Review: Another Little Piece of My Heart
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 1, 2013
After reading (and loving!) the first book in the Digital First imprint, Stir Me Up, I couldn’t wait to dive into Another Little Piece of My Heart and let me tell you: I was definitely not disappointed!First off, let me start with the setting of this book! A beach on the east coast: my FAVORITE! I love beach settings, especially ones on the ocean and the small, touristy town where Claire’s family vacations was perfect. I love little hole-in-the-wall bars, creaky beach houses and small town hospitality and we seen it all here!I really liked Claire, the main character. Her love for music and how it was so much of her personality was a great trait. I thought she was really unique from a lot of female teenage characters, and I enjoyed that very much. I also adored her relationship with her best friend (who was hilarious!). I also quite liked Jared. He had to grow on me, because I couldn’t get past the fact he wrote a song about his ex at first, but once his personality was revealed a bit more, I really liked him. The secondary characters were a real prominent part of this novel as well, which is something I always appreciate. As I have said a million times over, I almost always find a bigger attachment with secondary characters than main characters and while it didn’t happen in Another Little Piece of My Heart, I really loved that they were such a huge part of the book.I wasn’t extremely fond of Claire’s family. Granted, as the story went on I didn’t mind her sister and her two cousins but her father was just horrible! He was so condescending, arrogant and negative and while I can appreciate that he wanted the best for his daughter, he went about it the entire wrong way and I couldn’t get past that. I hated how he looked down upon people who were “less” than him and it was somewhat sad that his teenage daughter had a firmer grasp on reality than he did! And I really wasn’t fond of the fact that Claire’s parents forced her to break up with Jared with the excuse of her mother dying. I think it’s horrible that a mother would want to inflict pain on her child like that, especially at a time when she would need someone to lean on! That all being said, those very things that I disliked played major parts in Claire’s story and brought her to this part of her story, so I guess they weren’t all that bad :PI loved the romance. It was slow burning, despite having been there before and I was on my toes the entire book just waiting for something to happen. It was refreshing that they didn’t just jump back into their old relationship, but worked through the anger, betrayal and feelings and it was wonderful to watch unfold!Tracey Martin’s writing is beautiful. I couldn’t put the book down once I started and I especially enjoyed how music was such a large part of the book.I highly recommend picking this one up! It’s a great, unique contemporary romance!**I received this book for review from the publisher**