Wide Open Spaces by Aurora Rose Reynolds Review
4 Smooches
Synopsis
That moment your life changes.
That moment that changes your life.
That moment you love someone more than you love yourself.
That was the moment we gave our son up for adoption and the moment I was left bare. A wide-open space that would forever be empty.
There are moments that define you as a person, moments that prove just how strong you are, moments you push yourself to keep going forward when all you really want to do is give up. It was in one of those moments when I reached out and found him waiting for me.
When Shelby Calder left home fifteen years ago, she never planned on returning to the Alaskan town she left behind. But after the death of her grandfather and a bitter divorce, she hopes going home will be a fresh start for her and her ten-year-old son.
Zach Watters has made a lot of mistakes in his life. But when he sees Shelby Calder, looking more beautiful than ever, standing outside her childhood home, he promises himself that letting her go won’t be a mistake he ever makes again.
Some things never change and love is one of them.
Review
‘It takes one breath for me to realize who just stepped out of my grandparents’ house. One breath for every moment I spent with the man standing before me to flash through my head. Two seconds for me to feel my world come to a stop.’
Aurora Rose Reyonds gives good alpha. That is a simple fact at this point. There hasn’t been a series she has put out that I haven’t enjoyed. While this was not my favorite book of hers I did still enjoy it an d was surprised by some of the hate I have seen for it out on Goodreads. Zach and Shelby are not perfect but I personally don’t want perfect heroes and heroines in my books. There were some mistakes made by both but one in particular by Zach that does at times make it hard to like him. But while he might not fully regret his decisions he does regret the pain they caused.
“Every day since you left, I’ve lived with the knowledge that I didn’t fight for us, that I didn’t try to find a way to make you want to stay, that I didn’t go and make you come home.”
Wide Open Spaces was an emotional journey that both pulled at my heart and had my belly aching from laughter. I would have personally loved a bit more drawn out drama and maybe some action but then again I am a sucker for a good shootout or kidnapping in my alpha insta love stories. Still Aurora’s writing does seem to grown which each story she pens and I am very excited for the storyline and characters of the third in this series.
~miranda
