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Part of Your World – Reviewed

On By KaylieIn Four StarsLeave a comment

I gave Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez four stars! This is the first in the Part of Your World series, and I vow to include zero spoilers in this review.

Part of Your World follows Doctor Alexis Montgomery, as she navigates life, post-divorce, and bearing the weight of a family legacy of world-renowned surgeons. She is expected to continue the family legacy at Royaume Northwestern Hospital, where her family has performed as prominent surgeons for decades, but will that plan be derailed when she attends a funeral out of town? She ends up putting her car into a ditch on the way home, and then along comes Daniel, who tows her out, and also happens to be a carpenter and the town Mayor, and maybe the love of her life?

This book felt like I was reading a Hallmark movie, and I can’t lie, I love a good Hallmark movie. Big city girl goes to small town, falls in love with small town boy, but her rich pretentious family would never accept small town boy as their own, so what is she to do?? This book includes some sensitive topics, such as emotional and physical abuse, and Abby Jimenez tackles then perfectly in my opinion.

In the beginning, Alexis thinks she and Daniel are polar opposites, and their lifestyles certainly serve to say so, but as the story goes on and Alexis learns more about Daniel, she learns more about herself as well. I thought the character development in this story was so well-done and relatable, and I loved that Alexis shared everything with Briana from the start. I also just read Yours Truly, the next book in this series, and knowing all of the details from Alexis and Daniel’s story just made Briana’s story that much more interesting.

The conflict in this story comes from Alexis being a big-shot doctor in Minneapolis, Daniel being an all-around, do everything guy from a small town outside of the city, and Alexis not wanting to admit to herself, or WORSE, her family, that she is in love with him. I loved the back and forth, both literally and figuratively, on Alexis’s part, of hiding this relationship, and then coming to terms with it.

This book was written in such an honest, real, and candid tone, and I found myself giggling throughout it. With that being said, I was also deeply concerned the entire time that the ending I thought NEEDED to happen, was somehow not going to, and I could not put this book down in the interest of finding out how everything played out. I was seriously invested in this book. The reason I gave four stars, and not five, is because I was slightly underwhelmed by the ending. I felt like it was a bit rushed, and the predictability of it for literally half of the entire book preceding the ending made it even more underwhelming. Overall though, a great read.

I have said it before, I am not a huge romance novel girlie, but after this I think I might be turning into one. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a cute, easy to read, relatable rom-com that they can get through in a weekend!

The Housemaid’s Secret (#2 of 3) – Reviewed

On By KaylieIn FIVE STARS1 Comment

FIVE FREAKING STARS.

Truth be told, when I started reading The Housemaid, I had no idea it was the first in a series. In fact, I chose to start that book over a different one, because I thought it was a standalone novel. I was wrong. Anyway…

I was not even halfway through the first book when I rushed an order from Barnes and Noble containing this book. I could NOT wait to read this. (Naturally, it arrived a day late)

I read this book in one day, and enjoyed every second of it. Millie is now living in New York, and of course, she needs a job. So what does she do? She accepts another housemaid job for another wealthy couple! This couple, however, is MUCH more mysterious than the last. From day one, Douglas Garrick informs Millie that his wife, Wendy, is sick and Millie will not be allowed in her bedroom. He instructs her to leave her alone, and Millie does, at first not thinking anything of it. Given Millie’s past, I’m not sure how she didn’t see what happened next coming, but to be fair I didn’t either. Millie starts finding blood in strange places, hearing strange noises, and eventually does come face to face with Wendy. It all goes downhill from there. We find ourselves first questioning Douglas, then Wendy, then… Who?

This book was unbelievable (in the best way). The way Freida McFadden sets the stage for every single plot twist this book throws at us is incredible. No detail goes overlooked, and every turn toward the end of the book linked back to details prior. Once again, the execution of the storyline straight through to the ending was gold.

If you haven’t read The Housemaid, RUN to your nearest bookstore and buy these two at the same time, because once you finish the first, you won’t want to wait to start this one.

100 percent recommend this book!