Kaitlyn Collins and Taylor Ables meet at an Educator’s
Conference and do the bunk on the conference to play hooky instead. They find
each other very exciting and interesting. Kaitlyn takes Taylor to her
grandparents’ and while leaving from there, Taylor realises that Kaitlyn is
married. While Taylor takes a step back from her mad attraction to Kaitlyn, the
latter forges ahead and they get physically intimate. Taylor learns that
Kaitlyn’s husband, Michael, is paraplegic and that their marriage was already
on the downslide when an accident made him wheelchair bound. The two start their
relationship amidst a host of hurdles.
We really like Kaitlyn. Taylor is alright but didn’t evoke
any feeling in us. This is in the category of insta-attraction, insta-romance
and insta-love. One of the nicest things we’ve read is when Kaitlyn narrates
her life to Taylor and when Taylor asks what she can do to help, Kaitlyn
responds with a very stark, “Don’t run”. Having said that, the writing is
rather clunky, pedantic and cliché-ridden with no flow in the dialogues (except
for Kaitlyn’s flirting in the beginning). It surely needs polish. But what
really hurts the book more than anything else is frequent mistakes in the MCs
names – like Taylor is supposed to be in a store when she meets her ex but
suddenly Kaitlyn’s name appears for checkout. Proofing – so much proofing – so much
need for proofing. With help, this book could’ve been way better – because as it
stands, it is something of a challenge to go through.
PS: We totally love the cover, though.
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