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Cate and Kian #2
Two Halves
“Nobody would judge you for being a footballer with a wife; everybody would judge me for being a footballer’s wife.”
It’s 3 years on from ‘My First Half’ and Cate and Kian have got their happy ever after… almost. They’ve been married for 4 years and have a 3-year-old daughter, Lola but apart from their close friends and family, nobody else knows about their marriage. The press still think that Kian is a carefree bachelor engaged in an on again-off again relationship with Alice Devereux.
To avoid being judged as a ditzy WAG whose only interests are designer handbags and shoes, Cate has enrolled at university under her maiden name and none of her classmates know about Kian or Lola. It’s her chance to find out what her life could have been like if she hadn’t got married and pregnant at 18.
When Cate finds out about Kian’s drunken tryst with one of his sister’s friends after his England team got knocked out of the World Cup on penalties again, she leaves him and moves back home with her Mum and older sister, Liv. Kian tries desperately to win her back but Cate has to decide not only if she can forgive him but now that she’s back in her old attic bedroom, surrounded by all of her teenage paraphernalia, does she really want to be Cate Warner, the wife of a professional footballer or would she rather be Cate Klein again?
It’s 3 years on from ‘My First Half’ and Cate and Kian have got their happy ever after… almost. They’ve been married for 4 years and have a 3-year-old daughter, Lola but apart from their close friends and family, nobody else knows about their marriage. The press still think that Kian is a carefree bachelor engaged in an on again-off again relationship with Alice Devereux.
To avoid being judged as a ditzy WAG whose only interests are designer handbags and shoes, Cate has enrolled at university under her maiden name and none of her classmates know about Kian or Lola. It’s her chance to find out what her life could have been like if she hadn’t got married and pregnant at 18.
When Cate finds out about Kian’s drunken tryst with one of his sister’s friends after his England team got knocked out of the World Cup on penalties again, she leaves him and moves back home with her Mum and older sister, Liv. Kian tries desperately to win her back but Cate has to decide not only if she can forgive him but now that she’s back in her old attic bedroom, surrounded by all of her teenage paraphernalia, does she really want to be Cate Warner, the wife of a professional footballer or would she rather be Cate Klein again?
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Published June 10, 2017
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Louise Hall
14 books19 followersA pluviophile living in Manchester, England surrounded by books, books and more books. Author of the 'Cate & Kian' and 'Ohana Girls' series and the standalones 'Tragic Pixie Girl' and 'Poppy & The Gents'.
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July 29, 2022
Not at all.
Another pitiful attempt to make us believe cheating is normal and must be forgiven. Oh, only for men, of course. Women must stay faithful and celibate as nuns. What a joyful thing that all those writers are women! It makes us really happy! All those years of feminist battle to get rid of double standard and all that bullshit and here we are, in the same situation as 100 years ago, with men cheating and women forgiving them and taking them back as the stupid cows they are.
Sorry for my bitchiness.
- the writing seems disconnected. The first part is angsty and drama filled, you cry for the heroine’s pain and you cry for the hero’s betrayal. Then suddenly the second part all is solved without any real discussion. How do they solve their situation? With I’m sorry for the slip, oh it’s ok, it’s nothing really???? The heroine goes from almost suicidal to sugar sugar honey honey in two seconds. Really believable.
- the situation of their marriage is uncomfortable at least. They keep their marriage a secret because she’s a student and he’s a famous footballer. They have a daughter. Why this choice? I can see it may be uncomfortable but marriage requires commitment and some sacrifices so both of them could have made some changes even if it was difficult, but I think that - if only for their daughter’s sake- they should have made their marriage public, difficult at first, easier later.
Him being always alone when he was away playing is what caused his unavoidable cheating.
- he cheated. No matter if he was drunk and couldn’t perform the final act, he got himself drunk, and so he got into a situation of weakness and was exploited by a ho, but he should have known better. He had no reason to cheat and I wish the heroine didn’t forgive him.
- the whole situation with the ow going public on tabloids was really embarrassing and I wish the hero did a coming out but apparently he didn’t. He was a coward sob, who couldn’t even protect his wife and daughter.
No, I didn’t enjoy the book at all.
