Burned from Both Ends

The characters are credible and mostly fun (except when they’re not). One missed opportunity was having Sawyer reappear & get ousted, but I’m not the author. She kept it focused on community instead.

The story was good and the author did a good job of getting to know the people in the town. Alyssa needed to take a break after a bad break up. So she decided take a trip to visit her friend and getting to know the community. Jade is very independent and very loyal to her friend Cat. Jade and Alyssa get along great but their is attractive between each however there some elements why these two are not together quickly. A nice read.

I received an ARC of this book and I am voluntarily leaving a review. This book was a delight from cover to cover. Seabrooke has once again created a diverse cast of characters with rich characterization and very realistic flaws. We have Alyssa, an optimistic and friendly woman from the city seeking refuge from a bad relationship in a small town, and Jade, who believes herself a hermit but cares too much about people to really be one. Their chemistry is very believable, and Alyssa dropping right in the middle of major drama into Jade's (and now Alyssa's) closely-knit friend group creates a very realistic conflict for our heroines to overcome. The book itself is a rollercoaster. Its a rom-com one moment, in the next chapter it is a smoldering bodice ripper and it will become a horror story about being a pariah in a small town next. Seabrooke weaves it all masterfully and delivers an amazing story about self-worth, about daring to be happy and about learning to communicate not only with your partner, but with the people we love. (And the supporting cast? Amazing, as usual. They have their own lives and their own storylines that are just as riveting as the main one and would by themselves carry any other book. Cat in particular, the character whose dilemma sets in motion a lot of the conflict of the book, downright steals the show) All in all a great read, a must if you like romantic comedy and books with a zany and realistic cast of characters (and who doesn't?).