Author: Natasha Preston
Series: Standalone
Genre: Contemporary Romance/New Adult
Publisher: InkSlinger PR
Publication Date: April 23rd, 2018
Edition: Kindle Edition
Source: Received for Review/Blog Tour
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Synopsis:
At nineteen, Savannah Dean escaped her family, leaving behind a note and the people who caused her so much pain.
Now, she lives on her own and keeps to herself.
At nineteen, Kent Lawson’s girlfriend betrayed him, leaving him behind with a broken heart and a whole lot of mistrust in women.
Now, he lives on his own and shares himself with nearly every pretty thing that walks by but only for one night.
When Savannah and Kent meet, they can’t stand each other.
Kent knows she’s hiding something, and he despises liars.
And Savannah has nothing but secrets.
UK native Natasha Preston grew up in small villages and towns. She discovered her love of writing when she stumbled across an amateur writing site and uploaded her first story and hasn’t looked back since.
She enjoys writing contemporary romance, gritty Young Adult thrillers and, of course, the occasional serial killer.
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More Contemporary Romances by Natasha Preston
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Our Chance
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Review:
I really liked this book. Savannah and Kent were two really likable characters, they both had their own demons.
I really like 'Hate-to-Love' romance stories, almost as much as I love 'Friends-to-Lovers' romance. Hate-to-Love romance has things being explosive when feelings come out that makes the romance more steamy and hot, and I enjoy books like that from time to time.
While the romance seemed to come on fast, this can't really be called "insta-love", they met over three months before the start of this book but conversations were almost non-existent. Savannah because she didn't really want to get close to anyone, and Kent because of his distrust of women (aside from his family anyway).
After spending more time with her and talking to her, he slowly starts to fall in love with her, and she with him. She also starts to love his family when she practically gets forced to join one of their weekend meals. His family is one of the best parts of his book, they are snarky and hilarious. His family is what starts to help her come out of her shell and start actually living her life again, even if she isn't ready to talk about what her family did to her yet.
Savannah has a hard time opening up to people after the ones closest to her betrayed her trust, and Kent has a hard time trusting women after his first serious girlfriend betrayed him. Both people had to learn to trust again, though it took Savannah a bit longer to open up about her past than it did Kent. And Kent took that as a betrayal once things came out.
I really liked that, for the most part, they handled things maturely. I suppose it can be argued that Kent acted a little childish, but thankfully he had people in his life that called him out on that and forced him to see things from her perspective, so that didn't last very long.
The ending was insane, and I didn't see that coming. I hope there are more books with these characters.
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