Review: Great
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2014
***ARC provided for an honest review of the book.***This book is a wonderful debut novel, and Josh and Carissa's story is a great introduction to the small town of River Bend. The book had everything I love in a romance: a second-chance love-story, a heroine you'd want to be friends with, and a sexy, strong, swoony hero who you'd want to sweep you off your feet. Their chemistry is explosive and the love scenes are very sexy and descriptive. The secondary characters are well developed, too, and I can't wait to see which one's story we get to hear next (I'm hoping for Tony!). It's refreshing that there is no angst just for the sake of it, just a story about people living their lives, dealing with what life throws at them, and learning from the consequences of their life choices. The book is told in alternating POVs, and I really enjoyed hearing both character's thoughts. Ms. McLain also did a nice job giving us their history in a couple of flashbacks. My only complaint about the book was that there were some editing issues, like words missing from sentences, that I found very distracting. They didn't take away from my over-all enjoyment of the story and may be very likely because I was reading an earlier version of the book. I'm very excited about this series, and I am really looking forward to seeing where Ms. McLain takes these characters in book 2.