True Abandon by Jeannine ColetteMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Final Score - 4.5 Stars!
High school sweethearts, torn apart by a scandal. One's life left in ruins, the other living a half life filled with regret. Can you overcome your past mistakes? Can you have a second chance after the sting of betrayal?
Those are the questions that make up Trish and Jackson's journey in TRUE ABANDON.
I love the alternating timelines set forth in the book. We get to see the events of the past mixed with events a decade later. After having had NO contact with one another, Trish comes face to face with Jackson again during a hurricane. Trapped in a hospital together, they each must confront not only each other, the past event that caused such a fraction in their burgeoning romance.
I have to admit, I was really looking forward to their "reunion" of sorts - I wanted to see Jackson explain himself and his actions. I wanted not only sorrow, tears, and gut-wrenching emotions, but I wanted an explanation of how this happened - I think we and Trish deserved an honest answer from Jax as to WHY?
Sadly, that answer didn't come until later and it was lackluster - which still leaves me with a bit of disappointment. The premise and writing were solid as well as the emotional angst - I truly felt what Trish went thru. Jax just left me sorta Eh? I couldn't relate to his character at all and his reasonings fell short with me. The secondary characters are entertaining - and quite frankly the saving grace of this book.
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