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A review by justaromancereader
Hard Time by Cara McKenna
4.0
Loved this. Hard Time was a sweet and sexy read in quite an unconventional setting. Annie is the Cousins Correctional Facility outreach librarian, and meets Eric, prisoner 802267. What begins is Eric writing Annie really romantic letters.. And man, those letters. <3 Ms. Mckenna's writing is just so captivating, I can't quite explain it. Eric was so sweet to Annie. When he calls her 'darling', it just gets me every time. ;)
I like how it doesn't take a zillion pages to get together. Sometimes relationships can begin as naturally as plants grow, though some books can make the road to getting there in the first place as bumpy as can be. I relished the fact that despite her job and Eric as an ex-convict later on, it was so easy for them to be together, and they were secure enough to admit their feelings for each other early in the book. They also worked towards maintaining their relationship, which wasn't easy when it came to the place of Eric's family in his life.
I know some probably don't like how it seems to end so abruptly, but I don't mind these endings. Sometimes epilogues bring me so far to the future it makes me a little sad, because I'd like my last memory of these characters to be how they were, the ones I've grown to love in the course of the book.
I wish there was a novella for meeting the parents. I also would've liked to delve deeper into their relationship. More conversation, perhaps more of that stage of getting to know each other. That being said, Hard Time definitely won't be the last book I'll be picking up from this author.
I like how it doesn't take a zillion pages to get together. Sometimes relationships can begin as naturally as plants grow, though some books can make the road to getting there in the first place as bumpy as can be. I relished the fact that despite her job and Eric as an ex-convict later on, it was so easy for them to be together, and they were secure enough to admit their feelings for each other early in the book. They also worked towards maintaining their relationship, which wasn't easy when it came to the place of Eric's family in his life.
I know some probably don't like how it seems to end so abruptly, but I don't mind these endings. Sometimes epilogues bring me so far to the future it makes me a little sad, because I'd like my last memory of these characters to be how they were, the ones I've grown to love in the course of the book.
I wish there was a novella for meeting the parents. I also would've liked to delve deeper into their relationship. More conversation, perhaps more of that stage of getting to know each other. That being said, Hard Time definitely won't be the last book I'll be picking up from this author.