4 Smooches!
Synopsis
The story of Kate, Kyle and Reed continues in this second novel of The Perfect Series.
Kate (Katherine) Monroe is finally coming to heads with the decisions she’s made in the past to keep herself distracted at any cost. Learning to move on and forward with the conflicts in her life is harder than she expects though. With Kyle continuing to attempt reconciliation and Kate’s mom back at home, avoiding and running are no longer an option.
All along Kate’s mind and heart are consumed with Reed, but she fights to push her feelings and desires to the side. Despite the obvious pull and connection she has with Reed she finds it difficult to let him in… and trust in herself. However, Reed’s perseverance and patience never wavers and eventually he uses the one thing that had always brought them together… tennis.
As Reed and Kate begin to embark on a new relationship they face the past and the present head on. Along the way, new challenges and emotions arise testing the direction of their future together.
Can Kate forgive herself and trust Reed in order to latch onto the one emotion she needs most… love?
Review
Better Than The First
Please don’t read this review if you have not read the first book-as it may contain spoilers. In the second installment of The Perfect Series we are back with Kate and Reed, navigating the choppy waters of their relationship. When we left them, Kate needed some time to find herself and Reed was going stir crazy without her.
Kate is doing exactly what she said she was going to do, work on a different way to deal with her issues instead of running away from them. She takes the semester off and starts to talk to somebody about what is going on in her life, including her mother. I like that Kate was taking the initiative to be a better person and deal with her problems differently, however I still didn’t find myself connecting with her. She comes off immature about some of the situations, and more that once she worried about what Reed had going on when Kyle was still trying to contact her.
Speaking of, the thorns in the sides of Kate and Reed are sill ever present. Kyle and Jessica have much bigger roles in this book, well Jessica at least, and man does that spell trouble. So while Kate and Reed are learning about this new relationship, they each have to deal with the psycho ex that just won’t let go. I think the next book should feature them getting together, sounds like they are made for each other.
There is a lot going on this time around and I liked it. Kate’s mom is back and we find out more about that situation. Reed opens up about his dad and that relationship more, as well as some action with Kate’s friend Maggie. There are little lies being held from one another between Kate and Reed, all in the name of protecting feelings, but you see that’s getting ready to blow up in their faces.
The characters changed and maybe grew up a bit for us in The Perfect Emotion and they definitely got way sexier! That Reed makes it to book boyfriend status this time around, who cares if he has some secrets. The story is constantly building and while we are given bits and pieces of what is happening, there is a cliffhanger ending to get us to come back at least one more time, which I will. It’s going to be interesting to see if Kate becomes an even stronger young woman with what lies ahead of her, and how Reed will cope with the past rearing its ugly head.
Tiffany
But It Now
