Series: Losing It #3
Author: Cora Carmack
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Release Date:October 15th 2013
Pages: Paperback, 304 pages,
Source: Library
Summary from Goodreads:
Sometimes you have to lose yourself to find where you truly belong...
Most girls would kill to spend months traveling around Europe after college graduation with no responsibility, no parents, and no-limit credit cards. Kelsey Summers is no exception. She's having the time of her life . . . or that's what she keeps telling herself.
It's a lonely business trying to find out who you are, especially when you're afraid you won't like what you discover. No amount of drinking or dancing can chase away Kelsey's loneliness, but maybe Jackson Hunt can. After a few chance meetings, he convinces her to take a journey of adventure instead of alcohol. With each new city and experience, Kelsey's mind becomes a little clearer and her heart a little less hers. Jackson helps her unravel her own dreams and desires. But the more she learns about herself, the more Kelsey realizes how little she knows about Jackson.
Sometimes you have to lose yourself to find where you truly belong...
Most girls would kill to spend months traveling around Europe after college graduation with no responsibility, no parents, and no-limit credit cards. Kelsey Summers is no exception. She's having the time of her life . . . or that's what she keeps telling herself.
It's a lonely business trying to find out who you are, especially when you're afraid you won't like what you discover. No amount of drinking or dancing can chase away Kelsey's loneliness, but maybe Jackson Hunt can. After a few chance meetings, he convinces her to take a journey of adventure instead of alcohol. With each new city and experience, Kelsey's mind becomes a little clearer and her heart a little less hers. Jackson helps her unravel her own dreams and desires. But the more she learns about herself, the more Kelsey realizes how little she knows about Jackson.
Review
Kelsey never really captured my attention in the beginning of the series so starting was a bit rough for me. Kelsey seemed to be on a path of self destruction, sleeping with different guys every night and drinking her days away. It was a bit predictable to guess that she had something else going on. The story picked up after she started getting to know the tough guy who seems to be on a mission to get to know her. Jackson was her knight in shining armor and the romance is powerful, strong, and fast yet. I enjoyed their chemistry, dynamic, and tension; the writing did an excellent job of blending the romance with some unease.One of the big secrets, while not predictable, did seem to be a bit unoriginal. Finding It was simply a middle of the road, average read. I felt like I could not connect with the characters and they were not the most like-able people. The overall tone was serious, full of deeper issues, personal growth and no humor. The humor is what I feel in love with in the first book and the second book but seemed to be missing in this one. Finding It just fell flat for me. It was not bad by any means, I just had such high expectations after really enjoying Losing It.
Series: Losing It #3.5
Author: Cora Carmack
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Release Date:January 28th 2014
Pages: Kindle 160 Pages
Source: Library
Summary from Goodreads:
A few months after being honorably discharged from the military, Jackson Hunt is still struggling to adjust back to the real world. He needs to get a job and find a sense of normalcy if he’s going to keep his own demons at bay. The job that falls into his lap, though, is anything but normal.
Bodyguard (and baby-sitter) to spoiled-rich-girl Kelsey Summers isn’t exactly what he’d been looking for, but it’s a chance to travel, to get away from the home that has felt stifling ever since his return. It would be a pretty sweet gig if it weren’t for the fact that Kelsey’s father doesn’t want Kelsey to know she’s being followed. Hunt feels guilty (and a little bit creepy) as he watches her from afar. She’s vibrant and infuriating, exciting and reckless, mysterious and familiar. When he sees her falling into the same patterns that he suffered years ago, he decides it’s time to stop watching and help her instead. But getting to know her is more difficult than he thought, especially because the more he knows her, the more he wants her.
A few months after being honorably discharged from the military, Jackson Hunt is still struggling to adjust back to the real world. He needs to get a job and find a sense of normalcy if he’s going to keep his own demons at bay. The job that falls into his lap, though, is anything but normal.
Bodyguard (and baby-sitter) to spoiled-rich-girl Kelsey Summers isn’t exactly what he’d been looking for, but it’s a chance to travel, to get away from the home that has felt stifling ever since his return. It would be a pretty sweet gig if it weren’t for the fact that Kelsey’s father doesn’t want Kelsey to know she’s being followed. Hunt feels guilty (and a little bit creepy) as he watches her from afar. She’s vibrant and infuriating, exciting and reckless, mysterious and familiar. When he sees her falling into the same patterns that he suffered years ago, he decides it’s time to stop watching and help her instead. But getting to know her is more difficult than he thought, especially because the more he knows her, the more he wants her.
Review
Seeking Her is a novella that allows the reader to see the story from Jackson's point of view. I wish the novella was like Keeping Her in that its focus is about the ever after, instead it is the same story just from a different view. While others may like the change in POV, I feel like the story is too similar and I have a tendency to lose interest in reading the same story line just slightly different.As mentioned before, I had a hard time connecting with both Kelsey and Jackson making the story hard to get into. I would not recommend this one unless you loved Jackson and just want more from his perspective. And you have to be okay with him being a bit stalker-ish. Even with all that said, the writing is fast paced and an easy read. I cannot wait to start Carmack's next series!
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