Stuck In Books: Finders Keepers by Nicole Williams ~ Review & Giveaway

Monday, September 16, 2013

Finders Keepers by Nicole Williams ~ Review & Giveaway

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Title: Finders Keepers (Lost and Found, #3)
Author: Nicole Williams
Release date: September 16, 2013
Age Group: Mature YA/New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tour organized by: AToMR Tours

There’s tortured. And there’s Garth Black.

His life has been a constant carousel of tragedy and disappointment, including his love life. Of course, applying the term “love” to Garth’s conquests is a gross misuse of the word. Some people were made to give and accept love, and others weren’t. Garth Black redefines the “others” category. He’s made a vow that the day he meets a woman who could sucker him into falling in love will be the day he runs away.

Garth’s plan has one flaw. What happens when he’s already fallen hard for a girl before the warning signs and red flags go up? What happens when the love he’s avoided his entire life brings him to his knees? What happens when Garth Black lets the dirtiest four letter word he’s ever known into his dark, lonely life?

This cowboy’s about to find out he can control some things, and he can’t control others. Number one on the what he can’t control list?

Love.

Source: Received an eBook copy in exchange for a fair and honest review.

My Thoughts:

4 stars -

Garth's book. This is so Garth's book. It starts with reading from his POV. I so loved being in his head. Nicole Williams does an incredible job of thinking male. I totally loved seeing things the way he does.

Garth needs cuddles. Seriously, he does. Did you read that blurb? Because no one is as tortured as Garth. But you know what? That boy has accepted his fate and he's moving forward. You may disagree with his choices but you have to admire that he's not lamenting his fate all over the place. Total cowboy.

Speaking of being a total cowboy, I loved the threads in this book. One of them was his bull riding. That little side story tells a story within the story. I love that. The title of this book does the same thing. I loved how "finders keepers" drew these two together throughout the book.

And that throughout the book part? It goes back over some of their history. I really enjoyed seeing their past together. They were friends since kindergarten. They way they met was such an awww moment. The little hints throughout their childhood was very telling. It really made things so clear to me who was supposed to be together. I loved that.

Speaking of Jesse - yes I did just talk about him - sort of. He's in this book along with Rowen. They have some great supporting moments that I was so excited for. Love those two. The toast at their wedding was perfect and I do mean perfect.

I need to say that I was so impressed with Josie. She's one strong women and I was never happier than when she was wrong about something. You will so have to read the book to understand that one. But I think she would agree that she was happy she was wrong too. I loved these two together. They so obviously love each other and are both so much alike. It took some real pain to get them together and a butt whipping may not be enough in the end.

The pace of this book was great. I read it in a day, never looking at the time. I put it down only a couple of times to eat and pee.

If you've read the first two in this book, then you will NOT want to miss this Montana cowboy's story. If you haven't picked this series up yet, then you need to fix it. It's NA and has some yummy sexy scenes in it. If that's your thing, you'll WANTS this one for sure.

About the author:

I'm the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the CRASH series (HarperTeen, S&S UK), LOST & FOUND series, UP IN FLAMES (S&S UK), The EDEN TRILOGY, and a handful of others. I write stories about everyday kinds of people who find themselves in extraordinary kinds of situations. I tell love stories with happy endings because I believe in making the world a better place, and that's one tiny way I can make it so. I'm one of those people who still believe in true love and soul mates, and would rather keep my head in the clouds any day over having my feet firmly on the ground.