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Once the Clouds Have Gone
Nine years after leaving the small Scottish town where she’d grown up, Tag Grainger is forced to return following the sudden death of her father—and back to a life she’s long since put behind her. After inheriting a share in a family business she wants no part in, Tag is overwhelmed by the dark clouds of her her brother can’t forgive her, the nephew she adored doesn’t remember her, and everywhere she goes there are whispers about how she abandoned her family.
With her old wounds reopened, Tag longs to escape again, until the appearance of the intriguing and spirited Freddie Metcalfe forces her to reevaluate much more than she thought she needed to. But while Freddie is nursing her own broken heart, can she help Tag reconnect with her family and move on from her past?
With her old wounds reopened, Tag longs to escape again, until the appearance of the intriguing and spirited Freddie Metcalfe forces her to reevaluate much more than she thought she needed to. But while Freddie is nursing her own broken heart, can she help Tag reconnect with her family and move on from her past?
264 pages, Paperback
First published October 13, 2014
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K.E. Payne
9 books52 followersKE Payne was born in Bath, the English city, not the tub, and after leaving school she worked for the British government for fifteen years, which probably sounds a lot more exciting than it really was.
Fed up with spending her days moving paperwork around her desk and making models of the Taj Mahal out of paperclips, she packed it all in to go to university in Bristol and graduated as a mature student in 2006 with a degree in linguistics and history.
After graduating, she worked at a university in the Midlands for a while, again moving all that paperwork around, before finally leaving to embark on her dream career as a writer.
She moved to the idyllic English countryside in 2007 where she now lives and works happily surrounded by dogs and guinea pigs.
Fed up with spending her days moving paperwork around her desk and making models of the Taj Mahal out of paperclips, she packed it all in to go to university in Bristol and graduated as a mature student in 2006 with a degree in linguistics and history.
After graduating, she worked at a university in the Midlands for a while, again moving all that paperwork around, before finally leaving to embark on her dream career as a writer.
She moved to the idyllic English countryside in 2007 where she now lives and works happily surrounded by dogs and guinea pigs.
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December 27, 2014
I received a copy of this book from Bold Strokes Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I enjoyed reading Once the Clouds Have Gone by K E Payne.
The authors descriptions of the town of Balfour make the town another character in the book. The reader has no trouble envisioning each scene as Tag deals with the death of her father and the return to the community she turned her back on many years before when she felt she could not live by her father's expectations.
I would have loved to read a few scenes or flashbacks of Tag's relationship with her father. The reasons for her leaving Balfour nine years before are hinted at but not fully explored by the author.
I like how Tag's character evolved as the story progresses. When we first meet Tag she is an isolated and lonely woman who rejected her past but despises her hollow existence in England. As she finds her way and sees how her actions have affected those around her she changes into a warm and caring woman who wants to be there for her brother and nephew and is willing to once again take a chance on love. Her transformation gives the book and the reader a sense of hope when all looks bleak.
The relationship ups and downs with coffee shop manager Freddie and her sweet niece Skye feel a bit drawn out at times but I did understand Freddie's reluctance to introduce another woman into Skye's life when the chances of Tag staying in the area were very remote.
The secondary characters are as well developed in this novel as the main characters and this adds so much to the story. The reader gets to watch Tag's brother Blair come to terms with his father's death, cope with the Mill and deal with a sister who turned her back on the family leaving him to run the business with their father. His bitterness is a nice foil to the budding relationship between both Tag and Freddie and with Tag and her nephew Magnus. These side stories and conversations between Tag and her nephew added to and enriched the story.
This is not a steamy romance. The romantic relationship is a central theme but it's the challenges faced by family and friends and the struggles to keep a failing business afloat in a pretty town which drives the story. The reader is drawn into the lives of the characters and their efforts to mend broken relationships and broken hearts all the while hoping for a positive outcome for everyone.
A well told story with vivid and memorable characters.
March 31, 2016
This is a wonderful, heart-warming story about leaving, being lost and finding yourself again. It's well written and you can't help to fall in love with the main characters Tag and Freddie and all the people around them and with Balfour (a wonderful town in Scotland). I want to go there and have fun at the ceilidh. I really do, and when I'm there, I will do a bread-making course ;) this book has all a good romance needs.
August 26, 2018
“Family ties are like that - They ping you back like bungee ropes”
Family and friends - central in this book. Story of Tag who left home for almost a decade and returned upon learning the death of her father. Eventually tried to make amends with her family (Blair/Brother and Magnus/Nephew). She found love in the form of Freddie, who has issues of her own. A HEA for all though I found the ending to be a bit rushed. A well written book and a good read nonetheless.
