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A review by grimmloki
Anything for You by Kristan Higgins
4.0
To read my complete review go to: https://onebooktwo.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/anything-for-you-by-kristan-higgins/
When I sit down to read a Kristan Higgins book, there are two things that I need to consider: time and my heart. When I open one of her books, I am making a commitment. Once I begin the story, I will not stop reading until I run out of pages. I have made some poor life choices in the past by thinking I could read a few chapters and go to bed. Usually that ends with me being unproductive the next day due to a book hangover. I will also forget to eat if I am in the middle of one of her stories. It’s probably a good thing I don’t have children because I would probably forget to feed them too.
The second thing I need to consider is my heart. Do I have room to add 2 or 3 additional characters into my heart? Many people think that reading a romance story is only about the happy ending. If that were the case, I would only read the first and last chapters of every book. A Kristan Higgins book is about the journey of two partially damaged people and the hard but sometimes very humorous road they take to their happy ending. (When you think about it, aren’t we all a little partially damaged?)
The thing that blew me away in Anything For You was the character development. She painted images of the them so crisply that I felt like they had been beamed into my living room. Kristan unfolded Jessica’s story in a beautiful way by showing her flaws but then giving us the inner workings and the reasons behind the decisions that caused so many to judge her. Growing up, I am sure that we all knew a Jessica or were a Jessica. We judge females through “slut shaming” every day. This book was a powerful commentary on how we should never judge until we have walked a mile in that person’s shoes. It also showed how that condemnation by a community or by one’s peers can leave a mark on a person’s soul forever.
Okay… I may have gotten a little deep, but don’t worry. Kristan still included all the hilarious dialogue and crazy situations that causes her readers to wait breathlessly until her next release. I am not sure if this is our last visit to Manningsports. I hope not because I am planning to relocate there in the Spring, but I am having a hard time locating it on the map.
Review copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
When I sit down to read a Kristan Higgins book, there are two things that I need to consider: time and my heart. When I open one of her books, I am making a commitment. Once I begin the story, I will not stop reading until I run out of pages. I have made some poor life choices in the past by thinking I could read a few chapters and go to bed. Usually that ends with me being unproductive the next day due to a book hangover. I will also forget to eat if I am in the middle of one of her stories. It’s probably a good thing I don’t have children because I would probably forget to feed them too.
The second thing I need to consider is my heart. Do I have room to add 2 or 3 additional characters into my heart? Many people think that reading a romance story is only about the happy ending. If that were the case, I would only read the first and last chapters of every book. A Kristan Higgins book is about the journey of two partially damaged people and the hard but sometimes very humorous road they take to their happy ending. (When you think about it, aren’t we all a little partially damaged?)
The thing that blew me away in Anything For You was the character development. She painted images of the them so crisply that I felt like they had been beamed into my living room. Kristan unfolded Jessica’s story in a beautiful way by showing her flaws but then giving us the inner workings and the reasons behind the decisions that caused so many to judge her. Growing up, I am sure that we all knew a Jessica or were a Jessica. We judge females through “slut shaming” every day. This book was a powerful commentary on how we should never judge until we have walked a mile in that person’s shoes. It also showed how that condemnation by a community or by one’s peers can leave a mark on a person’s soul forever.
Okay… I may have gotten a little deep, but don’t worry. Kristan still included all the hilarious dialogue and crazy situations that causes her readers to wait breathlessly until her next release. I am not sure if this is our last visit to Manningsports. I hope not because I am planning to relocate there in the Spring, but I am having a hard time locating it on the map.
Review copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.