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A review by xakyr
Shattered Vows by Kaylea Cross
3.0
FTC DISCLAIMER: I RECEIVED AN E-ARC FROM THE PUBLISHER THROUGH INKSLINGER PR. I VOLUNTARILY OFFER MY HONEST REVIEW OF THE BOOK, THOUGH IT IS NOT EXPECTED OF ME! RECEIPT OF THIS BOOK IN THIS MANNER DOES NOT AFFECT MY OPINION OF THE BOOK OR THE CONTENT OF MY REVIEW! UNFORTUNATELY, THIS REVIEW WILL ALSO CONTAIN MILD SPOILERS...THIS IS THE ONLY WARNING YOU WILL SEE ABOUT THEM!
I've been journeying along with the Crimson Point series for a while now, but this was the one story I was really looking forward to for a while now! However, I find myself somewhat disappointed with it.
We knew from the previous book that Molly had a less than ideal situation happening with her soon to be ex-husband, one that wasn't entirely his fault. Then, there's a monkey wrench thrown into that same situation, and suddenly he's died right on the eve of his divorce. That should have paved everything for the new romance with Jase, but it didn't. Molly was too worried about Jase having a hidden TBI syndrome, like her husband Carter had, that she kept pushing Jase away. Add in the suspense angle with the loan sharks, and it made for this awkward push pull that didn't really resolve until the very end of the book. I also didn't like that Molly never saw a therapist about the abuse that Carter had heaped on her or the fact that she never really mourned Carter's death before jumping into things with Jase. She claimed that she'd done her mourning a while ago, but I think she was really mourning the death of her marriage, not Carter himself. It was a convenient way to not discuss those issues.
I also really hated that Carter was hanging all over the start of the relationship with Molly and Jase. Molly being pregnant with Carter's baby was the start of it, but his hateful words to Jase about how he had Molly even though Jase loved her on replay all the time didn't help matters any. Then this mysterious loan with the loan shark plot line comes along. It felt a little convenient, and just one more way to keep Carter's memory alive and well in the story.
If I ignored all those issues with the story, I was actually well entertained and could actually enjoy the story at times. I just feel that this story is going to be the weakest of the series.
I've been journeying along with the Crimson Point series for a while now, but this was the one story I was really looking forward to for a while now! However, I find myself somewhat disappointed with it.
We knew from the previous book that Molly had a less than ideal situation happening with her soon to be ex-husband, one that wasn't entirely his fault. Then, there's a monkey wrench thrown into that same situation, and suddenly he's died right on the eve of his divorce. That should have paved everything for the new romance with Jase, but it didn't. Molly was too worried about Jase having a hidden TBI syndrome, like her husband Carter had, that she kept pushing Jase away. Add in the suspense angle with the loan sharks, and it made for this awkward push pull that didn't really resolve until the very end of the book. I also didn't like that Molly never saw a therapist about the abuse that Carter had heaped on her or the fact that she never really mourned Carter's death before jumping into things with Jase. She claimed that she'd done her mourning a while ago, but I think she was really mourning the death of her marriage, not Carter himself. It was a convenient way to not discuss those issues.
I also really hated that Carter was hanging all over the start of the relationship with Molly and Jase. Molly being pregnant with Carter's baby was the start of it, but his hateful words to Jase about how he had Molly even though Jase loved her on replay all the time didn't help matters any. Then this mysterious loan with the loan shark plot line comes along. It felt a little convenient, and just one more way to keep Carter's memory alive and well in the story.
If I ignored all those issues with the story, I was actually well entertained and could actually enjoy the story at times. I just feel that this story is going to be the weakest of the series.