Family and friends - central in this book. Story of Tag who left home for almost a decade and returned upon learning the death of her father. Eventually tried to make amends with her family (Blair/Brother and Magnus/Nephew). She found love in the form of Freddie, who has issues of her own. A HEA for all though I found the ending to be a bit rushed. A well written book and a good read nonetheless.
May 13, 2018
Family. There are very few groupings that are more complex. This is a read about what happens after the dynamics of a family changes. Misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and a lack of trust. Tag Grainger is lost, found, lost, and finally found. Freddie Metcalf is found, lost, and finally found. I appreciate both of these characters for their sense of self and willingness to be open to change. Tag's evolution as she sees what is possible is very appealing. The secondary characters Blair, Ellen, Magnus, Tim, and Skye are strong additions to the story. Family is central to this read, not romance.
January 17, 2015
This is a well written book with charming characters. Nothing more and nothing less than a nice story.
June 12, 2018
The book is good. The story is going well. I like all the characters in it. I like how they deal with problems. I like how Tag tried to amend for what she did, tried to repair the broken pieces that she had done in the past and proved it that she true to her words.
the relationship between Tag and Freddie, idk i feel like there was something missing. Their relationship is kinda depressing to me. But at least
the relationship between Tag and Freddie, idk i feel like there was something missing. Their relationship is kinda depressing to me. But at least
November 16, 2019
Love in the Highlands
This is a beautiful, gentle and tender story of home coming, acceptance and love. Set in the Scottish Highlands Tag comes home to her past only to find her future.
Tag is easy to know and understand. Its easy to see what she felt so lost and why she did what she did. She is far from perfect and that makes her all the more likable. The conflict with Tag and her brother and why she left was interesting. Her story with her brother added to the stories likability. I also liked I can see how it could actually happen.
Freddie's tale was just as well told. I liked that a child was involved. All too often lesbian mothers are over looked in romance stories. The whole story around the little girl was sweet and very well handled. It was so nice to see Freddie's worries about dating and how it would affect Skye.
Delightful and heart warming, this sweet romance was everything a good romance should be.
This is a beautiful, gentle and tender story of home coming, acceptance and love. Set in the Scottish Highlands Tag comes home to her past only to find her future.
Tag is easy to know and understand. Its easy to see what she felt so lost and why she did what she did. She is far from perfect and that makes her all the more likable. The conflict with Tag and her brother and why she left was interesting. Her story with her brother added to the stories likability. I also liked I can see how it could actually happen.
Freddie's tale was just as well told. I liked that a child was involved. All too often lesbian mothers are over looked in romance stories. The whole story around the little girl was sweet and very well handled. It was so nice to see Freddie's worries about dating and how it would affect Skye.
Delightful and heart warming, this sweet romance was everything a good romance should be.
March 3, 2018
An amazing story of Tag reconnecting with the very things she thought she lost a long time ago. It started slow but picked up in the middle. Tag's struggle for her loved ones' trust felt so real.
Overall, this book is definitely worth a read, especially to witness the main character's development through the story.
Overall, this book is definitely worth a read, especially to witness the main character's development through the story.
December 22, 2017
A good little read... a bit too fast paced at the end, apart from that I enjoyed it.
September 20, 2014
Note: This ARC was provided by Bold Strokes Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
"Once the Clouds Have Gone" is a contemporary romance novel by KE Payne and brings the story of a young woman returning to a place she stopped considering home and a family that she moved away from. She also returns to a town that would be rich if it could profit on all the gossiping the locals did. Since the death of her mother, she's been trying to find something that she believed to be missing from her life. Maybe what she was looking for was exactly what she left behind in the first place.
Tag Grainger left Balfour, Scotland nine years ago and returns after learning of her father's death. She is confronted by the anger of the brother who had once been the closest person in her life and by the nephew she never forgot but seems to have little to no memories of her. The mill, the center of her late father's life after the death of Tag's mother, and the businesses their father owned are now thrust upon her, with ownership being split between her and her brother, Blair. All Tag wants to do is attend her father's funeral and give Blair her share of Balfour Watermill and Bakery before flying back to London to get back to her life there.
