Review: Rating: House/Well A well written story, but I needed more. Crossing my fingers for #2.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 9, 2014
This and more reviews at The Book Bar.coIt took me so long to write up this review. I really liked the premiss and the writing is immaculate. The characters are sincere and I really enjoyed the formatting, the past and present eventually meeting. The only problem I had was that the story wasn't going fast enough for me. There is a lot of set up. With that said, I have a feeling that the follow-up will get to the nitty-gritty.Elle's story is unique and well developed.  Her marriage to a controlling man, who's interests lie in her inheritance, is so stressed, that ending it all feels like her only option. Failing at this, she ends up in a psychiatric hospital and now her mental status only helps her husband gain control of what's left of her life.When I was a little girl I always thought I would end up with the hero. The strong, handsome man who swept me off my feet, loved and pampered me until I died from a full heart.K Larsen. 30 Days (Kindle Locations 873-874). Writer's Edge Publishing.Elle's story goes back and forth between how she came to be married to her horrible husband, and trying to escape her situation, to how she tries to create a new life based on promises she made with her sister.I stare at the ceiling and talk to my sister. I ask her what the hell I should do. How to live without her. I ask her how to leave Ryan. Sometimes if I hold my breath and wait I can swear I hear her trying to answer me.K Larsen. 30 Days (Kindle Locations 987-988). Writer's Edge Publishing.I never felt lost and the breaks were well timed. Her new life forces her to do things that she would have never attempted before. This is how she meets Colin, Jenna and a new cast in her new life.“Colin. Hi,” says the one with the hazel eyes, which lock on mine as he reaches his hand out to me. I shake it. The contact makes my body tingle like chemicals colliding. His eyes widen slightly as if he feels it too. Whatever feeling it is startles me and I drop his hand. He only said hello but his eyes look like coming home.K Larsen. 30 Days (Kindle Locations 147-150). Writer's Edge Publishing.Colin is her knight in shining armor, but Elle is protective of her "insane" past life. She needs to finalize so many things before she can move on... if she can move on.I can't make a life with him. I’m married. I’m hiding until I can truly be free. I feel guilt for leading him on but I can't seem to tear my hand from his. I don't know why but I feel like I need him.K Larsen. 30 Days (Kindle Locations 505-506). Writer's Edge Publishing.She has been traumatized, but she is smart and anticipates the "what if's". Colin gradually weakens her barriers and learns all her secrets. He doesn't run, he becomes her biggest proponent in her fight to start a new life.“It’s okay. I mean, I’m okay. Now. Sorta.” I’m rambling and I can't seem to stop. “But I didn't plan on you. I can't make sense of why I’m drawn to you. I know I shouldn't be because I’m shattered. Cracked. Broken,” I whisper, ashamed.He moves his seat next to mine and wraps an arm around me, pulling me tight into him. What he says next shocks me to my core.“Cracked can be repaired. Filled in. Shattered can't. You might be cracked, Elle, but you’re not beyond repair.”K Larsen. 30 Days (Kindle Locations 805-808). Writer's Edge Publishing.So, as I mentioned in the beginning of the review, there is all this build up, but then the book just stops. She's been working on protecting herself, making a new life, being happy, but then it just ends. I felt like, even though it's a series, the antagonist should have made an earlier appearance and kept us on the edge our seat before the cliff-hanger.K. Larsen creates beautiful scenes and you throughly get to know the characters. I have another book from this author and I can't wait to get into that one as well.