Review: The Party By Katie Ashley
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2013
My Take on this Journey:This is a very short Novella about Emma Harrison and Aidan Fitzgerald.  Emma has had a string of bad luck in her life, and she feels that her biological clock is ticking.  She is shy, witty, and a fiery red head with a temper to match her hair.  Aidan is a good looking, blue-eyed, blond bachelor, known as the office man whore.  He loves them and leaves them.  Emma and Aidan meet at an office party, and he gets his eyes set on the beautiful knock out, and decides that she is the flavor of the night.  The only problem is that Emma is very shy, and though she is attracted to Aidan, she is a woman that is too smart to get involved in a one night stand.  Once her girlfriends tell her about his reputation, all bets are off.  Aidan isn't use to anyone saying no to him, so he is taken aback by her negative response to his advances.This is a very fast-paced novella.  It starts out in the present, then goes back to two years prior, and tells the story of how these two characters first met.  Emma has had a lot of tragedy in her life, and isn't interested in finding a relationship.  In this short little novella, the author makes Emma into a well-rounded character.  The reader gets the essence of her.Aidan is a very self-absorbed character, yet very intriguing.  He is constantly being badgered about his bachelor status, and told that he needs to settle down, by his sisters.  I found him at times to be very blunt, and it was humorous how he thought that his cute little smile could get him anything he wanted.Sorry to say, that this little Novella has the dreaded little cliff hanger.  My followers know what I think of those!  Looking forward to the sequel, and hope it gives me the kind of ending that makes me go along for the ride.I give this little Novella a clock-ticking, thrill seeking, 3 1/2 stars.