Skye Donovan has spent her whole life moving with her parents from one duty station to another. Each time has forced her to say goodbye more times than she can count. When her dad finally retires from the U.S. Army and they settle down in Savannah GA, she finds herself in the strong arms of Oliver Nelson. Skye finally has it all - a loving fiancé, the career of her dreams and friends she can always count on. But one day everything changes.
After all that she has been through, will Skye be able to pick up the pieces and open up her heart again?
Braden Parker has spent eight long years getting over the one that got away. Even being engaged to another woman couldn't keep the thoughts of Skye at bay. Just when he thought he will never see her again, fate brings her back into his life, but she is broken.
Now that he has found her again can he convince her that their love is worth fighting for and that they can face their demons together?
My Review:
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
2 1/2 Platypires for Rediscovering Peace By Steffy Rogers
I received a free copy of this book for an honest review.
I am split down the middle on how I feel about this book. The book started off fine and I thought I was in for a really good ride. I am a sucker for a good romance story. I thought the story was different in the case that it started with a different love story in order to to set up the main one. While I can understand why that might not be the norm, I just liked the fact that it showed why Skye had trust issues.
One of the problems I had with the story was the dialogue. Which is a major factor because the novel is very dialogue driven. I didn't find the way the characters talked to each other to be realistic. It came across as very matter of fact and to perfect. For example:
Character A might say something like, "I want, I need , I plan to do something" for Character B. But then Character B would almost always say "they had it covered , they took care of it, no worries , the issues were handled." This happen a lot. Basically, for the most part, all the characters were on the same page which personally I thought that was a missed opportunity to create actual conflict or hash out the story further.
Now where the story lost me was the last 30 % of the book. A character named Dylan was introduced. I honestly thought I must have skipped his introduction earlier or maybe I wasn't paying attention because I felt his character came out of left field. As I continue to read I was pretty sure I did miss a big piece until I did a search for his name on my kindle. I didn't miss his introduction at all. He appearance came about like this:
"I really didn't want to work with Dylan today. I hoped that his attitude would change or I would have to talk to my boss about taking him off my team."
At that moment I was like "Who is Dylan?" Hence my confusion and I did not like that at all. I am the type of reader who needs a somewhat built up to a story arc. I felt he was just added towards the end to add some drama to an already established loving relationship.
After the scene with the Dylan I thought the ending just dragged on with a few minor conflicts but none of which caused any issues to Skye and Braden relationships.
As I mention I was pretty split about my feeling about Rediscovering Peace. I like the characters in the novel and I am somewhat fascinated with Skye's roommates. I thought they were an interesting bunch. The book is an easy read which I think some people might enjoy. I just wasn't feeling the ending therefore I don't think this book was for me.
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