Review: It's good.....but not great....similiar to Golden Trail but lacks the intensity
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
At least Kaleidoscope was a better read than Jagged.  Honestly, Kaleidoscope reminded me a little bit of Golden Trail (from the 'Burg series), where the heroine, Rocky, has to deal with PTSD, but it lacked the intensity or maybe their back story just wasn't riveting enough for me.  Usually, when I get my hands on Ms. Ashley's books, I read it in one sitting.  No so much with the last two (Jagged and Kaleidoscope).  I was hoping Kaleidoscope would be along the lines of Breathe, Sweet Dreams or Law Man.Emme is a 34 year old woman who was abducted when she was 12 years old.  Let's just say that Emme has a lot of psychological issues, stemming from her abduction, but has her issues buried so deep that it effects her relationships with people.  She's warm, affectionate and giving but manages to keep herself apart from everyone because she's afraid she'll lose people if she gets too close.Emme's character is complicated on so many levels - she even has an odd relationship with her former kidnapper.  She meets Jacob Decker (Deck from Breathe) through her BFF, Elsbeth, many years ago, when Deck and Elsbeth were a couple.  Deck and Emme had more in common than Deck had with Elsbeth, but because Deck was more into the surface and superficial beauty of Elsbeth, he didn't realize or see that Emme was his "the one" until their reunion, 9 years later.  A kaleidoscope plays a significant part of Deck's link to Emme.  Deck's character was a shade paler than the usual KA uber alpha male characters so common in her books, still I would re-read Kaleidoscope again