Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Review: Hey, Whiskey

Hey, Whiskey Hey, Whiskey by Kaylee Ryan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Hey, Whiskey is a sweet love story. The characters have chemistry and there are some decently hot sexy times but the heat level is low compared to other series I've read by the author.
Rhett is at a crossroads in his life he just doesn't know it. When his grandpa gets sick he comes home to help out with the family business until he gets on his feet.
Trouble is he's leaving the other family business to do it.
He's got tough choices to make and maybe a little time in the country with the old man will help make things clear.

Saylor was dealt a rough hand from childhood. Having grown up in the foster care system she's always been leery of trusting anyone too much, once she finds a man to put her trust in he completely destroys her world.
She finds herself in a small town bar looking at her future.

What I loved -
Grandpa Rhett, Molly, Jake and Rhett #3.

What I had a hard time with - Saylor.
I couldn't truly connect with her on some things. I wanted to love her, I mean I tried hard to adore her as much as I did Rhett and the secondary characters (which made this book for me) but something about her didn't grab me. I think it's that she wasn't either the strong female moving on and not looking back nor was the whiny wallow in my sorrow girl. She wasn't a great mix of the two either. I love my heroines strong and I saw flashes of it in her but I didn't see her grow like I expected her to in the process of what she went through and learning to move on. She just isn't that interesting to me. I also don't think she felt the depth of Rhett's love nor matched it, she was more okay so I have feelings for him, I guess it's love lets roll with it than head over heels.

And Pete, while he's almost not worth mentioning as he's a complete douche, his behavior and expectations that Saylor would just be accepting and happy for him had my jaw on the floor. How ignorant can a man be? And the fact that while she was mad she wasn't flat out irate over what he allowed her to do with the only home she'd every known...I just don't know how to process that.

That of course is my opinion, I simply could not connect with her.
I adore the 5 other books I've read by the author, this one just didn't check all the boxes for me but it is well written, flows well if a bit slow at times (again Saylor) I love the author and look forward to what comes next.

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