muy corto: This novella is Finding it from Hunt 's POV from leaving America up until he takes her to his hotel room after her drink has been notified.
We see the way he notices Kelsey's struggle, as he see 's that she is in the same destructive circle that he was once in,
Hunt struggles with his growing feelings for her, but sees a kindred spirit, knowing that he can help if she lets him, he just hopes she doesn't find out his secret.
I would have preferred however if this novella went into the time that Hunt continued to travel after Kelsey had left him behind until she contacts him again.
I loved understanding Jackson Hunt's point of view, This has a feeling of Chasing Liberty as the main characters is a daughter who wants to be free and explore and a bodyguard who has to act like a tourist.
However, it becomes complicated when they fall in love with each other, I love how he acts and protects Kelsey, He is very protective and that makes him an ideal boyfriend aka boyfriend material, It was great to get a little of Jackson's Hunt's POV, I would have liked it to be a little longer but still enjoyed it none the less, : Finding It was my least favourite book in this series, I couldn't really connect with Kelsey but if there was one thing I liked in it, it was Jackson Hunt, We didn't get to learn much about him/his background in Finding It, so I was excited to read his story in Seeking Her,
Sadly, I was disappointed, We do learn more about him, but I felt the reader's attention was drawn on Kelsey, This book is a prequel to Finding it and tells of the events that happen form when Hunts starts following Kelsey up to the point they meet in Finding It.
Told from Hunt's POV and revealing his emotions, still the story was more focused on Kelsey and the things she did, And there was nothing new there, nothing that we already didn't expect after reading Finding It,
Overall, I didn't see the point of having Hunt's story told in a separate book, It would have worked better it his background story, emotions and the motivations for his actions were included in some way in Kelsey's book,
Seeking Her ha estado en mi lista de por leer durante años, por lo que me plantee usar esta cuarentena y terminar algunas sagas que tengo inacabadas.
Honestamente Jackson y Kelsey son una pareja de la que conservo un recuerdo encantador, en su momento me conquistaron con su historia de amor, sin embargo, esta breve novela ensombrecio un poco mi recuerdo de ellos.
Seeking Her resulta monotona de leer, principalmente porque le sobra narracion y le falta mas dialogo, tampoco me convencio que finalice justo en ese instante, tuve la sensacion de que la autora se aburrio de escribir y lo dejo con un final abrupto, ademas mis partes favoritas son cuando ellos dos se conocen y se van enamorando, y de esos momentos hay muy pocas escenas, por lo que sintiendolo mucho, lo dejo en dos estrellas y media.
En conclusion, Seeking Her tenia todas las papeletas para ser una lectura inolvidable para los que amamos esta trilogia pero Cora Carmack erro en su forma de plantear este ultimo libro.
.Estrellas! "And though sometimes this seemed impossible in all the world's ugliness, there was always at least one beautiful thing, "
"No one retreats to the bottle, unless they're running from something, And when you're running, you don't realize that to drown your troubles, you have to drown yourself too, "
"War changes, It's fought with different weapons, in different places, by different people, But it never get's any less ugly, "
"Tragedy does that, War does that. I'd gone into it fully prepared to give up my life in the process, But war never gives you what you're prepared for, It takes pleasure in being unpredictable, " Seeking Her is a prequel to Finding It and follows the perspective of Jackson following Kelsey throughout her travel in Europe, One might think that he has the easiest job out there following a girl at the same time travelling in Europe but that's not the case with Jackson, we see his struggles in following her at the very same time fighting his own demons.
I loved Jackson in Finding It and getting his perspective of the story gives a greater understanding to us readers of who he really is before and after Kelsey cam into his life and also how she manage to change something within him.
Jackson and Kelsey has a very rocky start so the transition of Jacksons initial thoughts of Kelsey into more of being fascinated and understanding of her is just so happy to read about.
Novellas always leave me either wanting for more or satisfied fortunately, Seeking Her left me pretty satisfied especially with Jackson's line of things, The novella totally fits the not too long and not too short type of ones which is very easy to read and enjoy, Overall, it was a great addition to this series, and you know you just cant get tire to hear more of this author and this series more stories to come hopefully.
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I am a huge fan of Cora's Losing It series and I have to say it's rather bittersweet seeing the series come to its conclusion.
However, I am certainly excited for Cora's upcoming new adult series! I absolutely adored Finding It, so when I learned there would be a novella from Jackson's POV I was ecstatic.
He really was a mystery in Finding It and I wanted to see what made him tick, While we get to know him on a bit more personal level in this novella, I found the storyline to be a bit lacking, I knew going in it would be a novella and a retelling so that wasn't a shocker, but I just felt a bit bored at times,
Don't get me wrong, I do love me some Jackson Hunt, And getting inside that man's head was definitely a treat! I absolutely love seeing Kelsey through his eyes because he is able to see her vibrant, free spirit and her beauty just by observing her.