There’s no explanation of his cheating, apparently he had a bj and was to drunk to perform, but it is not clear. His wife suffered while he paid ow for months to stay silent. Disgusting.
- I didn’t feel any love on his part. The love is in his actions and not in his empty declarations. He should have stayed with his wife and should have protected his family. He wasn’t able.
- so tired of this double standard where women are always those who suffer and men cheat. I can’t accept in these days and times that this kind of things are still considered normal and acceptable. I wish women loved themselves a little more than this.
- my final comment is: what you get from men or other people in general is what you allow them to give, in good and bad. So respect yourself a little more and tell yourself that you’re worth more than this, and let it happen. It all comes in the end.
Another pitiful attempt to make us believe cheating is normal and must be forgiven. Oh, only for men, of course. Women must stay faithful and celibate as nuns. What a joyful thing that all those writers are women! It makes us really happy! All those years of feminist battle to get rid of double standard and all that bullshit and here we are, in the same situation as 100 years ago, with men cheating and women forgiving them and taking them back as the stupid cows they are.
Sorry for my bitchiness.
- the writing seems disconnected. The first part is angsty and drama filled, you cry for the heroine’s pain and you cry for the hero’s betrayal. Then suddenly the second part all is solved without any real discussion. How do they solve their situation? With I’m sorry for the slip, oh it’s ok, it’s nothing really???? The heroine goes from almost suicidal to sugar sugar honey honey in two seconds. Really believable.
- the situation of their marriage is uncomfortable at least. They keep their marriage a secret because she’s a student and he’s a famous footballer. They have a daughter. Why this choice? I can see it may be uncomfortable but marriage requires commitment and some sacrifices so both of them could have made some changes even if it was difficult, but I think that - if only for their daughter’s sake- they should have made their marriage public, difficult at first, easier later.
Him being always alone when he was away playing is what caused his unavoidable cheating.
- he cheated. No matter if he was drunk and couldn’t perform the final act, he got himself drunk, and so he got into a situation of weakness and was exploited by a ho, but he should have known better. He had no reason to cheat and I wish the heroine didn’t forgive him.
- the whole situation with the ow going public on tabloids was really embarrassing and I wish the hero did a coming out but apparently he didn’t. He was a coward sob, who couldn’t even protect his wife and daughter.
No, I didn’t enjoy the book at all.
There’s no explanation of his cheating, apparently he had a bj and was to drunk to perform, but it is not clear. His wife suffered while he paid ow for months to stay silent. Disgusting.
- I didn’t feel any love on his part. The love is in his actions and not in his empty declarations. He should have stayed with his wife and should have protected his family. He wasn’t able.
- so tired of this double standard where women are always those who suffer and men cheat. I can’t accept in these days and times that this kind of things are still considered normal and acceptable. I wish women loved themselves a little more than this.
- my final comment is: what you get from men or other people in general is what you allow them to give, in good and bad. So respect yourself a little more and tell yourself that you’re worth more than this, and let it happen. It all comes in the end.
avoid
July 26, 2022Self note
Avoid
Cheater H.
The H-Kian- cheats on the h when he’s away, then pays off the ow to keep silent.
The wife still finds out.
Avoid
Cheater H.
The H-Kian- cheats on the h when he’s away, then pays off the ow to keep silent.
The wife still finds out.
September 8, 2020
Eh
Kian cheats on Cate while away and then pays of the woman when she threatens to tell Cate.
Cate finally finds out and not from the husband but the woman herself. She leaves him but don't worry the get back together.
Kian cheats on Cate while away and then pays of the woman when she threatens to tell Cate.
Cate finally finds out and not from the husband but the woman herself. She leaves him but don't worry the get back together.
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June 22, 2017
I read the first and second book in one day! I had mixed emotions while reading this. Definitely a roller coaster of emotions. I was shedding a tear, got frustrated and angry. But, LOVE CONQUERS ALL, they say.
July 8, 2017
I really enjoyed this book. The author has come a long way since book one. The editing and formatting was much better this time. The characters were believable and I really wanted them to get their HEA this time.
March 13, 2023
Juvenile characters. Juvenile writing style as well.
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