Review: Interesting Romance/Suspense debut
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2014
You know the saying, "Some things are just better left unsaid..." Well in Kara Jones case, she probably wishes she would have taken that saying to heart and left the truth alone. Or just let those dogs that are sleeping in the corner, just lie. Sometimes mystery and wanting to know the truth trumpets all that knows best."Collision" by Kate L. Mary starts off with a punch. Our female lead is in a pretty nasty car accident. On her way home from school her Christmas break, her car skids and collides head on into a tree. She is banged up, but okay. During the time in the emergency room secrets are brought to life. Nothing she would have expected in her wildest dream. Kara's dad that she known her whole life is not her dad. Bad Part? You think there isn't something worse than this?? Well there is! Kara's mom has known this little fact for her whole life and chose not to let either him or her into this little secret. Kara's mom, Charlotte has her reasons. Some truths should never be told. Well little Miss Kara refuses to think so and goes on a journey of some unfortunate discovery. Which has her wishing she never made this faithful journey in the first place.I gotta say, when I read the synopsis it intrigued me and what made me want to sign up for the blog tour. I have always been a mystery girl. It was my first love before the "Fifty Shades of Greys" of the book world. When that came out and others like it, my love of mystery faded like fashion statements. But when I realized that I got two of the same type of genres that I loved, I dived right in. I wasn't disappointment with this book entirely, but I was disappointed with how the female character was portrayed in the book. I completely understand she found a devastating secret about her family and I would be hurt to if that was me. But my God. She put a whole new meaning into the word, "Brat". Drammmmmmma was Kara's middle name and that annoyed me. She kept playing the "woe is me" card just a tad bit too much. If your mother tells you there is a reason for her not sharing who your dad really is then believe her!! Don't make her out to be Satan or the plague. She's your mom, moms have their reason that just the nature of the beast. Now on the other side of the token I would want to know who my father was too, but I would of been upfront with her and told her this was just something I needed and wanted to do. *sigh* Kara was infuriating and almost the reason I couldn't finish this novel, but lets enter the knight in shining armor shall we. Derek was the savior of this story for me! He was funny, smart, geeky and downright sexy. Aww loved him. Derek was admiring Kara since High School. So for their paths to run again after this development was good for Kara. Since she didn't want her mom around and her dad that she thought all along was her dad, abandons her, Derek was a good addition in her life to keep her in check. I liked him alot! I truly think he was the best part of this book.Once the secret is found out, who her dad really is you are basically telling yourself, "Holy Shit..this can't end well". In some ways it really doesn't. The way the ending is setup it sounds like there could be a part 2, but looking at the author's Goodreads page it doesn't mention it. Time can only tell. This was a good story with a good pace. I just couldn't wrap my head around Kara. And sometimes you just can't with some characters. Don't pass this book up though because it is still good and entertaining read.Out of a 5. I'm giving this a 3.5. Good debut!