***4.5 ‘I Followed A Feather’ Stars***
Well this one was a pleasant surprise.
I know, I know. That sounds horrible, but it’s the truth. I admit I had a few...assumptions as to how the story would go, but from the first page to the last maybe only one came to pass while the rest of the story was one that kept me turning the pages. It had the perfect balance of heat, heart, humor and drama without getting too angsty add to the mix a little historical fiction romance and two characters I couldn’t help but love, and you have what I would say was pretty amazing love story.
I loved Jessie. She’s strong, determined, resilient and has this light inside of her that, regardless of the situations she’d lived through, never died. It may have lost it’s vibrancy a time or two, but it never went away. Callan, I loved him, I did, but while the urge to reach out and hug him was strong, so was the urge to Gibbs smack some sense into him. I empathized with him and believe me when I say my heart hurt for him, but man...Thankfully, I saw the man’s heart and it was quite golden, when he allowed it to out to play.
I really enjoyed Jessie and Callan’s journey to their HEA. I loved seeing how they first collided as tweens and then collided again as adults. It was sweet, swoon worthy, smexy and a little heartbreaking even as it was heartwarming to see how much joy they brought to each other, even when there were some grim things going on with them and around them. I loved how well they flowed together and how they simply understood each other, even when they didn’t necessarily understand themselves. The big roadblock to their HEA wasn’t a surprise, though I will say that I was very much #TeamJessie when it all went down, but Callan definitely stepped up to the plate and I loved where they were in the end.
Soooo...this is my first Mia Sheridan read, which considering that I do have quite a few of her books on the Kindle and do follow her on the various SM sites is kinda sad, but this was the first book I finally had the time to dive into and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The writing was engaging, the pacing was good and I really enjoyed the dual first person POV’s. The characters were all well written, and I wouldn’t mind it at all if Nick and Frankie got their own books one day. But what I really liked was the little historical fiction romance side story that was woven into the story. I found that one just as fascinating and enjoyable as Callan and Jessie’s without it taking over theirs in any way. It was simply a nice little bonus to an already well written love story.
~ Copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley & voluntarily reviewed ~
The moment she met Callen Hayes, eleven-year-old Jessica Creswell knew he was a broken prince. Her prince. They became each other's refuge, a safe and magical place far from their troubled lives. Until the day Callen kissed her--Jessica's first real, dreamy kiss—and then disappeared from her life without a word.
Years later, everyone knows who Callen Hayes is. Famous composer. Infamous bad boy. What no one knows is that Callen's music is now locked deep inside, trapped behind his own inner demons. It's only when he withdraws to France to drink his way through the darkness that Callen stumbles into the one person who makes the music return. Jessica. His Jessie. And she still tastes of fresh, sweet innocence . . . even as she sets his blood on fire.
But they don't belong in each other's worlds anymore. There are too many mistakes. Too many secrets. Too many lies. All they have is that instinctive longing, that need—and something that looks dangerously like love.
Release Date: June 12th, 2018
Mia Sheridan is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. Her passion is weaving true love stories about people destined to be together. Mia lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband. They have four children here on earth and one in heaven.
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