Everyone takes notice of her and wants to be around her they really are the moths and Kelsey is the flame burning brightly and out of control, However, as he watches and observes her, he realizes that she isn't just a spoiled, rich girl running around Europe to party, In fact, he is almost shocked to see his former self in her, She's stuck in an endless cycle of self destruction and it reminds him of an all too familiar road he has once traveled,
"It's just, . . I look at you, and I see a beautiful woman in the prime of her life, traveling to exotic places, with the world at her fingertips, But I think that's what you want people to see, And maybe I love a mystery too, because I can't stop thinking about what's underneath all that, what you don't let people see, "
Jackson is definitely tempted by Kelsey, She's beautiful and sexy and he is envious by how freely she is living her life traipsing around, drinking and having fun, But his envy soon turns to anger as he realizes this is a pattern for her, He is risking his own sobriety to follow her to bar after bar while she gets drunk and that is really difficult for him, He knows he can't be tempted by her, as he has a job to do, However, Jackson is definitely fighting a losing battle because there is so much more to Kelsey than meets the eye, And Jackson is the only one who can see past the façade she's put up and see how she longs for more,
I enjoyed reading Jackson's first impressions of Kelsey and how he has fought his desire for her from the very beginning, Although it didn't quite pack the punch I was hoping for, I still found this novella to be a nice addition to the Losing It series,
Received a copy of this book via Edelweiss and the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review, I loved to read some of this stuff from Jackson's POV, Jackson Hunt gets his turn in this Finding It prequel novella
Jackson Hunt hasn't been out of the military for long, but he needs to get a job and find a sense of normalcy if he is going to keep his demons at bay.
The job that falls into his lap, though, is anything but normal,
Becoming bodyguard and babysitter to spoiled rich girl Kelsey Summers isn't exactly what he had in mind, but it's a chance to travel, to get away, The catch: Kelsey's father doesn't want her to know she's being followed,
She's vibrant and infuriating, exciting and reckless, mysterious and familiar, When Jackson sees her falling into the same patterns he suffered years ago, he decides it's time to stop watching and help her instead, But getting to know Kelsey is more difficult than he thought, especially because the more he knows her, the more he wants her, Ich hatte gehofft dass man noch mehr mitbekommt was nach Finding it passiert : und es endet immer soooooo abrupt, . .
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Seeking Her definitely satiated my craving for more Jackson, and I loved reading from his perspective! Though this is a novella, I think it's the perfect length not too short, not too long.
And the latter part of it overlaps with Finding It, which I also loved, For those of you who've read Finding It, this is a mustread!
This novella is a prequel to Finding It, and it follows Jackson as he travels all around Europe keeping an eye on Kelsey.
You'd think it would be weird reading this since Jackson is essentially stalking Kelsey, but it's really not! We get to see his side of things, his initial thoughts of Kelsey, and how he started becoming fascinated by her, and slowly understanding her.
We get to know Jackson a lot more in this, and the demons that plague him too, He's been through a lot as a Marine, and this 'babysitting' job was supposed to be relaxing for him, But he's shocked to discover it's the exact opposite, Jackson sees a younger version of himself in Kelsey, and he immediately knows he has to try and save her from going down the same road he did,
I loved Jackson immensely in Finding It, and my admiration of him grew in this novella, He has an astonishing amount of willpower, considering he's almost a year sober and Kelsey spends all her time in bars, I found that quite amusing, that Kelsey always kept him on his toes even though she never knew he was there, I especially loved the parts that overlap with scenes in Finding It, because we get to know what Jackson's thinking, It's obvious how much he starts to care for Kelsey, and that was just incredibly sweet,
Overall, I adored this novella, And I'm so glad Cora decided to write Jackson's story, no matter how brief it was, It really helps to understand Jackson's thoughts and actions, and it's a little unnerving to think he's been watching Kelsey for that long! But the fact that it didn't bother me at all shows how much I love these characters.
They're actually perfect for one another, I really hope there's more to come in this series, because I've met some of the bestwritten characters of NA here!
Thank you to HarperCollins for providing me with an eARC for review RetoPopSugar: El siguiente libro de una serie que ya has comenzado.
Seré honesta este fue mi libro menos favorito en esta serie, Seeking Her es una precuela decente pero completamente innecesaria de Finding It, el tercer libro de la serie Losing It, En Finding It, el ex marinero Jackson Hunt es contratado por el padre de Kelsey para seguir a esta y mantenerla a salvo, y él la acompaña a través de Europa después de graduarse de la universidad.
Buscarla es la misión de Jackson mientras sigue a Kelsey, la mira emborrachándose y "conectándose" con chicos al azar, No fue terrible, pero tampoco fue una gran historia por sí misma,
Siento que este libro fue un tanto innecesario, en serio, No hay nada nuevo respecto a Finding It, Todo lo que esperaba ver desde el punto de vista de Jackson no sucedió, en realidad fue aburrido, no hubo nada nuevo que mostrar, . . Prácticamentepáginas se dedicaron a la búsqueda de Kelsey o más bien el seguimiento y leer lo "linda y sexy" que era, el resto del libro fue casi lo mismo que Finding It pero en versión aburrida.
Añado que tenia unos diálogos parecidos a Losing It, como por ejemplo la caballerosidad y otro dialogo que he olvidado pero que podría jurar es similar a una conversación que sucede en Losing It entre Garrick y Blis.
Ojalá este libro hubiera sido como la novela Losing It y se haya establecido unos meses después de Faking It, Realmente
quería saber lo que le sucedió a Jackson y Kelsey, ya que su relación apenas se mostró al final de Faking It, Me encantaría ver lo que hicieron con sus vidas después de eso, quedarse en España Regresar a los Estados Unidos Qué hace Jackson a continuación en términos de un trabajo Eso es sobre lo que quería leer, pero en cambio tenemos este refrito de un libro.
Estoy muy decepcionada. .