Freddie Metcalfe became her niece Skye's legal guardian after the death of her sister, Laura. Skye has become Freddie's number one priority, creating and maintaining a life for both of them. She's been running the cafe owned by the Grainger family for a few years now but after the death of Adam Grainger, Freddie is as nervous as the rest of the employees, waiting to hear what Adam's prodigal daughter is going to decide to do with the business. After all, this may affect the life she shares with Skye. And then she meets Tag and Freddie's reaction to her is unexpected and leaves her reeling.
Tag and Freddie venture into a friendship that they both need. However, Freddie is hesitant to acknowledge the attraction they seem to both share but one she doesn't necessarily need. Tag recognizes that part of Freddie's hesitation is based on Tag's past actions (i.e. leaving her home and family) and then you have Freddie's own painful experience with an ex-girlfriend who upped and left after deciding she couldn't play parent to Skye. The thing is, I felt that Freddie was giving mixed signals and it took her FOREVER to realize how much Tag cared for her and Skye.
"Once the Clouds Have Gone" has the romance factor but it was more about Tag's own personal journey, which I actually appreciated. She made choices when she was just 18 that had their own consequences and then she finds herself still at a loss nine years later. She feels the need to prove herself to her brother and his family, the people working at the mill, and Freddie and Skye. Her selfishness at 18 (and really, aren't we all a little selfish in our teens?) is overshadowed by her selflessness at 27. ♥
All in all, "Once the Clouds Have Gone" is a good read that spotlights the importance of family and that forgiveness and trust are both earned and not given freely. The backdrop of Balfour was beautifully described and makes you want to go and be swept away by the simplicity of it all. Admittedly, I appreciated the book more for Tag's personal story with her family than her relationship with Freddie, mainly because I felt it was rushed and they didn't really have much chemistry for most of the book. Still, it was an overall good story and a lot of the characters were easy to empathize with. I'm giving "Once the Clouds Have Gone" 3.5 stars, rounded off to four stars for Goodreads. ^.^
Release Date: 14 October 2014
"Once the Clouds Have Gone" is a contemporary romance novel by KE Payne and brings the story of a young woman returning to a place she stopped considering home and a family that she moved away from. She also returns to a town that would be rich if it could profit on all the gossiping the locals did. Since the death of her mother, she's been trying to find something that she believed to be missing from her life. Maybe what she was looking for was exactly what she left behind in the first place.
Tag Grainger left Balfour, Scotland nine years ago and returns after learning of her father's death. She is confronted by the anger of the brother who had once been the closest person in her life and by the nephew she never forgot but seems to have little to no memories of her. The mill, the center of her late father's life after the death of Tag's mother, and the businesses their father owned are now thrust upon her, with ownership being split between her and her brother, Blair. All Tag wants to do is attend her father's funeral and give Blair her share of Balfour Watermill and Bakery before flying back to London to get back to her life there.
Freddie Metcalfe became her niece Skye's legal guardian after the death of her sister, Laura. Skye has become Freddie's number one priority, creating and maintaining a life for both of them. She's been running the cafe owned by the Grainger family for a few years now but after the death of Adam Grainger, Freddie is as nervous as the rest of the employees, waiting to hear what Adam's prodigal daughter is going to decide to do with the business. After all, this may affect the life she shares with Skye. And then she meets Tag and Freddie's reaction to her is unexpected and leaves her reeling.
Tag and Freddie venture into a friendship that they both need. However, Freddie is hesitant to acknowledge the attraction they seem to both share but one she doesn't necessarily need. Tag recognizes that part of Freddie's hesitation is based on Tag's past actions (i.e. leaving her home and family) and then you have Freddie's own painful experience with an ex-girlfriend who upped and left after deciding she couldn't play parent to Skye. The thing is, I felt that Freddie was giving mixed signals and it took her FOREVER to realize how much Tag cared for her and Skye.
