Wednesday, November 26, 2014

The Shape of My Heart by Ann Aguirre

Series: 2B Trilogy #3
352 p.
Published: 11/25/14
Publisher: Harlequin
Source: NetGalley and publisher for review
Some people wait decades to meet their soul mate. Courtney Kaufman suspects she met hers in high school only to lose him at seventeen. Since then, Courtney's social life has been a series of meaningless encounters, though she's made a few close friends along the way. Especially her roommate Max Cooper, who oozes damaged bad-boy vibes from every pore.

Max knows about feeling lost and trying to move beyond the pain he's been on his own since he was sixteen. Now it's time to find out if he can ever go home again, and Courtney's the only one he trusts to go with him. But the trip to Providence could change everything because the more time he spends with Courtney, the harder it is to reconcile what he wants and what he thinks he deserves.

It started out so simple. One misfit helping another. Now Max will do anything to show Courtney that for every heart that's ever been broken, there's another that can make it complete.
My thoughts:
This book follows Courtney and Max. We have known Max from the beginning and I always knew there was more to his story. We follow Courtney but I wished we could have followed Max. I wanted to be in his head more. However, as the story developed, I was happy to be in Courtney's head.

The romance to me feels a bit fast but they have known each other for a while. It wasn't completely insta-love but I felt that Max's feelings seemed to be at warp drive. It didn't quite settle with me how invested he was until the end. Still, this did not prevent me from becoming invested in the relationship.

I give this book 3 1/2 stars. I'm sad to see this trilogy end. I would have loved to delve into some of the other lives and a few of those that just came on the scene in this book. This has been one of the few New Adult genre series that I have throughly enjoyed. I recommend it to those that enjoy contemporary romance.

14 comments:

  1. I really enjoyed the first book in this series Melissa and can't wait to get to the second one and this one. I really liked Max in book one, so I'm excited for his story. Glad you were able to still invest in the relationship despite how quickly feelings seemed to develop!

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    1. I think my fave was the second one but I really enjoyed this one too.

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  2. I read and enjoyed the first book in this series but never continued it! I have this an earc of this one though so I plan to give it a chance! Glad that for the most part you liked it :)

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  3. I really need to read this series!!

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  4. I just saw Heidi's review of the 2nd book and it had me thinking maybe I need to try these books. I'm glad you enjoyed them pretty well! One of these days I might fit them in. :)

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  5. I agree this was my least fav of the three, I wanted more of Max and I struggled a bit with Courtney. I hated the unnecessary drama at the end. I did like catching up with everyone in the Epilogue. I wish there was another one with Angus.

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  6. I do not know...I am still a bit eh about NA contemporary

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  7. I would have loved a story from Avery and Michael or Angus.

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  8. I'm still not sure about this series but I have others I really need to finish in my TBR pile.

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  9. NA is not really my genre, but I am glad you enjoyed it.

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  10. Great review Melissa. I have been leery of these, despite the fact that I adore the author.

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  11. This sounds like an awesome book
    And i love the cover!
    GREAT review
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