Review: Simply Delightful!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2014
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Let me start by saying that I have read several books by Laurie Roma and enjoyed everyone of them. Her newest book is no exception. I think I fell in love with Hammer’s Fall on the very first page. And the reason is simple and his name is Jared “Hammer” Caufield. Ms. Roma has provided us with the perfect man and gave him the perfect story.Jared has been “lusting” after Kali for a long time. His training gym is right across the street from her bakery and he wants to know if she is as sweet as her baked goods. But Kali has a boyfriend so Jared plans to admire from afar. But as soon as he finds out that Kali is single, Jared knows that Kali will be his.Let’s just take a minute to talk about Jared. Sigh. . . he is just about as perfect as a man can get. First there is the obvious, he’s gorgeous. He’s built. He is a former Army Ranger. He is a former MMA champion. Now on to the less obvious. He helps rehab injured vets. He helps abused teenagers. And he’s hot in the bedroom, and the conference room, and up against a wall, and anywhere he wants.But seriously, underneath the tough guy exterior beats the heat of the sweetest, gentlest, kindest man. I love how protective he is of Kali, even going so far as to button up her coat when he thinks she’s cold. But I fell even deeper in love with Jared when he stood up for Kali against her rude, crazy family. We should all have a Jared in our lives to love and adore us.Kali has some insecurity thanks to the continuing insults from her parents and ex-boyfriend. But Jared thinks she is perfect and he sets out to show her how much he loves her. I appreciated that Ms. Roma avoided the typical storyline of having Kali berate herself constantly. Instead, Kali was like the rest of us who have that inner negative voice that sometimes speaks to us. It made Kali authentic.Ms. Roma also avoided the standard drama of misunderstandings, cheating, breaking up and more which gave her plenty of time to focus on creating multi-dimensional, real, believable characters. Hammer’s Fall was just a super sweet story of two people falling in love. It was the perfect read for a lazy afternoon.Reading Hammer’s Fall quickly brought me to my happy place and I was sad when the book ended. Luckily, there were so many wonderful secondary characters living and working in Breakers, TX. I hope this means that Ms. Roma has a whole series planned out. I know that I’ll be reading them.