I finished this book a couple of weeks ago and my time's been super crazy that I couldn't sit and type about my feelings for this book. It's a duology if you're new reading this, the first book is Chasing Red and this one is the segment so it's not really my fault if you get any spoilers from now on, I always try to avoid doing it but sometimes it might be inevitable.
So let's begin!
I really really enjoyed the first book, Chasing Red was like this fresh air on my romances and I love a good cliché, I love when the author can be adorable and obvious with the book in a good way. Red and Caleb are so meant for each other that I was flipping when Veronica (aka Red) took forever to go and talk with Caleb so they could figure their situation together. Can someone please bitch-slap Beatrice-Rose for me?! Also if Isabelle doesn't write a book with Cam and Kar I will kill somebody and I totally mean it. They deserve so much to have their story explained, to have their own happiness with or without each other. I mean reading Always Red you understand more of their story but it's still not enough and deep down I think the author has done on purpose so she can have this wing to write their own story.
PLEASE. DO.
I'm dying for KarCam/CamKar story or CamCam (I found out that the original on Wattpad they shared the same nickname).
Going back to Red story. She's at least better in seeing that Caleb hasn't done anything to betray her trust and that he's not her past nor will be. Now the ball is in her court, what will she do to win him back? Both of them are miserable and we have Beatrice-batshitcrazy-Rose and Justin-WhoDoYouThinkYouAre to be watching out for. It's so frustrating that they are actually capable of so many damaging. Back off bad guys!
We see more sides of Caleb too, he wants to be trusted and he doesn't take it lightly when Red tries to hide things from him. For him it's all or nothing and now he's gonna graduate and work, they need to trust each other if they're gonna make it for her last year of college.
And I need to talk about Theo and Beth! How can he be so blind?! Again I expect a book so I can see their story too! Please? Pretty please? I like the way the author introduced the character to make you curious and wait for more, I expected much more interactions so you could actually be begging desperately for another book, but I can be happy with what I've got.
This second book it's more closure to Caleb and Red story. I liked, I would've like more drama, more craziness, but it was a good cliché which I'm sure Isabelle it's not done, there's not way she will let Cam and Kar hanging there in the open space, so we will get to see Caleb and Red some more. I still love so much Kar moments in the story, she's so sassy, punk, true to herself, funny and such a fierce friend, I love how she picks Red up, kicks her butt and makes her move on.
It shows you that our past might be nerve-wracking, a total nightmare, a darkness without a hint of light but it can't be reflected in our present or our future because we are better than that, we deserve better than that. I can't wait for more to come.
Isabelle is a very good author, her writing style is enchanting and she can quickly draw you to the story. She's a good storyteller and I can see why she made such a success in the Wattpad world before releasing her original book.
If I need to choose, I liked Chasing Red better than Always Red but it's still super good to get to the end of a story that got you so excited in the first place.
The book will be release now on November 7th so be sure to grab your copy and dive in right after Chasing Red!