Review: Fabulous debut novel by Kennedy Kelly!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2014
I was looking forward to Kennedy's first book for quite a while and it certainly did not disappoint.. a story of 2 people falling love fast and navigating through some drama and mild angst to make it to their HEA...Audra Cole lost her husband about a year ago.. she's raising two young twin boys on her own but she has a circle of great friends to help her through her sadness. She's a teacher at the local college and hangs out with her friends.. but she's still a shell of the woman she once was. After a year of going through the paces, her bestie Quinn has had enough.. she lets Audra know that it's time to shake the cobwebs off and get back in the game and meet her a man. Audra isn't ready for anything like that at all..She's still a little heartbroken and doesn't know how to get her groove back....but Quinn is not taking no for an answer.Brecken Michaels knows about loss too.. .he lost his twin brother not to long ago and is still grieving losing his second half. He's got an adorable little girl from a total bitch ex. He's an all around good guy--and hot too!Brecken spots Audra in the local bar one night.. the night her friends have made her go out to start getting her groove back! Audra thinks he's all kinds of hot but not interested at the moment.. or so she thinks. She can't get the sexy guy out of her mind and then.. what a coincidence when he turns up on her doorstep as a potential home renovator! Audra made an appointment with three separate companies to take their bids for the remodeling she needs done. Brecken's company happens to be her first appt.The sparks of course fly... the blurb may sound like there is a big age difference but it's not. There is only a 5 year gap between them so no biggie there. It's not long before Brecken is digging his way under Audra's walls and knocking down her defenses. They fell for each other pretty quick. Audra tried to fight it thinking she wasn't ready, but the more Brecken was around, and he was around a lot, the more she felt like she needed him.Brecken and Audra connected pretty quickly.. both parents with young children and both knowing deep loss. I did feel like they moved things a little too fast--from barely knowing each other to being each other's world...but they were both people that needed someone so I was able to eventually get on board with the insta-everything they felt for each other.The road to their HEA however was not without some major obstacles that brought a few drama filled moments, some extra sadness, and major changes to their lives. There was never a dull moment in this story.. there was always something going on. It was borderline almost too much going on, but Kennedy managed to make everything that was happening flow together nicely.I did feel one thing that happened that was a major deal wasn't really necessary to the story and could have been left out completely. There was enough going on without this happening and I felt the drama it caused would have been better off used in other areas of the story. Still, this was a great debut novel and I look forward to reading more of what Kennedy put's out there. I see great things for her!!