I have never read a book that started in such a way, it was shocking!
Fiona, or Feisty which she was given to her by a boy in the seventh grade, has tried hard to erase her past self. After leaving for college, she changed her image and frame of mind completely choosing to think positively and start meditating. However, this book is proof that you can never really escape you past and fate has a way of stepping in to make sure you find what you need for your future too.
Chris 'Fletch' Fletcher has grown up since he gave that awful nickname to Fiona, and is now a paramedic and owns his own boxing gym. He wants to get to know Fiona, having always had a soft spot for her since school and to apologise for what he said in the seventh grade. But Fiona has always steered clear, putting him into a certain mould and thinking he's the same guy he was growing up. However, when fate steps in and they are thrown back into each others lives, popping up in the same places time and time again, will Fiona fight what is starting between them or allow herself to open up and accept how a part of herself she wants to leave behind is very much a part of her now? Will one traumatic event allow Fletch to be able to prove how he's always felt about her and finally allow her to let him in?
Fiona was so different to most heroines and I loved that about her. She was so refreshing and sweet, I think more heroines should be like her. Fletch was an absolute sweetheart, I think his message about what giving her that name taught him is such an important one. I loved how slow burn this book was, Fletch only moving at a pace Fiona was happy with, not pushing her but not giving up on her, was so unlike most romance novels, where usually the alpha male pushes the heroine into being with him. That's not to say that Fletch wasn't possessive or alpha when they got together, he just allowed Fiona to come to him, when she was ready which was amazing!
I haven't read Fluffy or Perky but now I will. Feisty has 100% made me fall in love with every single character and I need to know their stories now. Mallory, Perky, Will and Parker made such great side characters, they brought the whole book together and really made everything seem so real. I love series about friendship groups as it's not just a story about the couple but also about the friendships too.
My favourite part of the whole book was when they visited the cabin. No spoilers but the whole scene absolutely killed me, I laughed hard. I find if an author can make you smile at sweet moments, laugh at hilarious situations and make your heart ache when something upsetting happens, they're an amazing writer and Julia Kent did all those things.
This is an amazing read and I would recommend to anyone, I read it in one go, it's that good!
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.*