"Once the Clouds Have Gone" has the romance factor but it was more about Tag's own personal journey, which I actually appreciated. She made choices when she was just 18 that had their own consequences and then she finds herself still at a loss nine years later. She feels the need to prove herself to her brother and his family, the people working at the mill, and Freddie and Skye. Her selfishness at 18 (and really, aren't we all a little selfish in our teens?) is overshadowed by her selflessness at 27. ♥
All in all, "Once the Clouds Have Gone" is a good read that spotlights the importance of family and that forgiveness and trust are both earned and not given freely. The backdrop of Balfour was beautifully described and makes you want to go and be swept away by the simplicity of it all. Admittedly, I appreciated the book more for Tag's personal story with her family than her relationship with Freddie, mainly because I felt it was rushed and they didn't really have much chemistry for most of the book. Still, it was an overall good story and a lot of the characters were easy to empathize with. I'm giving "Once the Clouds Have Gone" 3.5 stars, rounded off to four stars for Goodreads. ^.^
Release Date: 14 October 2014
November 17, 2014
Previously reviewed on The Good, The Bad, and the Unread:
There are times when I really appreciate stories about ordinary people in relatively ordinary situations – a setup that seems to occur more in books by British authors than in their US counterparts (or maybe I just find it easier to relate to the ordinariness of the British characters and situations). KE Payne may just turn into a go-to author for me on the occasions when I don’t want extraordinary characters in improbable situations; even when she’s writing about television stars, they’re very down-to-earth types from ordinary family backgrounds. This time, however, she’s turned her keyboard to writing about rural Scotland, and I can very much relate to the problems her characters find themselves facing.
Tag and Freddie have both experienced bereavement and painful relationship breakups and now have additional responsibilities, as a result of losing family members. Freddie took on the guardianship of her sister’s young daughter and was then dumped by her girlfriend, who couldn’t cope with the responsibilities of parenthood. Meanwhile, Tag ran away to the bright city lights in England to avoid working in her family’s milling business, only to have a disastrous relationship with a married woman – who is still her employer and landlord – but now is forced to return home, after inheriting a half share in her father’s business following his death.
What Tag would like to do is sell her shares to her older brother, who has been working in the business his whole life, but the business is failing and he seems powerless to fix things – especially since their father let him play no part in managing the accounts and told him nothing of the debts that were mounting up. If Tag and her brother can’t rebuild the business, then many members of the local community will lose their jobs – including Freddie, who runs the small coffee shop attached to the mill.
No matter how many times Tag claims she wants to tidy everything up and get back to her old job, she can’t resist helping, even to the point of neglecting the work her boss keeps sending her (in spite of having granted Tag compassionate leave) in favour of finding ways to generate publicity for the mill and lure passing tourists away from the new bypass and into the town. She also finds herself being drawn into two families – her brother’s, in which her nephew goes from resenting Tag for leaving him at a young age to becoming a fan of his ‘cool auntie’ who likes snowboarding and computer games and who encourages him to draw and to stop hiding his art from other people. Meanwhile, Freddie’s niece quickly comes to adore Tag and insists on her joining in family outings, but Freddie is very aware of how hard her last relationship breakup was on all of them and is reluctant to let her niece’s heart be broken again – never mind her own.
I love the gentleness of this story and the fact that there are no real bad guys beyond the two women’s mostly absent exes – and they seem self-centred and selfish rather than deliberately evil – and the real conflicts are against outside forces: the weather and the changing structure of rural life and business to accommodate a greater income from tourists, rather than relying on traditional industries and agriculture. Definitely one to reread over the winter in front of the fire.
There are times when I really appreciate stories about ordinary people in relatively ordinary situations – a setup that seems to occur more in books by British authors than in their US counterparts (or maybe I just find it easier to relate to the ordinariness of the British characters and situations). KE Payne may just turn into a go-to author for me on the occasions when I don’t want extraordinary characters in improbable situations; even when she’s writing about television stars, they’re very down-to-earth types from ordinary family backgrounds. This time, however, she’s turned her keyboard to writing about rural Scotland, and I can very much relate to the problems her characters find themselves facing.
Tag and Freddie have both experienced bereavement and painful relationship breakups and now have additional responsibilities, as a result of losing family members. Freddie took on the guardianship of her sister’s young daughter and was then dumped by her girlfriend, who couldn’t cope with the responsibilities of parenthood. Meanwhile, Tag ran away to the bright city lights in England to avoid working in her family’s milling business, only to have a disastrous relationship with a married woman – who is still her employer and landlord – but now is forced to return home, after inheriting a half share in her father’s business following his death.
What Tag would like to do is sell her shares to her older brother, who has been working in the business his whole life, but the business is failing and he seems powerless to fix things – especially since their father let him play no part in managing the accounts and told him nothing of the debts that were mounting up. If Tag and her brother can’t rebuild the business, then many members of the local community will lose their jobs – including Freddie, who runs the small coffee shop attached to the mill.
