Kismet by A.E. Woodward Review

Kismet by A.E. Woodward

5 smooches

This book is sad, there is no way around that. So many times while reading this I was torn up and put back together. I was an emotional mess the whole time and I loved every minute of it! Get your tissues ready cause this is an emotional roller coaster.

Kismet is a book about one woman, Katie, and her struggle to find herself after her world comes crashing down on her. When this book begins Katie has just lost her husband, her daughter and her unborn child in a car accident. Even though the accident was not her fault directly she believes all the guilt lies on her and that this is her kismet for the choices she has made.

Katie is in a deep depression and has moved back home to her family’s horse farm. Sad, depressed and mute she has buried herself in her head and cannot see a way out.  Katie’s family is struggling to find even a portion of the old Katie inside the shell they have now.

Parker McKenzie is her brother’s best friend and has always been Katie’s protector . . . until he was the one that hurt her.  Now that Katie is back home he can’t stay away. Helping out around the farm and just trying to be there for her during her recovery from this tragedy.  Parker has always loved Katie, first as a protector, then as a lust filled youth and then as more. But he let his families demons and his own insecurities talk him into letting her go before but now that she is home he won’t let that happen again. There are so many things about Katie and Parker that point to this being all wrong, but together they are just right.

Now, I am an overly emotional girl and I was scared to read this book since I saw the trailer for it. I knew I would be crying like a baby the whole time. I cried tears of great sadness and tears of great joy over and over again.  This was not a light, easy read for me but it wasn’t a dark and depressing book either. It was a perfect balance of emotional and hopeful. With each emotional breakthrough Katie made I could feel the tears swelling in my eyes.

I am a huge fan of A.E. Woodward’s other books and was nervous because this book is very different than those. I thought the subject matter was going to make it a difficult read and to tell you the truth it was. Now, that being said this is by far my favorite book she has written. It was beautiful, meaningful and told a story unlike any I have read before. I tend to read books with a lighter subject matter and although this book broke me down I would completely recommend it to everyone I know. But, first I need a glass of wine! 😉

~miranda

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