Review: I love Zach and Violet's Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2014
This is a beautiful, realistic story of first loves and second chances.Unlike a lot of the popular romances out now, Playing for Love is a more realistic take on college sweethearts that ended their relationship on a bad note only to have fate step in and reconnect them.Violet, like the flower, and Zach's story was both heartbreaking and heartwarming. As college friends they had one passionate night that led to powerful declarations and hurtful reactions leading to the demise of their relationship all together.Though they've both moved on, neither have been able to forget each other. When fate throws them together Zach decides that he won't let Violet, AKA Vile, slip through his fingers yet again. Violet wants to resist him but the pull of their strong feelings is too strong."What we have? It's beautiful and it's real and it's the truth, and yes, it's f-ing terrifying, Vile, but we can make it work. I want to make it work because two months with you was worth the nine years of emptiness that came after."Will they be able to put their past behind them and find their ever after?This book is a perfect example of why Katy Regnery has quickly become one of my favorite authors. In addition to being one of the sweetest ladies I've never met in person, girl can write!! This book is a little "steamier" than her Heart of Montana series books but all of them are extremely well written. Katy just has a knack for drawing you in and putting you smack dab in the middle of the story. One of my favorite parts of this book is that, while there are brief scenes with supporting characters, this is truly Zach and Violet's story.This is the first in her new series Enchanted Places but if this is the type of writing and original plotting that we have to look forward to then the best book can't come out soon enough!*I received an ARC from the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.