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A review by krixbee
Mending the Line by Christy Hayes
4.0
ARC received by NetGalley for an honest review.
This is a title that I particularly enjoyed. I found that the characters were all likable and relatively realistic; moreover, I found myself wanting to escape to the river-rafting, fly-fishing, outdoorsy lifestyle of what's clearly the setting for the Golden Rule Outfitters series.
So to Jill and Tyler - This novel's opening is amazing. I just...it's been so long since I've read a story wherein the romantic leads already know each other at the time of their novel that I found it incredibly refreshing. These are the kinds of stories that *I* write and partly due to the fact that I can't stand the love-at-first-sight nonsense that is packed into NA and YA romances. Happy day for me when I read "Mending the Line." Very soon into the novel, Hayes creates a real solid foundation for Tyler - from his family to his ambitions to his character and personality and, quickly thereafter, is able to contrast Tyler's homelife with Jill's for some added insight into what might end up being their ultimate compatibility. I liked Jill quite a bit as well. I like that she was a long distance runner and that she's had setbacks. Unlike so many of these books, our lead is not the winner. She's not some extraordinary human being with which no one can realistically relate. Instead, Jill is a hardworking athlete who struggles with her ambition vs. her ability. She questions her life's choices and her goals because of her circumstance and because of her situation. She is at that age and it is portrayed in a very real way.
Anyway, I will HAPPILY read the rest of this series. In fact, I can hardly wait for it. I will follow Christy Hayes. I find this to be just my kind of escapism. I'm a big city girl who dreams of the outdoors. This is precisely the book that I like. Good job!
This is a title that I particularly enjoyed. I found that the characters were all likable and relatively realistic; moreover, I found myself wanting to escape to the river-rafting, fly-fishing, outdoorsy lifestyle of what's clearly the setting for the Golden Rule Outfitters series.
So to Jill and Tyler - This novel's opening is amazing. I just...it's been so long since I've read a story wherein the romantic leads already know each other at the time of their novel that I found it incredibly refreshing. These are the kinds of stories that *I* write and partly due to the fact that I can't stand the love-at-first-sight nonsense that is packed into NA and YA romances. Happy day for me when I read "Mending the Line." Very soon into the novel, Hayes creates a real solid foundation for Tyler - from his family to his ambitions to his character and personality and, quickly thereafter, is able to contrast Tyler's homelife with Jill's for some added insight into what might end up being their ultimate compatibility. I liked Jill quite a bit as well. I like that she was a long distance runner and that she's had setbacks. Unlike so many of these books, our lead is not the winner. She's not some extraordinary human being with which no one can realistically relate. Instead, Jill is a hardworking athlete who struggles with her ambition vs. her ability. She questions her life's choices and her goals because of her circumstance and because of her situation. She is at that age and it is portrayed in a very real way.
Anyway, I will HAPPILY read the rest of this series. In fact, I can hardly wait for it. I will follow Christy Hayes. I find this to be just my kind of escapism. I'm a big city girl who dreams of the outdoors. This is precisely the book that I like. Good job!