Review: Learning to Love
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2013
I received this book from the Author for an honest review.This book is a short continuation of Knotted Roots and is told from both Katy and Brian's  POV's. I do not know how Ruthi has done it, but she has done an amazing job in writing this book from 2 characters POV's. This book made me really see what great people Katy and Brian really are. Katy is someone that you can not help but to love with her charming and caring personality. Brian really gives you an insight on why he acts the way he does and gives you his feelings on that night that changed his and Chase's lives forever. Brian really is a loving guy who feels a lot of guilt. Together Katy and Brian are met for one another and can really help one another heal their hearts all the while falling in love.In this book we meet Katy and Brian. Katy is Roxies best friend and Brian is Chase's brother. Katy has been in love with Chase for as long as she can remember. But knowing that Chase has found happiness with her best friend Roxie, Katy has let her feelings for him go and is happy that he has found someone that he loves.Roxie's parents are in town for a few weeks and Roxie needs to take time off from running the Farm to finishing up some things from Betty's passing and spend time with them before they head back to New York, so she asks Katy to help Brian run the farm. With much reservation and not wanting to do it, Katy gives in when Chase asks her to help for the few weeks.While working on the farm together, Brian and Katy learn a lot about one another. Brian has always been in love with Katy, with her eyes always focused on Chase he knew he didn't have a chance. Now that his brother is out of the picture he spends his time trying to show her that he really isn't a bad guy after all and that they both are alike in many ways.Katy finally see's Brian for the genuine guy he is and starts to have these unknown feelings for him.  But Katy doesn't know if he will accept her if he knew everything she was dealing with at home with her family. Katy has a mother who is an alcoholic and father who has run from his family and all of their problems, leaving Katy to be the mom of the house.One night Brian is letting his past go and he receives a call from Katy asking him to come over. Things are getting hot and heavy and all of a sudden Brian is running down the stairs. Katy's mom has set the house on fire in one of her drunken stupors'. With Brian getting Katy out of the house in time, the house burns to the ground and Katy doesn't know where her mother is.After losing her mother in the fire and her dad to his job, Katy realizes that her life isn't over and she does have people who are family already. She has fallen in love with Brian and  her best friend Roxie who is more like a sister. Maybe Katy and Brian's lives are not so different after all and they do make the perfect couple.