Review: Another Great Read By An Awesome Author!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2014
It’s no secret that I’m a huuuge fan of Renee Carlino’s. Ever since Will Ryan hopped on that flight with Mia in Sweet Thing, I knew another great author had finally surfaced in our book world.But you know what really sets apart a good author from a great one? Consistency.A lot of first-time authors deliver really strong debuts but then, unfortunately, fall through the cracks with their consequent releases because the second-time around wasn’t so great.Well that is sure not the case here with Carlino’s second full-length novel(but third published book). In Nowhere But Here, she delivers a heart-thundering and goosie-popping book that just gives you the feels chapter after chapter. Personally, I think I have a soft spot for our heroine, Kate; since like her, my real-life job is being a journalist. So like a true romantic, it’s every reporter’s dream(if I do say so myself) to get that one assignment that will change your life forever. I haven’t gotten mine yet, but I will shamelessly live vicariously through the awesome, witty and well-written Kate.When Kate takes an assignment to the oh-so-romantic Napa Valley in California to interview a self-made “techie” and his winery, she readily jumps at the opportunity to leave behind her dull Chicago life. What she doesn’t anticipate is meeting Jamie, the one man who’ll charm excitement and love into her boring life. But all she has is one week for this assignment, and when it’s over the whirlwind romance she thought she found may turn out to be layered with secrets that could have the power to obliterate everything she thought she found.The one word that best describes Carlino’s style of writing is: charming.There’s just something about her tone of voice and delivery of the story that just charms your heart and soul into falling immediately head over heels for her books. Not only that, but the way her characters are sculpted, well, there’s no freakin’ way you can escape their allure. And oh my, the instant you meet Jamie—he won’t even have to speak—he’ll win you over!This book has everything: great writing, well-rounded characters, steamy love scenes, and incredibly visual scenes that instantly give glimpses of the setting, whether it be in the lush openness of the winery or the bustling trains of Chicago. And on top of alllll that, there’s incredible detail to the story. Little things that you may think are not that necessary, but then they turn out to be facets in the story that will get your heart thumping like crazy.If you’re looking for an incredibly romantic—and rather epic—love story that you can read as a stand-alone, then Nowhere But Here is the book for you!!