Title: All The Letters I've Ever Read
Series: Handwritten & Heartbroken Duet #2
Author: Ace Gray
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 27, 2020
Release Date: February 27, 2020
Blurb
I’ve been called a robot. Made of stone. Heartless. But that’s because
no one ever saw what was underneath. Not until Mina McLennan saw right through
me.
We made so many mistakes, left each other with scars so deep and wreckage in our wake but I couldn’t help but find her, fight for her. I mean, I fell in love with the way she loved me. And so deeply, so full of a furiously beating heart that I asked her to marry me.
Turns out, that was the easy part.
We made so many mistakes, left each other with scars so deep and wreckage in our wake but I couldn’t help but find her, fight for her. I mean, I fell in love with the way she loved me. And so deeply, so full of a furiously beating heart that I asked her to marry me.
Turns out, that was the easy part.
Author Bio
Ace Gray is a best selling author, self-proclaimed
troublemaker and connoisseur of both the good life and fairy tales. After a
life-long love affair with both books, she undertook writing the novel she
wanted to read. Ten books later, she's gotten to live in the world of
billionaires, twisted murders, and sweet small towns. She's made her heart
race both with suspense and serious swoon and wouldn't trade one minute, one
word of it.
When she's not writing, she owns a taco truck in a ski town
in Colorado even though she can't cook a lick (that's all her husband). She
loves paddle boarding, snowboarding, camping, basically anything
outside... and hosting dinner parties (though she's only in it for the drinks).
Oh, and of course, writing more words.
Ace is the author of Strictly Business, Bad For Business,
Family Business, Twisted Fate, Twisted Death, A Twisted Love Story, Twisted
Secrets, Of Smoke & Cinnamon: A Christmas Story, Pretty Young Things, All
The Letters I'll Never Send You and All The Letters I've Ever Read. These
titles are available on Amazon.
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Full disclosure before I start this review. I did not love the first book in this duet. There’s few things I hate more than reviewing a book I didn’t love so the anxiety starting this book was at an all time high. Could the author make me fall in love with these characters? Would I connect with them in this book? Would I finally feel invested in their relationship?
One of my grumbles about the last book was that I didn’t get James’ pov. I didn’t realise at the time that All The Letters I’ll Ever Read was written in his pov (which is on me for not checking). So getting his pov, for me, was a really good thing. I was getting my chance to really get to know what makes James tick. And I’ve got to say I liked him a lot more. The guy hides his feelings behind a mask but that’s not to say he’s not been bombarded with them, he just really doesn’t know how to deal with them. He’s not good with words, he struggles to articulate what he’s feeling and that can lead to misunderstandings. He’s so determined to be the man he thinks Mina needs that (I think) he’s a little too hard on himself at times. Don’t get me wrong he’s got his flaws. He’s just as damaged as Mina is but I understood him a lot more than I ever did her and I really did like him more than I thought I would.
I wasn’t Minas biggest fan in the first book. I struggled with her character so much. I actually liked her a lot more in this book. Maybe it’s because I’m not getting the story from her pov, maybe (I hope) I understand her better than I did before. I’m not sure what it was. I still found her to be needy but I did start to warm up to her a lot more than before.
These two characters are a mess. They’re both fragile and extremely complicated people. That’s part of their appeal I think. Their relationship is so far from easy, it’s messy, complicated and complex. There’s parts of this story when the emotions really started to hit me (I moaned about this in my review for the previous book, I didn’t get that emotional punch to the gut I so desperately wanted and thankfully I got it in this book). My heart broke for both James and Mina.
I try to be as honest as I can be when I review a book and I’ve mentioned before that the first book wasn’t for me. I am so glad that I gave this book a try though. I can’t say this is one of my all time favourite duets but I definitely enjoyed this book a lot more than the previous one and I’m glad that I give it a go. I’m impressed that Ms Gray managed to turn my opinion around, this book was a surprise in more ways than one. I will definitely be trying some more of this authors books in the future.
One of my grumbles about the last book was that I didn’t get James’ pov. I didn’t realise at the time that All The Letters I’ll Ever Read was written in his pov (which is on me for not checking). So getting his pov, for me, was a really good thing. I was getting my chance to really get to know what makes James tick. And I’ve got to say I liked him a lot more. The guy hides his feelings behind a mask but that’s not to say he’s not been bombarded with them, he just really doesn’t know how to deal with them. He’s not good with words, he struggles to articulate what he’s feeling and that can lead to misunderstandings. He’s so determined to be the man he thinks Mina needs that (I think) he’s a little too hard on himself at times. Don’t get me wrong he’s got his flaws. He’s just as damaged as Mina is but I understood him a lot more than I ever did her and I really did like him more than I thought I would.
I wasn’t Minas biggest fan in the first book. I struggled with her character so much. I actually liked her a lot more in this book. Maybe it’s because I’m not getting the story from her pov, maybe (I hope) I understand her better than I did before. I’m not sure what it was. I still found her to be needy but I did start to warm up to her a lot more than before.
These two characters are a mess. They’re both fragile and extremely complicated people. That’s part of their appeal I think. Their relationship is so far from easy, it’s messy, complicated and complex. There’s parts of this story when the emotions really started to hit me (I moaned about this in my review for the previous book, I didn’t get that emotional punch to the gut I so desperately wanted and thankfully I got it in this book). My heart broke for both James and Mina.
I try to be as honest as I can be when I review a book and I’ve mentioned before that the first book wasn’t for me. I am so glad that I gave this book a try though. I can’t say this is one of my all time favourite duets but I definitely enjoyed this book a lot more than the previous one and I’m glad that I give it a go. I’m impressed that Ms Gray managed to turn my opinion around, this book was a surprise in more ways than one. I will definitely be trying some more of this authors books in the future.
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