Review: Great Debut!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2014
IN PURSUIT follows Eddie as she moves to Chicago, away from her friends, father, and ex-boyfriend. She needed to start over. I enjoyed getting to know Eddie. She’s a fairly shy girl, but has a take-charge attitude when it comes to her career. I liked that she had a career as an interior designer and also blogged about it; I thought it was a really neat concept. Eddie’s friend from back home hooked her up with a great place to live in the city with Claire Grant, who happens to have a hot and broody older brother, Harris.Eddie is immediately attracted to Harris but at first, the attraction isn’t mutual. Harris is a bit odd to me, I feel like I didn’t really get to know him. Sure, he’s hot but I wanted to know the man. Unfortunately, I just didn’t feel a connection to him. Or maybe I’ve just gotten spoiled from reading dual POV’s. Either way, since I didn’t connect with his character, it seemed their feelings developed too fast; I wanted more of an emotional bond between the couple but instead it was mainly physical. Maybe had I known Harris better, I would have been more attached to their relationship. Granted, there’s no denying the sizzle between Eddie and Harris when they are near each other.Aside from their relationship, IN PURSUIT has a quite bit of drama thrown in. Well, technically there’s drama in their relationship as well. I enjoyed this part of the story the most, waiting to see what would happen next. And boy do things get a crazy! Cheating husbands, lying best friends, a crazy ex!IN PURSUIT has a very interesting cast of characters, and they definitely keep the story entertaining. It’s also very well written and flows smoothly. While I wanted more from Harris, this was still a very enjoyable read. Olivia Luck did a great job on her debut novel! I look forward to reading the sequel to IN PURSUIT, OF HAPPINESS (<- how cute is that!?). In fact, I’m very anxious for this sequel because I want to see how things play out for Eddie and Harris!