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Waylaid
by Sarina Bowen
3.5-3.75 stars. This was a good, but emotional read. Waylaid is book eight in the True North series and is Daphne and Rickie's book. Daphne is the last single Shipley sibling. She and Rickie met several years before and had a connection. But something happened and he stood her up, never contacting her again. Currently, Daphne has had a bad experience at college with an ex who threatened her college career and future, so she has transferred to Moo U for her senior year, where her twin brother, Dylan, goes. Rickie is Dylan's friend who is working at the Shipley farm for the summer. He is interested in Daphne right away, but he doesn't remember meeting her in the past. There is a lot more to it than that but I can't give anything else away. I will say Rickie and Daphne's story is an emotional read and not an easy story, but they survive and come through it together stronger in the end.
I found this book to be hard to read at times. Both Daphne and Rickie have been through a lot, seperately. They have hard, emotional pasts that they needed to heal from. The book had a darker tone that some of the others in the series. I liked Rickie, who came off as fun and flirty, but struggled with Daphne's prickliness and how focused she was on her own problems. I wanted to see firsthand a bit more healing from them and a few more happy times or lighter moments so that I could feel like they had moved on from their tough pasts. Rickie and Daphne were a good couple and a good match. But I didn't feel like they got completely comfortable and secure in their relationship with each other. Still, I found the book to be well written and engrossing. I enjoyed reading Daphne and Rickie's story.
Overall, this was a pretty good book, despite not being my favorite of the series. I have very much enjoyed the True North series and I really hope this is not end. I look forward to whatever Ms. Bowen comes up with next!
*arc provided in exchange for an honest review*
I found this book to be hard to read at times. Both Daphne and Rickie have been through a lot, seperately. They have hard, emotional pasts that they needed to heal from. The book had a darker tone that some of the others in the series. I liked Rickie, who came off as fun and flirty, but struggled with Daphne's prickliness and how focused she was on her own problems. I wanted to see firsthand a bit more healing from them and a few more happy times or lighter moments so that I could feel like they had moved on from their tough pasts. Rickie and Daphne were a good couple and a good match. But I didn't feel like they got completely comfortable and secure in their relationship with each other. Still, I found the book to be well written and engrossing. I enjoyed reading Daphne and Rickie's story.
Overall, this was a pretty good book, despite not being my favorite of the series. I have very much enjoyed the True North series and I really hope this is not end. I look forward to whatever Ms. Bowen comes up with next!
*arc provided in exchange for an honest review*