Review: Ride of my life
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
(ARC received from author in exchange for an honest review)My Beautiful is the conclusion (I think) to Scarlett and Kade’s story. The book is explosive and full of twists that you couldn’t predict.In My Beautiful Kade gets his own voice and it works really well with the plot and giving you a more rounded view of what was going on. With book #1 we only saw Scarlett’s POV and due to the circumstances surrounding their relationship and the subsequent end of, it was hard to connect with Kade. You were kinda routing for Scarlett to dump him and move on, this all changes in My Beautiful.My Beautiful picks up 8 months after Lifeless finishes and sees Scarlett moving to LA for work. Knowing that Kade is living in LA she is not looking forward to bumping in to him as he still consumes her thoughts.Kade was forced by ‘the family’ to move back to LA and put his life on hold so he could be initiated into their lifestyle. For the sake of protecting Scarlett he goes. He’s not prepared to see her when he finds out she is now living in his town 8 months after he broke her heart.The author has done a good job of keeping you guessing in the book, little clues are carefully laid throughout the plot and it was engaging to be putting the pieces together alongside the characters. For the most part the book flowed quite well and there was enough going on to keep it interesting and viable. However, I’m not sure I’m happy with the fact that everything came to a head all at the same time. There was a lot of information being thrown at you as the author raced to complete the story. It was still an enjoyable read; I just think it needed to be staggered slightly so the reader isn’t as overwhelmed. Other than that book #2 kicked some serious suspense filled butt. It was everything I was looking for in a book designed to keep me on edge and I struggled to put it down.Looking forward to seeing more from J.M LaRocca. 4* Review.