Review: Willa and Shane in Ireland = a great story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 16, 2014
I went right to this book after reading Protecting What's His and Protecting What's Theirs, which are Ginger and Derek's stories. Willa is Ginger's younger sister, who Ginger took care of because their mother was a drug-addicted pro. During Ginger's stories, Willa, deeply affected by her mother's mistreatment but cared for deeply and carefully by her sister, is going out with Evan, a good guy jock - but Willa breaking up with Evan is what leads to Willa's storyline in Unfixable.Willa is fiery and filled with angst because she believes she is unfixable - meant to be dark and snarky and unable to love more than her sister. She is a photographer of people - people who unknowingly pose for her during their most emotional moments. She wins a photography contest that brings her to an inn in Dublin, Ireland, and that's where she meets Shane and his family. Shane, who also had a dark childhood, is also filled with angst about whether he can continue to be a racer or should settle down and take care of his family and the family inn - that's what helps make this a good new adult novel. Willa and Shane together make an enticing but troubled couple.Shane is dark and broody like Derek (Willa's sister's husband from Protecting What's His) and is a pretty good sexy talker too like Derek. Shane, in his dark handsomeness, attracts Willa from the first, but she is using the trip to Ireland to get over what she did to Evan, so she wants to keep her distance. But, alas, that doesn't happen - and that's good for us, the readers.Shane's family (Faith and Kitty) and Willa's family (Ginger and Derek) also make great side characters. It's lovely to see that even though the two leads had terrible parents, they both have such solid families in their lives now.I recommend this book to those who like their male leads hot and troubled and their female leads strong. Even though I'm way past the new adult age, I enjoyed this book a lot, especially as Willa learns that she doesn't need to look to others to fix herself. And the connection between the two leads is hot, and their heated encounters are great to read.Thanks for reading!***Thanks to the publisher/author/netgalley for a review copy of this book. This review is my honest opinion of the book.***