Craves The Angst: NEW RELEASE with BOOK REVIEW and SIGNED/GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY - LOVE, CUTTER by Michelle Jester is NOW LIVE!

"...thought-provoking, sweet, emotional at times and delved into some tough, real-life issue." - Craves the Angst

TITLE: Love, Cutter
AUTHOR: Michelle Jester
AGE GROUP: Adult
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: August 28, 2018
PUBLISHER: RopeSwing Press

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RATING: 3.5 Stars!
CLIFFHANGER: No

BOOK BLURB:

After an attempted suicide Carter finds himself in a coma. He is able to hear the world around him, yet he can’t move. What he hears propels Carter to begin to see life in a new way, especially when one of his nurses, Kinley, shares parts of her tragic past with him. Soon, Carter realizes he is falling in love with her.

Months after being transferred from the hospital, to a rehabilitation facility, he suddenly wakes up with a passion to live that he never had before and a determination to find the one person he feels may be able to help him put the pieces of his life together again. However, when he returns to the hospital, Kinley is gone and Carter must try to find her based solely on the things she shared with him while he was in a coma.

Only, nothing is as it seems and Carter learns the biggest lesson of them all… the differences between expectation, perception, and reality.

REVIEWER'S NOTE: I received an eARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 Stars!

The Review:

This story had an interesting take and kept me turning the pages as Carter and Kinley’s story played out. Though I had some issues with the writing and some of the story/character moments, I enjoyed it for the most part. It was thought-provoking, sweet, emotional at times and delved into some tough, real-life issue.

I liked it.

Story/Characters...

Carter decided to leave this world ... only fate had other plans.

Kinley decided long ago she needed to help people - help them in the way she wished people had helped her when tragedy struck.

Carter was born with a silver spoon in a family that expects too much. Kinley is the night nurse who is tasked with watching over him and when Carter enters Kinley’s world, she feels a need to help him and his family.

This book has some incredible “thinking” moments, some beautiful life lessons and a realistic view of imperfection as Carter recovers from his “mistake”. I really enjoyed the story itself as well as Carter's journey. It was heartfelt and heartwarming. There was also some great dialogue and controversial issues that dug deep. It was a great story with lively, likable characters and I was kept interested all the way through.

For some of the story, Carter is in a position where he can only listen. His character starts off in a major depression where he can only see the world through his eyes. He thinks everyone would be better off without him, but as time passes and honest conversations are said, his mindset starts to shift. It’s slow (in a good way) and revealing. Carter showed you can learn a lot if you just listen. I loved the progression and change in his character, from only thinking of himself and his value in life to seeing himself and the world through other peoples perspectives because he truly heard them. It was a great character moment for him and the author did a great job with it. I enjoyed how Carter was devoted to turning his life around and finding himself. He started out trying to find Kinley and in the end, found who he was, his place in the world and happiness all at the same time.

What didn’t work for me was the flow of the story and the lack of romance. It felt stalled in some places, like some of the scenes were forced. Though I connected with Carter and Kinley as individuals, I didn’t get a lot from them as a couple. I wanted more romance because even though Carter was falling in love with Kinley’s words and though she might have been falling in love with him while he was sleeping, there weren’t enough get-to-know-you-moments for me to invest in them as a couple. Also, the story got a little preachy in some places. It wasn’t too over the top, but there were moments I felt like things were overstated. I also thought Carter's complete turn around was a bit abrupt. I both loved the way it happened and thought it was a bit unrealistic, but regardless, that’s a small thing in comparison to the rest of the story.

The Wrap Up:

My take away - This was a good story with interesting insights into imperfection and how life is what you make it. Forget all the window dressing and find your happy - in whatever form it might take.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR...

Michelle Jester lives in Greenwell Springs, Louisiana with her husband, high school sweetheart and retired Master Sergeant. Together they have a son and daughter. She is a hopeless romantic and has been writing poems and stories for as long as she can remember.

One of her prize possessions is a bracelet with only a yellow, Rubber Duckie charm on it; which she wears every day to remind her to enjoy the fun and happy things of life!

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