For You by Kristen Ashley
Well.... this book took the top of my list!! It is long like 525 pages. But oh!! I loved every minute of it. This book kept my heart racing. Wonder if that will count as exercise? (LOL) This book has a love story, plus a mystery because a killer is on the loose. The characters are high school sweethearts and he is a cop! Yep right up my alley. The love story is heart wrenching or aggravating, or both take your pick!! Characters are all fabulous. Storyline is very captivating and holds your attention. Story of a family who loves each other and will stop at nothing to protect their own. Also a family that loves to help others. When they help you, you become a part of the family and that family love is fierce. The setting is a suburban community but with a small town feel. Everyone knows everyone kind of thing. There are 13 chapters and the chapters are very long. One chapter was like 50 some pages long! I hate long chapters, but I also understand why they are long. Each chapter tells a story that is a part of the big picture. I read the majority of this in Colorado on vacation. It left me speechless and the story hung with me for quite a while. It took me a couple days to start a new book. I wanted to talk to someone about it pretty bad. But I needed someone who had read the book. I told a couple people they needed to read it. This book was a romance book of the month from an online book club I joined. It has been my favorite that the club has given me. I plan to purchase the "real" book sometime because this is one I definitely want on my shelf. Ones that I love I want to be able to get my hands on. This book club gives me the book for free but it disappears after a while. This book is romance and I would say in the realistic fiction category. What happens, really does happen, maybe not in a rural community but the possibility is always there. It would happen more in a more populated area like a city or suburb. The people were very real to me. My mom said to me, "You get into your books like you are really there!" My response was "isn't that reading and what your suppose to do?" That may help you understand how I loved this book and how it stayed with me. I sat quietly not talking for a long time when I finished. Sorry I had a lot to say! READ IT!!
Warning: This book does contain sex. I should probably say it can be detailed so probably an 18+ read.
Rating: On a scale of 0-5 It is a definite 5 for me!