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picky_book_b1tch's review
3.0
Bound by an Echo pulled me in right from the start. The devastation, carnage and mystery of what happened at the carnival had me excited to see where this story would take me. I was all in and loving it until about 3/4 of the way in, when I realized what started off with so much promise wasn't going in the mysterious other direction that I'd thought. The writing and story became pretty mundane and I lost interest. I will, however, check out other works by these authors because there was some promise to the story.
staceyinthesticks's review
3.0
This is my first read by either of these authors and from the blurb I was looking forward to reading it - I always like a second chance romance.
I have to admit, it took me a long time to get into it as the editing throughout was off; it kept flitting from first to third person and past to present, and it made it really confusing causing me to have to re-read.
Putting that aside, the story basis was good; but it wasn't until 3/4 or so into it that it really pulled me in, and then I was hooked.
We get a bit of background of Laurel and Rory at the beginning, and the carnival tragedy in their small town that ripped them apart 20 years before. I could tell they were made for each other even back then and hoped they would find each other again. When they did, I couldn't fully sense the attraction between them - until they had sex, which was pretty hot!
And then tragedy strikes again threatening to pull them apart once and for all. This is when I really started rooting for them and had a few gasps along the way as there were quite a few twists and turns I hadn't figured out. The ending was a bit of a shocker too, and I *would* like to read more on it.
With some editing I think this could be a great book - 3.5*.
I have to admit, it took me a long time to get into it as the editing throughout was off; it kept flitting from first to third person and past to present, and it made it really confusing causing me to have to re-read.
Putting that aside, the story basis was good; but it wasn't until 3/4 or so into it that it really pulled me in, and then I was hooked.
We get a bit of background of Laurel and Rory at the beginning, and the carnival tragedy in their small town that ripped them apart 20 years before. I could tell they were made for each other even back then and hoped they would find each other again. When they did, I couldn't fully sense the attraction between them - until they had sex, which was pretty hot!
And then tragedy strikes again threatening to pull them apart once and for all. This is when I really started rooting for them and had a few gasps along the way as there were quite a few twists and turns I hadn't figured out. The ending was a bit of a shocker too, and I *would* like to read more on it.
With some editing I think this could be a great book - 3.5*.
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