Review: Wonderful Read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2014
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Wow! That was my first reaction after reading Put Me Back Together by Lola Rooney. This book was so much more than I had expected it to be. Once I started reading, I could not put the book down. Put Me Back Together took me on an emotional roller coaster ride of highs and lows. I even found myself crying at certain points because Ms. Rooney had created two characters that I truly came to care for and wanted them to reach their happy ending.Katie is a college student with a big secret. She has been lying to everyone for six years and she has allowed her secret to monopolize her life. Katie continues to put up emotional walls from those she cares about, even her twin sister, because of the secret and the guilt she carries. Then along comes Lucas who just starts to chip away at those walls.Lucas has his own secrets that haunt him which is why he “got” Katie. I really liked Lucas as a romantic hero. He didn’t step in a slay Katie’s dragons for her, he just provided the love and emotional support that she needed to slay them herself.I found the growing romance between Katie and Lucas quite believable. Their love grew slowly over the course of time and Ms. Rooney provided details that helped me understand how each was able to fall in love with the other. Nor were either character perfect. They had flaws and several times had to deal with the consequences of those flaws. It helped make Katie and Lucas real.In addition to the sweet romance, Put Me Back Together offered a suspenseful storyline. Small hints were dropped throughout the book as to what Katie’s secret was. As an avid reader, I can usually figure out where an author is headed with a plot. I was so sure that I knew what the big secret was. But Ms. Rooney surprised me. Put Me Back Together offered me something original and I really appreciated that.The writing style was terrific. Katie and Lucas were young college students and their actions and even dialogue was appropriate for their age. The story flowed naturally and the book’s ending satisfied me completely.Put Me Back Together is Ms. Rooney’s debut novel and I was quite impressed. I will definitely be looking for more books by her.