Review: It's all about Chance and Karma!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 2, 2013
Karma Taylor has lived in her parents shadow her whole life and she is content there. She doesn’t have to be in the spotlight. Unfortunately one incident when she was incredibly young has kept her there. Though she is completely comfortable hiding out in the bungalow behind her parent’s home and composing music for herself, her mom wants so much more from her. She feels as though she is the reason her daughter stays hidden away, knowing that she subject her daughter to this life with that one performance that seemed to have scarred Karma.In an effort to get Karma out of her shell again, her mother does the unthinkable, she has told Karma that she has to perform at a concert and if she doesn’t, her sister, Bijou, can’t either. But here’s the thing, her sister was born to perform. Not Karma though, she was born to compose.An additional effort to get Karma out of her shell includes finding her a love life. GAH! A meddling mother to top it all off… but when she arranges for Karma to meet another man, she sneaks out and leaves Bijou to fend off the guy.Karma escapes to the neighbors where she has always found solace. But what she runs into is a chance. Not just any chance, but Chance Nolan.Immediately feeling the attraction, her first moment with Chance is a kiss. Chance is trying to get rid of the attention of a head-hunter and Karma happens to just be there in time. That one kiss changes everything for both Karma and Chance. Agreeing to a fake relationship will keep Tiffany, the head-hunter, away and Karma’s mom at bay, or so they hope. But what starts out as a “fake” relationship quickly turns into something else for both Karma (K.T.) and Chance. But neither will admit it.But in the midst of all of K.T.’s issues are those of her sister, Bijou. Bijou was born to be on stage and she loves it, but one bad move by a ridiculous ex and she knows this concert is her only hope of a comeback to truly become great and famous. But if she can’t get her sister to perform, then her hope is gone too.When K.T. left the house to escape that day, Bijou meets the guy that their mother was intending to see Karma. But when the two of them meet, it is quickly discovered that Will is not there to date K.T., he is a shrink there to help her overcome her fear of the stage. Bijou and Will hit it off and become friends, but Bijou knows it can never be anything more than that because in addition to being a shrink, he is also a musician. Bijou will never get involved with a musician again. She had her heart and her career shattered by the last one. Nope, never.This book was exciting and fun to read. Anytime you mix characters with the names of Karma and Chance, you just know things are going to happen in an unexpected way. Nothing is normal about these two characters and I loved that about them. Their names are as unique as their personalities and I just fell in love with both of them and their little piggy too! I love the fact that the pig was won in a poker game and his name is Ante Up. So cute.This was just a great book to sit back and relax and read. It wasn’t overly angsty or full of too much drama. It was a perfect balance and I just loved it. The way the characters interacted and the passion they had was breathtaking and beautiful. But it was a simple story with complex characters. It kept me reading from beginning to end and I was so excited to share in another Laurel Heights novel by Kate Perry.*I received a complimentary copy of Loved By You in exchange for an honest review*