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Slow & Steady
by Kendall Ryan
A quick, sweet story about second chances.
I liked the idea behind this one--the still-grieving widow, struggling to make a decent living for her daughter and her husband's best friend, who blames himself for the death meet up two years after under some...unusual...circumstances--and parts of the story worked really well. Finley, Grayson, and Maple (Findley's daughter) were all kinds of cute together. I liked Gray's protective streak and Finley's determination to be independent (though she did have a tendency to take it a wee bit too far sometimes). For the most part, I thought their "slow & steady" relationship was nicely handled.
That said, there were some odd parts. The pacing is uneven--sometimes we jump ahead weeks at a time, weeks when we should have seen some more relationship building going on, so we end up feeling like we've missed out. There were also a few instances of one (or both) characters making a fast 180 about something that just a few sentences before they felt strongly about in another direction. It gave the story an odd, disjointed feel at times. The stalker/kidnapper plot needed a bit more fleshing out to feel truly effective...as is, it felt like little more than an extended scene designed to bring Fin and Gray together. (Not that this is a bad thing, necessarily, but a kidnapping stalker should be able to carry scenes all on his own thanks to his creepy mastermind-like tendencies and this guy was pretty weak.)
Overall, though, there was more here to like than not. The hero and heroine from book one ([b:Bait & Switch|27175281|Bait & Switch (Alphas Undone, #1)|Kendall Ryan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1444918337s/27175281.jpg|47211055]) make brief appearances, but Slow & Steady worked fine as a standalone.
Rating: 3 1/2 stars / B
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.
Merged review:
A quick, sweet story about second chances.
I liked the idea behind this one--the still-grieving widow, struggling to make a decent living for her daughter and her husband's best friend, who blames himself for the death meet up two years after under some...unusual...circumstances--and parts of the story worked really well. Finley, Grayson, and Maple (Findley's daughter) were all kinds of cute together. I liked Gray's protective streak and Finley's determination to be independent (though she did have a tendency to take it a wee bit too far sometimes). For the most part, I thought their "slow & steady" relationship was nicely handled.
That said, there were some odd parts. The pacing is uneven--sometimes we jump ahead weeks at a time, weeks when we should have seen some more relationship building going on, so we end up feeling like we've missed out. There were also a few instances of one (or both) characters making a fast 180 about something that just a few sentences before they felt strongly about in another direction. It gave the story an odd, disjointed feel at times. The stalker/kidnapper plot needed a bit more fleshing out to feel truly effective...as is, it felt like little more than an extended scene designed to bring Fin and Gray together. (Not that this is a bad thing, necessarily, but a kidnapping stalker should be able to carry scenes all on his own thanks to his creepy mastermind-like tendencies and this guy was pretty weak.)
Overall, though, there was more here to like than not. The hero and heroine from book one ([b:Bait & Switch|27175281|Bait & Switch (Alphas Undone, #1)|Kendall Ryan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1444918337s/27175281.jpg|47211055]) make brief appearances, but Slow & Steady worked fine as a standalone.
Rating: 3 1/2 stars / B
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.
I liked the idea behind this one--the still-grieving widow, struggling to make a decent living for her daughter and her husband's best friend, who blames himself for the death meet up two years after under some...unusual...circumstances--and parts of the story worked really well. Finley, Grayson, and Maple (Findley's daughter) were all kinds of cute together. I liked Gray's protective streak and Finley's determination to be independent (though she did have a tendency to take it a wee bit too far sometimes). For the most part, I thought their "slow & steady" relationship was nicely handled.
That said, there were some odd parts. The pacing is uneven--sometimes we jump ahead weeks at a time, weeks when we should have seen some more relationship building going on, so we end up feeling like we've missed out. There were also a few instances of one (or both) characters making a fast 180 about something that just a few sentences before they felt strongly about in another direction. It gave the story an odd, disjointed feel at times. The stalker/kidnapper plot needed a bit more fleshing out to feel truly effective...as is, it felt like little more than an extended scene designed to bring Fin and Gray together. (Not that this is a bad thing, necessarily, but a kidnapping stalker should be able to carry scenes all on his own thanks to his creepy mastermind-like tendencies and this guy was pretty weak.)
Overall, though, there was more here to like than not. The hero and heroine from book one ([b:Bait & Switch|27175281|Bait & Switch (Alphas Undone, #1)|Kendall Ryan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1444918337s/27175281.jpg|47211055]) make brief appearances, but Slow & Steady worked fine as a standalone.
Rating: 3 1/2 stars / B
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.
Merged review:
A quick, sweet story about second chances.
I liked the idea behind this one--the still-grieving widow, struggling to make a decent living for her daughter and her husband's best friend, who blames himself for the death meet up two years after under some...unusual...circumstances--and parts of the story worked really well. Finley, Grayson, and Maple (Findley's daughter) were all kinds of cute together. I liked Gray's protective streak and Finley's determination to be independent (though she did have a tendency to take it a wee bit too far sometimes). For the most part, I thought their "slow & steady" relationship was nicely handled.
That said, there were some odd parts. The pacing is uneven--sometimes we jump ahead weeks at a time, weeks when we should have seen some more relationship building going on, so we end up feeling like we've missed out. There were also a few instances of one (or both) characters making a fast 180 about something that just a few sentences before they felt strongly about in another direction. It gave the story an odd, disjointed feel at times. The stalker/kidnapper plot needed a bit more fleshing out to feel truly effective...as is, it felt like little more than an extended scene designed to bring Fin and Gray together. (Not that this is a bad thing, necessarily, but a kidnapping stalker should be able to carry scenes all on his own thanks to his creepy mastermind-like tendencies and this guy was pretty weak.)
Overall, though, there was more here to like than not. The hero and heroine from book one ([b:Bait & Switch|27175281|Bait & Switch (Alphas Undone, #1)|Kendall Ryan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1444918337s/27175281.jpg|47211055]) make brief appearances, but Slow & Steady worked fine as a standalone.
Rating: 3 1/2 stars / B
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.