Review: So amazing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
After reading Rush Me, I thought I knew what to expect from Running Back. I was only sort of right. I knew that both Natalie and Mike would be interesting characters with deep personal stories and I was right about that. And I knew that there would be laugh out loud snarky moments between characters and I was right about that. What I wasn’t expecting was to be drawn so far into the side story about Natalie and her search for Ivernis. In Rush Me, it was really about Ryan and Rachael and their search for love and really who they were. In Running Back, it was about Natalie and Mike and their search for love, the truth about their families and Natalie’s Irish dream.The depth of this story was incredible, yet the book was still a fun and quick read. I couldn’t put it down. I really loved the interactions between Natalie and Mike. They were very similar to Rachael and Ryan, with the snarky back and forth, but it was so amazing when they started to really talk to each other about life and their dreams. It was such a great journey watching them open up to each other.And on top of their amazing relationship was the thing that brought them together in the first place, the search for Invernis. All of the history that Allison Parr infused into the story was so awesome. I’m a big fan of history, especially ancient European history. Some people might have found the information boring, but I ate it up. I couldn’t get enough of it and now I am even more excited about going to Ireland someday, than I was before. I especially loved the epilogue that we got that wrapped it all up for us. It was a perfect way to end this book.Of course, we got to see some of our favorite New York Leopards, but not as often as we did in Rush Me since Running Back mostly took place in Ireland. I have a feeling we’ll see them a lot more often in Imaginary Lines (which I can’t wait to get my hands on). This is a great series and I am definitely a fan of Allison Parr and her amazing writing style.Arc provided via Netgalley for an honest review.