Jagged (Colorado Mountain, Book 5)

4 Stars

Colorado Mountain Men series by Kristen Ashley is probably one of my favorite KA series. The other being the ‘Rock Chicks" series. Since I had just put down Breathe, I was super pumped to start Jagged. I was expecting a GREAT read in line with Sweet Dreams and Lady Luck. Instead, I got a story I was able to put down at will. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem. But for me to be able to STOP reading a KA book and walk away was telling. And all that it was saying wasn’t good. Now don’t get me wrong, the book was good, parts even great. And if some other writer had written this story, I would hazard to say it would have been a solid read for me. But I expect certain things from a KA book. One is length. And this book is about half of her other books in this series in word count and pages. Right there, that was a HUGE let down. And the drama was missing. Not that there wasn’t drama, but it was not high octane-can’t put the book down- must know what happens next- kind of drama. It was run of the mill kinda drama. I liked Zara. I liked Reece. I didn’t like their pet names, Cookie and Ham, respectively. Most of all, I didn’t buy their relationship. I didn’t like them together. Don’t get me wrong, they had a certain amount of chemistry together. But it wasn’t the deep, all the way to the marrow of the soul deep. Not like say Joe and Vi. Or Tate and Laurie. It just felt like they were just at the right place at the right time to get together. It was missing the whole, even if it isn’t the right time, it isn’t the right place and this is the crappiest shit going on ever, I can’t stop myself from falling into you, grabbing onto you and keeping you forever and ever. Amen.

Reese "Ham", had it all, and then walked away from her. No big misunderstanding, just Im not ready to settle, so if you find someone you would rather be with, I will miss you, but let you go. That is a new formula for me, and It didnt work all that well for me. On top of that, when he does come back, he confesses to have deep feelings for another (who he met after they broke up) and ... well... that didnt really work for me. I like my h to be special. I like her to be unforgettable, un-replaceable. This was just not played out well for me. So even though I saw some of my KA alpha male traits I love, there was a bit I didnt love. Maybe my expectations were too high. I dunno. But something was missing for me in this book. And it wasn’t just pages. From another author, I would be gushing cause this was a good book with decent characters and well-plotted story. But from KA? Not so much

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