Review: great follow up to wrong bed, right guy.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2013
Chasing Mrs Right.  Katee Robert.I received this from the author in return for an honest review. I don't gush and give false praise - I don't believe that helps readers or authors so what you read is what I truly feel about a book.I loved Katee's book Wrong Bed, Right Guy, with the sometimes annoying but sweet at heart Elle and the delicious Bad Boy Gabe - whose in fact a real Good Guy and not as he appeared... and this time its Elle's soldier brother returned from service in Iraq, and all the nightmares that brings who stars, along with Elle's best friend Roxanne who has her own relationship demons to fight. I love these books where we get the chance to meet up with characters we feel we already know a bit about - and excitingly there's a third book on the way with Nathan, Elle's boss and Gabe's brother who takes the lead  :)  A good romance and a bit of drama - what more do I need to escape for a few hours?I really enjoyed this book - though not quite as much as Wrong Bed, Right Guy - although they had some serious problems themselves to overcome to get together Ian and Roxanne hit it off pretty quickly and I missed the sexual tension that comes from meeting but not quite being together yet - that "will they, won't they" feeling....they met initially on a one night stand when neither realized who the other was - and it was a pretty hot night! After that though they were apart but not for long.  Although they had some hiccups there wasn't really any serious angst til around three quarters of the way through - and I guess that's what I need, as well as the love some real angsty emotions and tears and I didn't get enough of those. But that's me and others want more of the feel good stuff and this certainly delivers. The characters are great too - Elle and Ian's mum, just as she was described in book one and still the same judgemental, controlling, awkward lady. All books need an anti hero and she was perfect, could have done with seeing a bit more of her :) Ian's problems were so well described - I could understand how he felt and what triggered his scares and panic attacks, I'm sure that happens such a lot to ex service personnel, and can be so damaging to their lives. It was great to read - even if it is fiction - of someone overcoming that. We all have different problems and its reading the HEA  for those who overcome them that makes us all feel hopeful.As before the characters were well described and felt like real people - that's important to me as I need to empathise with them and feel their emotions to enjoy the novel. Katee does a great job with that - and re meeting the people we know from earlier books gives a feeling of continuity and familiarity to them. Like reading a series but without those horrible cliffhangers - my current pet peeve!!! Overall the book is a great way to pass a few hours and certainly worth adding to the Keepers file for re reading which always adds to the value.Its well edited and easy to read, no plot holes or bits where you think "what??" but I don't have pricing info as it doesn't seem to be on Amazon uk yet - any day now I guess. I'd think its a around 250-300 pages, certainly a decent length which is always my preference.Stars: four - really enjoyed it but - a bit more drama and angst, tears and breakup ( I know - I'm odd!) and I'd have gone four and half, maybe five.