Friday, August 19, 2022

August 19, 2022 - Staff Reviews


 

Just One Spark
By Carly Phillips
Release Date: January 18, 2022
Ebook Available from WV Reads!


3 Stars - Rockstar Dash Kingston has found the love of his life in the latest Kingston family story. The romance between him Cassidy is already started by the first chapter, and it quickly heats up. But these two have some committment issues to face before they can live happily ever after.

Phillips' fun and bubbly atmosphere is perfectly intact here with a slew of returning characters. Her slightly sentimental style and sweet couples are back as well. This one just really suffered from some pacing issues I believe. Dash is overcoming his rocky past of course, and Cassidy has pretty much already stolen his heart. His emotions and doubt feel very genuiene in his pursuit of her. He's clever too, basically tricking her into a relationship. Cassidy wasn't especially memorable but she was kind and cautious.

This one sort of felt like putting the cart before the horse, if you will pardon a metaphor. Cassidy and Dash's most exciting night, a hook up where they both felt the big spark, after a brush with a psycho stalker, happens off page in another novel. After the intensity of Xander's story, this one is a bit mellow and ho-hum in comparison. Dash and Cassidy enter a pseudo relationship for positive press for the band, and she acts as their assistant. But they make it clear very quickly how real this is. Both of them sort of hold back on thr actual love part, which seems weird and a bit forced. This was still a fun and fast read with a medium level of steamy scenes along the way. The author definitely teased us though with the youngest and final Kingston sibling book though! So, I'll be back for more like always. As will probably most fans of the series. This can be read as a standalone but I wouldn't start here.

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