 |
| Click to Purchase
|
We received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review...
Last December we stumbled across The Edge of Never and
immediately fell in love not only with the book and Andrew and Camryn, but also
with J.A. Redmerski. She has this knack
for sucking you completely into a story.
We both picked up the Edge of Never and read the entire book in one
sitting. To say we loved the story is
an understatement (in fact it was the catalyst to our renewed book obsession
and eventual creation of Romance Rewind), so when we learned Andrew and Camryn
were getting a sequel we couldn’t wait to get our hands on a copy and see what
was in store for one of our favorite book couples.
This story begins exactly where The Edge of Never left us,
so if you haven’t read the first book please don’t read any further in this
review or both books will be spoiled for you.
Andrew is tumor free, Camryn is expecting a baby and the two
are living in Texas. In any story there
has to be some form of drama and it doesn’t take long for the shit to hit the
fan in this sequel. For Andrew and
Camryn, when it rains it pours and with the fallout of tragedy Andrew realizes
the only way to save Camryn from herself is a much needed and over due road
trip.
While we absolutely loved their road trip in the first book
it was as if something was missing this time around. Maybe it was because there was no mystery of secrets between the
two or maybe it was too just too much like déjà vu. Either way it left us wanting more.
Some of the things we really enjoyed from this book journey
were seeing that no matter what life throws at them these two always stick
together and you never for one second doubt their love or dedication. They are a team for better or worse and
honestly its even more clear now that together they make the perfect
couple. We loved their conversations, quirkiness,
and the promises they made one another throughout their journey. We refuse to
give specific details because we really don’t want to give away the whole
story.
We have struggled with this review because our hopes for
this book were exceptionally high and truthfully we were somewhat
disappointed. Maybe if it had been a
short novella stopping at the end of their road trip with an epilogue of their
promising future we would have felt more satisfied. But honestly parts of the book just felt forced, and sometimes if
felt as if the story was just dragging on.
There were a couple of incidents we still are scratching our head over,
wondering what impact they really made on the overall story. We totally hated the beach party scene and
felt it was completely unnecessary and out of character for both Camryn and
Andrew. In addition we really didn’t
enjoy the change of perspective in the epilogue mainly because we didn’t really
feel any connection to the character telling it.
We absolutely love J.A. Redmerski, she is still one our
favorites, and we do think this book is worth your time to read because it
truly is the conclusion to Andrew and Camryn’s love story. No questions in regard to their relationship
or life are left unanswered. Everyone
has different ideas as to how a sequel should turn out and just because we
didn’t love it doesn’t mean you won’t.
No comments:
Post a Comment