Book Review: Running From the Law by Jami Albright
- Kristen Lewendon
- Nov 15, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 4, 2019
Brides on the Run Book 3
One night of passion. Two second chances. Three little texts . . .
Former child star Charlie Klein is in a world of trouble. She’s broke, jobless, and no longer famous—except with the IRS. She’s ready to run, so an emergency call from Texas is all the excuse she needs to get out of Hollywood. But she doesn’t expect to crash into the sheriff of her hometown, the boy she loved and lost. One look at Hank Odom confirms what her heart has always known . . . She never stopped loving him.
Unlike the men in his family, Hank’s a do-the-right-thing kind of guy. When his cheating, soon-to-be ex-wife texts him wanting a second chance – or a twentieth chance – he’s determined to honor his vows. One problem? His traitorous heart has never forgotten the woman who just blew back into town.
One night of passion. Two second chances. Three little texts. And nine months of OMG!
My Review:
I have been absolutely dying to get my hands on the next book in this series, so I was beyond excited to read this. This book was not at all what I was expecting to get. Maybe it was the mood I was in, but there was just too much angst, drama, and emotional manipulation for me. I completely understand why the characters do the things they do, behave in the ways we see. The book is brilliantly written, and I think that was part of my problem. The characters are so real they leap off the page and straight into my imagination. So real that I want to smack both Charlie and Hank, or at least take the pair of them and shake them, yelling “get over yourselves!” I thought Charlie was a whiny brat, too invested in getting her own way in everything. And Hank was not the alpha I’d come to expect from previous heroes in the series. He lets the women in his life get away with far too much bad behavior at the expense of his self-respect and emotional well-being. This was a long book with a lot of things happening in it. Not only do we have the drama between Hank and Charlie, we’ve also got Charlie’s imploding/evolving career and missing money as well as everything with Hank’s extended family and the drug kingpin he’s supposed to stop. There were times I found it difficult to keep track of which plot thread I was following. I know that there will be readers that love the over-the-top emotional turmoil of this book, but all the self-sabotage wasn’t doing it for me. However, the adorably precious epilogue almost makes up for all of it. I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the author.
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