No matter how many times Tag claims she wants to tidy everything up and get back to her old job, she can’t resist helping, even to the point of neglecting the work her boss keeps sending her (in spite of having granted Tag compassionate leave) in favour of finding ways to generate publicity for the mill and lure passing tourists away from the new bypass and into the town. She also finds herself being drawn into two families – her brother’s, in which her nephew goes from resenting Tag for leaving him at a young age to becoming a fan of his ‘cool auntie’ who likes snowboarding and computer games and who encourages him to draw and to stop hiding his art from other people. Meanwhile, Freddie’s niece quickly comes to adore Tag and insists on her joining in family outings, but Freddie is very aware of how hard her last relationship breakup was on all of them and is reluctant to let her niece’s heart be broken again – never mind her own.
I love the gentleness of this story and the fact that there are no real bad guys beyond the two women’s mostly absent exes – and they seem self-centred and selfish rather than deliberately evil – and the real conflicts are against outside forces: the weather and the changing structure of rural life and business to accommodate a greater income from tourists, rather than relying on traditional industries and agriculture. Definitely one to reread over the winter in front of the fire.
October 19, 2014
When eighteen year old Tag Grainger left her home in the small Scottish town of Balfour she’d grown up in, little did she know it would be nine long years before she would return. When Tag does return, it’s under a cloud after the sudden death of her father.
Tag is thrown back into a life she never thought she’d have again. The fact that Tag has inherited a half share of the family business with her antagonistic brother Blair, almost sends Tag running back to her home in Liverpool.
Tag’s brother Blair, can’t forgive her for running out on the family. Her beloved nephew, Magnus who was five when she left, doesn’t remember her and to top it all, the townsfolk are all talking about how she ran off and speculating as to the reasons why. All Tag yearns for is to escape back to her mundane life in England.
When Tag and cafe manager Freddie Metcalfe meet, Tag feels the pull of attraction between them. Whilst Freddie is helping Tag take stock of her life, her family and the business, her own life isn’t running so smoothly. Freddie is hiding secrets of her own and trying to mend her own broken heart. The last thing Freddie needs is another heart break. Letting Tag in may do just that.
Will Freddie be able to help Tag with her family and the ailing business? Will Freddie be able to open up her heart? Will Tag listen to reason? Or will she run away once again? Will the clouds finally clear leaving the sun shining down on them both?
I’ve read most of KE Payne’s young adult books and thoroughly enjoyed them. This book is different. It’s a beautifully written story centering round a family with all the upheavals that can occur within families and a tender sweet, would be romance running through it.
The family described could be any regular family, the characters could be any of our friends, they are so real. I totally managed to lose myself in this story and from the scenic descriptions, lived it alongside of them all. This is the difference between the art of showing the reader and telling them. KE Payne has excelled herself with this book. I’ll be very, very surprised if it doesn’t win an award.
Both Tag and Freddie are flawed women in different ways. Both have been hurt in the past. Both need to let go of their pasts to enable them to move on and have a future, either together or not as the case may be. It’s their background stories that makes this present day story real and true to life. Their stories could happen to anyone. There is nothing remotely far fetched about them at all. As with all families, there are ups and downs. This is a real roller coaster ride of ups and downs, thrills and spills. A book I enjoyed from start to finish and could not put down.
As much as I enjoy KE Payne’s young adult books, I hope she will consider writing another adult romance soon. This book deserves it’s place amongst my favorite books in my re-read folder.
Tag is thrown back into a life she never thought she’d have again. The fact that Tag has inherited a half share of the family business with her antagonistic brother Blair, almost sends Tag running back to her home in Liverpool.
Tag’s brother Blair, can’t forgive her for running out on the family. Her beloved nephew, Magnus who was five when she left, doesn’t remember her and to top it all, the townsfolk are all talking about how she ran off and speculating as to the reasons why. All Tag yearns for is to escape back to her mundane life in England.
When Tag and cafe manager Freddie Metcalfe meet, Tag feels the pull of attraction between them. Whilst Freddie is helping Tag take stock of her life, her family and the business, her own life isn’t running so smoothly. Freddie is hiding secrets of her own and trying to mend her own broken heart. The last thing Freddie needs is another heart break. Letting Tag in may do just that.
Will Freddie be able to help Tag with her family and the ailing business? Will Freddie be able to open up her heart? Will Tag listen to reason? Or will she run away once again? Will the clouds finally clear leaving the sun shining down on them both?
I’ve read most of KE Payne’s young adult books and thoroughly enjoyed them. This book is different. It’s a beautifully written story centering round a family with all the upheavals that can occur within families and a tender sweet, would be romance running through it.
