Kiro's Emily

4.5 ‘We had it all’ stars!

There is something about reading a story about two characters when you already know how things will turn out… the entire time I was reading I was just waiting. A little terrified of what was going to happen. Abbi Glines wrote Kiro’s Emily as a free novella for her fans. And in my opinion, it happens to be some of her best work. My heart was broken and I cried a river at the end, but I loved this little novella so much! If you are a Rosemary Beach fan, you know that Kiro and Emily are Harlow’s parents. Their story starts in 1992. When Emily was just a sweet and innocent 20 year old college student, and Kiro Manning was an up and coming rising star. Slacker Demon is starting to take off big time. Emily is no groupie, but she follows her cousin around with the band for a short time. There, she and Kiro form a bond.

"I had never had an angel, and fuck, I wanted one. This one."

Emily and Kiro actually begin a friendship before anything else. Kiro sees how innocent and good Emily is and he doesn’t want to destroy that. He just can’t stay away from her. No matter what girls throw themselves at him, none of them are good enough. None of them are Emily.

“You were always too good for me. I just wanted to be near you . To see your smile. It made everything inside of me feel whole again. The nasty and tainted shit in my life was better when you were around. You have this light, Emily. It’s so fucking bright. It warms everything around you. It warmed me. I was always so empty and cold without you.”

More than anything, I loved watching the changes in Kiro. It’s amazing what being loved by the right person can do to you. Emily and Kiro had that once in a life time kind of love. The kind that doesn’t come around twice. She saw something in him that he lets no one else see. The Kiro you think you know from the earlier RB books is not the real Kiro. He’s not Emily’s Kiro.

The world loved him. No, that was wrong. The world didn’t know him. They thought they loved him, but the man underneath was so much more. They had no idea.

This story was so sweet, so beautiful and so HEARTBREAKING. There was a point at the very end when I was reading in bed that my husband had to look over and tell me it was okay, that these weren’t real people (he just doesn’t understand ;) ) I just loved it so much. Even though people who have read the series will know the ending to Kiro and Emily’s story, it’s such a great read. I recommend it to anyone who loves Abbi’s Rosemary Beach series.

“I love you, Emily. I will always love you. This life and the one after that. I will always only love you.”