Review: short and sensual
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
Dazed, A Connections Novella, Kim KarrReview from Jeannie Zelos Book reviews.I loved Connected and Torn, the first two with River and Dahlia ( though I hated the fact I didn't know Connected was a part one, with huge cliffhanger when I read it....and that really made me cross) so was eager to read this one.Its the same easy reading style I’ve come to expect from Kim, and both the characters and the settings feel so real. Though its centred around Jagger and Aerie, it was good to get a catch up of River and Dahlia too. Aerie, she's lovely, very OCD when it comes to her personal life and ways, outfits coordinated and planned ahead, flat always tidy with everything in its allotted place, even down to what food she eats when she's out. She needs control over everything, absolutely everything, or she gets really anxious and panicky – as we get closer to her we can see some of why that is. Then there's Jagger – Rivers cousin. He's Mr Smooth, gorgeous, charmer and a really nice guy, and much more go with the flow carefree, and yet he and Aerie just click, from the first glance there's a searing attraction, and Aerie finds herself doing things she’d never expect. All's going well until...Jagger's ex turns up. Oh I love that kind of conundrum :- )Its a fun read, decent believable plot, bits of friction and drama – all the elements I love but...it's a novella and they're just too short for me to really get into. If this had been full size I reckon it'd be a five – certainly a 4.5 from me, but somehow I find novellas are over just as they're getting interesting. Still, I’m a quick reader and not everyone is, so there' s a huge market for these shorter books. If that’s your choice then you'll probably go with my “longer” hypothetical rating...it just seemed that the drama was so short, that I didn't get time to wallow, that it was Happy, Happy, Oh Dear, Sob, Sob and then in a trice it was Happy again...It’s priced at 1.23 for  141 pages which reflects its novella status, and its well worth reading to keep up with the Connections connections :-) and just for itself too. You don't need to have read the others, its a standalone with no cliffhanger, hurrah !!Stars: Four. Great, if short, read. To be fair its clearly marked as novella, I just would have loved it as a longer book.ARC supplied by Netgalley