Review: Unchecked
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2014
I loved Tessa Bailey's other books with the Brazen line. I found Ginger and Willa from Protecting What's His to be tough, fun and smart heroines. When I heard Willa was getting her own story I was pretty excited. Then I realized it was through the Embrace line (very clever Entangled, very clever!) I don't generally read New Adult because I find it too whiny and angsty. The angsty ramblings go unchecked in Unfixable for at least the first 11% of the book. I almost stopped reading because Willa was SO annoying, but I really liked Shane and wanted to know what his deal was so I kept at it.Once you got past Willa's annoying angst over her breakup with Evan and her need to "find herself" (OMG this book read like a "how to" of New Adult) the story moved along nicely. The descriptions of Ireland were beautiful and felt authentic.*Possible Spoiler*I really felt like Willa not going home to see the baby was so out of character for her. After the life the two sisters shared growing up and the strong bond they had, I found it hard to believe not only didn't she go home when the baby was born (okay I could get past that -- once in a lifetime trip to Ireland) but she stays away and doesn't meet her niece for 3 more months so she can follow Shane around. Really? That felt more like losing herself than finding herself to me.