Review: Bartender Rating: Top Shelf
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2014
This and more reviews at The Book Bar.coRating: Top Shelf Pass the Mezcal & crank up the Jimenez, Drift will make you feel, hear, see and taste everything that is passionate about life, love and family!Just loved it.  I will always come back to Steph Campbell & Liz Reinhardt when I need a fun, romantic, sensual story to overcome my senses.  I looked up the art work, salivated over the mentioned meals and currently have the earbuds in, listening to Jose Alfredo Jimenez; reminiscing about the days on my Grandfather's patio while listening to Jimenez and Ronstadt that blared over the loud conversations of the 30+ family members that came for carne asada.The Silver Strand series books are all stand alone, but trust me, you'll fall in love with the Rodriguez family.  Drift focuses on the eldest Rodriguez daughter, Lydia.  She finds herself on 'mandatory paid vacation' and in the process reexamines her life and whether or not she is happy with the results of her hard work.When I’m ready to go back and start new, I don’t want to make the same mistakes. I don’t want to be shallow and waste my time with guys who I pick based on their career motivations. I want to be cherished.Campbell, Steph; Reinhardt, Liz (2013-11-10). Drift (Lengths) (Kindle Locations 725-727). . Kindle Edition.She's been screwed over by someone she thought was mature enough to provide a future with high expectations. Unfortunately, the cut-throat world she was living in shows her exactly what she would be getting involved in.I glare at Richard. Right now, Medusa herself would be scared of the face I’m making. But Richard still looks at his hands like a handsome, chisel-jawed lump of [mucking ship] I’m going to murder with my bare hands.Campbell, Steph; Reinhardt, Liz (2013-11-10). Drift (Lengths) (Kindle Locations 75-77). . Kindle Edition.With her career in peril and the prospect of finding a new boyfriend on the backburner, she starts her journey on what her life has become and what she wants from it now. Fortunately, Isaac comes into her life, as her professor. Brilliant and wise, he makes the leap to pursue Lydia. Even though every thought in Lydia's brain tells her it's a bad idea (dating someone younger, dating her professor, coming out of a bad "relationship"), every cell in her body tells her to take the chance and do what makes her happy, for now.Nineteen or not— I want.Campbell, Steph; Reinhardt, Liz (2013-11-10). Drift (Lengths) (Kindle Location 1841). . Kindle Edition.Isaac breaks down her walls with his passion for life. His own paintings touch her and his reverence for her family, religion and art open her eyes to the endless possibilities. I found myself looking up the art pieces he describes, and appreciating the detail in the depiction.“What will you do with these?” she asks.I shrug. “What do you mean?”“I mean, will you display them?” Her fingers reach down for that bit of sheet again, and I realize she’s spooked about other people seeing them.“I can’t share these with anyone,” I tell her.She looks up, relieved, then suspicious. “Why?”“Because men will fall in love. With you. And some of them will be better men than me. I don’t know how long I’ll be able to hold you, Lydia . I don’t know how I’ll be able to keep you with me, and I’m a jealous [rectal sphincter]. If other men saw these and wanted you, I’d fight like crazy. And then I’d have broken hands and no more career.” I smile at her, and she smiles back.Campbell, Steph; Reinhardt, Liz (2013-11-10). Drift (Lengths) (Kindle Locations 3140-3147). . Kindle Edition.I just loved this book and I realized that there are many superficial goals and characteristics that I share with Lydia. I really appreciated the break down of her ego only to rebuild it with so much meaning.I think back to the many quips and pokes I was sure would be hilarious, but wound up sending one of my sisters stomping away furious or in tears. Or one of my brothers shaking his head and telling me to tone down the [rectal sphincter].Campbell, Steph; Reinhardt, Liz (2013-11-10). Drift (Lengths) (Kindle Locations 1314-1315). . Kindle Edition.