Review: Graham & Zara
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2013
I put off reading this book after a review said you couldn't even tell it was written by Kristen Ashley. Well that is not accurate - this is classic Kristen Ashley at her finest! There isn't a lot of murder mystery & drama of that nature, but there is family drama & violence. Zara & Graham have a past together & have an open relationship since Graham likes to come & go as he pleases, breezing in & out of town. Three years ago Zara made the decision to cut her ties with "Ham" since she had an opportunity for a future with a local man who could give her what Ham couldn't - a commitment. This kind of story is so relatable - Ham is the love of Zara's life & they get along perfectly & they have fantastic off-the-charts sex, but no commitment, while Greg is available & sweet & wants to marry her, but there is no spark of passion. We know Graham from The 'Burg series as he dated February & then was struck by the crazy serial killer. Zara reaches out to Ham on the day her divorce is finalized & Ham decides to come back to Colorado for a while. Ham drove me crazy in the beginning because he had the power to break Zara, and she was at her lowest, losing her home, her marriage, her business. Jagged is written in dualing points of view so fortunately we find out what is going on in Ham's mind & that he wants a commitment & a family with her. Zara has a violent past with her father, has a doormat of a mother, and her sister took most of the abuse & turned to sex & drugs to cope. I absolutely loved how Ham & Zara fought together to get her nephew back, to get a family again, to get her home back. And we find out why Ham was a drifter for all those years. The pain that man went through at the hands of his ex-wife, wow, poor Ham! She said she loved him but yet stuck the knife right into his chest & caused him so much heartache. Ham knows Zara is the most loving woman he's even known & that he is finally safe to open up his heart. Wonderful story!!