Review: CAN'T LET GO.... has left me out of balance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 4, 2013
(Originally posted on SnarkyMomReads.)Shoot.  Me.  NOW.It must have been "Mom Brain", but I got snookered again.  When I had the opportunity to read "Can't Let Go" in exchange for an unbiased review, I didn't realize the damn thing was a PREQUEL.AAAUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!So should YOU read it?  YES!  YES!  YES!  Just be aware that you're going to be watching the calendar for October 1st to arrive so you can read Hard to Handle (Love in the Balance) (288 pages for $2.99)."CAN'T LET GO", written by Jessica Lemmon (& hey - her website is absolutely ADORABLE!) is a novella THAT IS A PREQUEL of 89 pages for 99 cents.  Those will be the MOST FRUSTRATING 99 pennies you've ever spent at Amazon, because when you get to the end of "Can't Let Go", you feel like CRYING.  Not necessarily because it isn't quite the happily ever after that everyone envisions for the end... but because you can't wait to get [in my best Paul Harvey voice]... "The Rest Of The Story".  Jessica Lemmon has done a fantastic job of weaving her character stories in a way that makes you feel for them - heck, I even found myself with tears running down my face at one point (note to self - this is an effective way to clear the room of my 3 male spawn & the assorted friends).Sadie and Aiden are unlucky in love - he's six months out from a divorce and she was just jilted by her fiance, who left her for her sister.  They meet in a bar and the spark is instantaneous and magnetic.  Aiden realizes that this is something SPECIAL... and Sadie starts to get her hopes up that she really isn't love kryptonite.  But... .... ... you'll just have to go read it yourself to find out more!Sometimes I approach new authors a bit tentatively; it's like seeing a round brown thing in the middle of the carpet and going over to it, not knowing if one of the dogs has had a little "accident" in the house... or if they've just carried in a rock in their mouth and set it down as a prize for their favorite owner.  Jessica Lemmon looks to be the rock with all the little sparklies in it that Demon Dog has brought in to show off.  She's definitely become an author for my "Watch List"... and you can bet that I'll be watching for "Hard To Handle" to release!