The family described could be any regular family, the characters could be any of our friends, they are so real. I totally managed to lose myself in this story and from the scenic descriptions, lived it alongside of them all. This is the difference between the art of showing the reader and telling them. KE Payne has excelled herself with this book. I’ll be very, very surprised if it doesn’t win an award.
Both Tag and Freddie are flawed women in different ways. Both have been hurt in the past. Both need to let go of their pasts to enable them to move on and have a future, either together or not as the case may be. It’s their background stories that makes this present day story real and true to life. Their stories could happen to anyone. There is nothing remotely far fetched about them at all. As with all families, there are ups and downs. This is a real roller coaster ride of ups and downs, thrills and spills. A book I enjoyed from start to finish and could not put down.
As much as I enjoy KE Payne’s young adult books, I hope she will consider writing another adult romance soon. This book deserves it’s place amongst my favorite books in my re-read folder.
April 11, 2015
Once the Clouds Have Gone by KE Payne is the story of Tag, who left her childhood home when she was about 19 years old. Now she has to get back to the place she hasn’t visited in many years because her father died and left her half of their family’s historical mill. Only, Tag didn’t leave home on good terms. She left her family behind and hardly ever checked in with them so her brother is rightfully pissed with her in the beginning of the story.
But this is only the setting for the whole romance plot because obviously the mill has a cafe that’s run by cute Freddie who is taking care of her sisters daughter since her sister passed away from cancer. I say obviously because Tag and Freddie fall in love but sadly both carry a lot of baggage from their past lives and relationships, which is why they are both not giving in to their feelings easily. It takes time and a lot of obstacles, like Tag having to prove to Freddie that she won’t just disappear like she did before.
The story is cute and some of it did ring true for me. It made me think about my own commitment issues but parts of the story were also pretty repetitive. The reasons for both lady’s reluctances are explained over and over again, so after a while you just want to yell at the book: “I GET IT, DAMN IT!” Alas, that’s the case for a lot of your run of the mill (pun maybe intended) romance novels.
In general I liked this story, the characters were fleshed out and you could actually believe their troubles even though I’m still not a 100% sure I get why Tag left home at 19 aside from just wanting to be somewhere else and not in this small town anymore. That’s legit and I get it but in the beginning of the story, her going away is portrayed like this big thing and you wonder what it is that she did. I expected a little bit more than the aforementioned. That and being a little bit redundant at times is my only complaint.
Freddie and Tag are cool characters as are the supporting characters, like Freddie’s daughter Skye, Tag’s sister in law and her nephew. So, if you want an easy and not #stupidbookisstupid worthy read, I would recommend this one.
But this is only the setting for the whole romance plot because obviously the mill has a cafe that’s run by cute Freddie who is taking care of her sisters daughter since her sister passed away from cancer. I say obviously because Tag and Freddie fall in love but sadly both carry a lot of baggage from their past lives and relationships, which is why they are both not giving in to their feelings easily. It takes time and a lot of obstacles, like Tag having to prove to Freddie that she won’t just disappear like she did before.
The story is cute and some of it did ring true for me. It made me think about my own commitment issues but parts of the story were also pretty repetitive. The reasons for both lady’s reluctances are explained over and over again, so after a while you just want to yell at the book: “I GET IT, DAMN IT!” Alas, that’s the case for a lot of your run of the mill (pun maybe intended) romance novels.
In general I liked this story, the characters were fleshed out and you could actually believe their troubles even though I’m still not a 100% sure I get why Tag left home at 19 aside from just wanting to be somewhere else and not in this small town anymore. That’s legit and I get it but in the beginning of the story, her going away is portrayed like this big thing and you wonder what it is that she did. I expected a little bit more than the aforementioned. That and being a little bit redundant at times is my only complaint.
Freddie and Tag are cool characters as are the supporting characters, like Freddie’s daughter Skye, Tag’s sister in law and her nephew. So, if you want an easy and not #stupidbookisstupid worthy read, I would recommend this one.
February 19, 2016
Our library ordered a number of LGBT romance novels from Bold Strokes Books, and I keep reading them even though I don't really enjoy the romance genre at all. (But I'm also lesbian trash so I will read almost anything if it involves woman-loving women.) However this book flat-out bored me. I'm not sure if it's because it's worse than the rest or I've hit my limit. Either way I should probably steer clear from these books for a while. Until I'm driven back to them when I've exhausted my supply of other nearby lesbian literature...
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