Review by JessieMarie84 -- Flaherty's Crossing
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Review by JessieMarie84 -- Flaherty's Crossing
[Following is a volunteer review of "Flaherty's Crossing" by Kaylin McFarren.]
3 out of 4 stars
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Flaherty's Crossing pulled me in from the start. The story starts out with Kate Flaherty visiting her father on his death bed. She is angry with him and the way her life has been. Kate basically grew up without her father because he had the chosen profession of an over-the-road truck driver. He missed out on most of the big events in her life; prom, graduation, and such. The anger she felt long after she got married, even, left her bottling her feelings over sharing them with anyone.
Next, was meeting her husband, Drew Coleman. He seemed to be a jerk, at first. When you first meet him in the story he is returning home from a business trip, he's a lawyer, to an empty house. He wanted to talk to his wife but she isn't home and he makes the decision to pack his stuff and leave right then. He leaves the house to end up at his long time friend's place, Brian. As he enters his old flame and his friend's sister happens to be there. They have a moment and they kiss. Drew realizes his mistake and lets it go.
As it jumps between the two characters, you learn more about why Kate trust is not so great and why Drew felt like needs in the relationship weren't being met. If fact, neither felt needs of the relationship were being met and we aren't talking about the naughty kind of way either.
Kate does come in contact with a man named Mick. He "works" in the diner that her father used to take her as a child for sundaes. During the encounter, she believes he might be more than just some nice guy trying to help out, then suspects him of trying to harm her or even after the event of having her accident and meeting him, she thinks he is stalking her in the attempt to harm her in some form. All that with learning of the passing of her father while she was in her accident.
The question is, will she ever be able to fully trust others and allow for herself to let her feelings out instead of box them up to destroy everything around her? Will she ever get over not having her father around and quit blaming him for the death of her mother when she was seven? Will she get passed all this and be able to bring back the love between her and her husband before it's too late? What realization will she come to when she finds out who Mick really is?
So overall, I give this book a 3 out of 4 stars rating. Not because I didn't overly enjoy the book. I actually did. It was a quick story with a catchy storyline that I think would pull in the readers that have the same thoughts as Kate does about life. I liked that it moved on.
It got the rating that it did from me because no book is ever perfect. No author is ever going to have perfect grammar and spelling in any book. I found a few of those but not worth mentioning and only would be noticed by someone who is familiar and can really pick up on grammar and spelling issues. Again, no author or editor is perfect so in turn, no book will be perfect or deserve a perfect, not even the greats.
I, however, thoroughly enjoyed the book. I would most definitely recommend it to anyone who I knew would be into the category in which this book falls under. I'm still trying to figure it out. Romance. Enlightenment. Maybe a bit of religion. Not much of religion. A lot of reality based. It's listed as a contemporary women's mystery. There are mysteries and a lot of it mostly based on the father.
So yeah, if you are looking for something different and more laid back and kind of quick-paced, then this would be a book to read.
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3 out of 4 stars
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Flaherty's Crossing pulled me in from the start. The story starts out with Kate Flaherty visiting her father on his death bed. She is angry with him and the way her life has been. Kate basically grew up without her father because he had the chosen profession of an over-the-road truck driver. He missed out on most of the big events in her life; prom, graduation, and such. The anger she felt long after she got married, even, left her bottling her feelings over sharing them with anyone.
Next, was meeting her husband, Drew Coleman. He seemed to be a jerk, at first. When you first meet him in the story he is returning home from a business trip, he's a lawyer, to an empty house. He wanted to talk to his wife but she isn't home and he makes the decision to pack his stuff and leave right then. He leaves the house to end up at his long time friend's place, Brian. As he enters his old flame and his friend's sister happens to be there. They have a moment and they kiss. Drew realizes his mistake and lets it go.
As it jumps between the two characters, you learn more about why Kate trust is not so great and why Drew felt like needs in the relationship weren't being met. If fact, neither felt needs of the relationship were being met and we aren't talking about the naughty kind of way either.
Kate does come in contact with a man named Mick. He "works" in the diner that her father used to take her as a child for sundaes. During the encounter, she believes he might be more than just some nice guy trying to help out, then suspects him of trying to harm her or even after the event of having her accident and meeting him, she thinks he is stalking her in the attempt to harm her in some form. All that with learning of the passing of her father while she was in her accident.
The question is, will she ever be able to fully trust others and allow for herself to let her feelings out instead of box them up to destroy everything around her? Will she ever get over not having her father around and quit blaming him for the death of her mother when she was seven? Will she get passed all this and be able to bring back the love between her and her husband before it's too late? What realization will she come to when she finds out who Mick really is?
So overall, I give this book a 3 out of 4 stars rating. Not because I didn't overly enjoy the book. I actually did. It was a quick story with a catchy storyline that I think would pull in the readers that have the same thoughts as Kate does about life. I liked that it moved on.
It got the rating that it did from me because no book is ever perfect. No author is ever going to have perfect grammar and spelling in any book. I found a few of those but not worth mentioning and only would be noticed by someone who is familiar and can really pick up on grammar and spelling issues. Again, no author or editor is perfect so in turn, no book will be perfect or deserve a perfect, not even the greats.
I, however, thoroughly enjoyed the book. I would most definitely recommend it to anyone who I knew would be into the category in which this book falls under. I'm still trying to figure it out. Romance. Enlightenment. Maybe a bit of religion. Not much of religion. A lot of reality based. It's listed as a contemporary women's mystery. There are mysteries and a lot of it mostly based on the father.
So yeah, if you are looking for something different and more laid back and kind of quick-paced, then this would be a book to read.
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Flaherty's Crossing
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