Review: A moving love story with all the feels
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
This book was not what I was expecting at all, but in the best way possible!“People are taught to fear what's different. They think they have to question it instead of just accepting it.”One of the most moving statements in the book, these words struck a cord in me. Kasen Reed is coming into his own. He has made the decision to move out, he is rocking it as ‘Cool Kasey’, and loves his small town.Enter in Rowan Kelly. A man from the city of Boston finds himself wanting to start over in the small town of Chartreuse, Alabama.  Starting his Vet practice with a heart of gold, Rowan starts to become loved by the town.A meeting on a cool morning at the dog park in town sets Kasen and Rowan on their journey.This book was a love story. A love story with many obstacles that no one should have to face, but in the end a love story all the same. When the heart finds what it wants and is sure a person would do anything for that love and that is what the reader gets the chance to see in this book.Watching Kasen become his own person through the love of Rowan and an unlikely friend, Jess, and the events surrounding him was truly moving. One must make the decision to step away in hopes of preventing things from happening or stand up and fight for whats right. To see this couple struggle through both choices and still come out on top in the end was the best feel good moment.The true feel to the book was a nice change. Some may say what happens in the book is nowhere near close to real life but the startling fact is that it is. With a brilliant message, author T.E. Ridener both made me aware and warmed my heart while reading Chartreuse. I felt for the couple on all levels and a person can only ask one thing of a great book: that it makes you feel.Chartreuse does just that and therefore making it a great book in my opinion. Give this unconventional romance a chance and fall in love with love all over again.