Reviewer Tour: Start With Me by Kara Isaac

Welcome to the Reviewer Tour for Start With Me by Kara Isaac, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: Start With Me
Author: Kara Isaac
Publisher: Bellbird Press
Release Date: June 29, 2020
Genre: Contemporary Christian Fiction

Lacey O’Connor is finally a sure thing for the promotion she’s spent ten years working for. But when a scandal rocks her firm she finds herself on a collision course with the one person she has spent five years trying to forget. Only to discover he doesn’t even remember her…

Victor Carlisle has spent the last three years trying to convince his family he’s no longer the playboy alcoholic who tore their life apart. When a company merger is announced with a US sister firm, he’s presented with the perfect opportunity to prove he’s changed. Only to find himself falling for his competition and the one woman his family will never accept.

As the competition intensifies the choice looms between the professional and the personal. Can they find a way beyond their past decisions and present aspirations to take a chance on the one thing they’re not looking for?

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My Review 💚

Not feeling like you measure up is something that I think many of us can relate to, as well as family drama, and striving for perfection. It's all part of human nature, and in abundance in this novel, which is what makes Start With Me so relatable. I truly believe that everyone who reads this novel is going to find something of themselves within the pages, which I believe to be a wonderful and unique feature in a fiction.

The adventures and situations the characters find themselves in take the reader and the characters on quite the adventure, one that was fun to read and experience. I loved the vivid imagery, but what really shines off the pages are the characters, Lacy and Victor, their personalities, and the depth with which you get to know them. The character depth is incredible! Both Lacy and Victor have their own inward struggles, while trying to appear strong on the outside, and both are fighting to be better versions of themselves, while life continues to throw multiple punches, as it tends to do. You really grow to care for them both and hope for that happy ending.

There are twists in this book that caught me completely by surprise, which is normally hard to do, and kept the story fresh and interesting. The ending is gratifying, with each character luminous, showing the fact that even though life is messy, hard, and not always in the way you imagined, doesn't mean that there can't be a happy ending.

My Rating: ★★★★

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kara Isaac lives in Wellington, New Zealand. When she's not chasing three hobbit-sized little people, she spends her time writing horribly bad first drafts and wishing you could get Double Stuf Oreos in New Zealand. She is the author of the RITA Award-winning Then There Was You, along with four other contemporary romances. She loves to connect with readers on GoodReads, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and through her website.

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*I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the author and/or publisher through JustRead Tours. All views and opinions are completely honest, and my own.