Review: emotional and angst ridden
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2014
GIRL IN LOVE in the third instalment in Caisey Quinn’s contemporary, new adult, Kyle Ryans series focusing on country singers Kylie Ryans and Trace Corbin. Girl in Love is not a stand alone storyline: you must read Girl with Guitar and Girl on Tour before starting Girl in Love.Girl in Love fast forwards the series nine months to one year. Following his recent release from a rehab centre for alcohol addiction Trace returns to find the woman he loves celebrating her birthday with another man and his record label all but dropping him from his current contract.  It is here where the storyline pulls the reader into an exhausting roller coaster ride that reveals the lack of communication and immaturity of two people who love one another but refuse to acknowledge the bigger picture. And Trace’s continuing spiral into professional destruction as one disaster after another is thrown in our couple’s direction proves costly in the end.The premise finds Kylie and Trace on tour together. Their record label is all but forcing the couple together to keep the paparazzi and gossip rumors flying; what better way to drum up ticket sales than by focusing on the one-time lovers whose current relationship is tense, angst ridden and fodder for the tabloid newspapers. But pushing these two former lovers together is nothing less than explosive when innuendo, a lack of communication and a series of misunderstandings leaves Kylie and Trace battered, heartbroken and depressed.The relationship between Kylie and Trace is exhausting and troublesome-not only for friends and family- but the reader as well.  The push and pull of the emotional storyline was tiring because the couple refused to admit the truth to one another until about 90% into the story.  At every opportunity –something or someone-interfered or halted the progression of their reconnection and in truth is was Kylie’s need to run every time she suspected Trace of betrayal and lies that amped up the exhaustion.GIRL IN LOVE is the conclusion to Trace and Kylie’s storyline-one that ends with an epilogue worthy of many romance novels and series.  But there are still many stories to tell including those of Trace’s sisters and several members of the band. Let us hope Caisey Quinn has some ideas to further the series with a spin off or additional stories.If you are a fan of emotional and angst ridden stories, Girl in Love and the Kylie Ryans series is the perfect read. There is heartbreaking sorrow and pain; betrayal and misunderstanding; forgiveness and love.  In the end, GIRL IN LOVE is a story about two people unwilling to see the forest for the trees, because once the heart is broken, it is difficult to put the pieces back together.