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Finally have the time to review this book properly. If you want the short version, this is amazing fiction with so many twists and turns you'll never see the big ones coming. I actually tweeted the author while I was reading, "every time I think I know where this book is going, you pull the rug out!" This results in an usually fast-paced story (at least for women's fiction) of a woman struggling to overcome the grief of losing her childhood sweetheart - who was meant to be her husband - and figure out who she is in the wake of such terrible tragedy. But the kicker is all may not be as it seems. Everything We Keep is also a bit of a mystery novel, and it's one particularly large looming question that keeps the characters and the readers guessing.

Speaking of characters, Kerry's cast is incredibly well-developed and they feel like real people with virtues, weaknesses and plausible back story. She even made me fall in love with two men at the same time...which I knew wasn't going to end well for me! Add to that settings so vivid I want to pack up and live there and you've got an amazing story.

I also want to say something about the epilogue because so many people have cited it as a reason for giving the book a low rating. No spoilers, don't worry. A) No matter what happens in the epilogue, that alone shouldn't be a reason to trash and book if you otherwise enjoyed it. B) This is the first book in a series, so you can't expect everything to be neatly tied up. C) Women's fiction is different from romance in that it doesn't require a happily ever after. You may still get one, but life is complex, and so fiction should be as well.

Kudos to Kerry for an incredible debut that has made me a life-long fan.


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Everything We Keep A Novel edition by Kerry Lonsdale Romance eBooks Reviews

This book keep me glued as the story unfolded. I never would have guessed how it would unveil not how it ended. Very interesting read. It was my first book with this author and I would look for others from her.
Whew. What a ride! This is one of those stories that will stick with you and you'll find yourself mulling over at random times down the road. The back and forth between past and present is done smoothly, seamlessly, with the information unfurling at just the right time. I had hunches from time to time about what was coming next, but there were plot twists I didn't see but that fit perfectly. It's poignant, memorable, deep, yet light in the right places, and it wraps up with hope--and a twist.
I cannot believe that so many people gave this book 4 or 5 stars. Are you relatives of the author? Did she pay you to review her book? I plodded through the book expecting some amazing explanation for why James disappeared. The first 80% or so of the book piqued my interest and had me expecting something really astounding but good god, was I disappointed!

Spoiler alert His cousin/brother (why the heck was that necessary?) RAPES his fiance and all he's worried about is fixing her makeup so she looks pretty when they go to their parents' houses to celebrate the engagement. No one calls the police, he doesn't beat said cousin/brother within an inch of his life - nothing. And the idiot Aimee spends two years searching for this wuss because he's the love of her life.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY ON THIS BOOK! Complete dreck.
What an enjoyable story! A few plot twists I didn't see coming and an ending you won't forget. Well developed secondary characters make me want to read their stories too. I give it 4 stars out of 5 because the women are potty-mouths and the number of f-bombs increased as the story moved forward. By the last few chapters I was tired of it and wondered why this gifted author couldn't be more imaginative with their speech. That's really my only complaint, and anyone sensitive about this issue may wish to know before reading.
This book had such promise. The premise was creative and interesting but the book just couldn't deliver anything. The writing was horrible, predictable and so elementary in its progression. Clearly, the author has an immense background in coffee and so we were subjected to pages upon pages about her blends but then the conflicts in the story, that are alluded to countless times, are a quick sentence and then the story moves on. I had to reread the rape and the incest part because I felt the author truly would focus at least the same time on this tragedy as she did describing the cocktails Aimee drank at the beach. And that is another thing that bothered me do some research!! When you fly to Mexico and it would never take 19 hours - no place is serving Americans ice water, everything is bottled. Also mai tais are Hawaiian and while I am sure some resorts in Mexico serve rum drinks like that, I have never seen them on a menu in Mexico. Also Barry Bonds' last MLB appearance was 9/2007; the Jambox debuted 11/10 so there is no way Aimee and James could have watched Bonds in a Mets/Giants game and then listened to a Jambox while they fooled around.
Also the Florida Everglades are famous for alligators NOT crocodiles, even my 10 year old knows this and we live in Colorado. The dialogue was phony, the allusion and foreshadowing was so heavy but then never addressed. The timeline was just bizarre. And so many loose ends like was Claire, who has her own level of crazy, ever told the story about her son? Why was she so harsh to Aimee when they were kids? Did the Dad really need to be physically abusive since we already have incest, multiple personalities and rape? Then James, as a single dad, with a "sister" who works full time running a resort, has the time to open a gallery, teach, paint and train for a marathon? Preposterous!!! The characters were one dimensional and ridiculous. I had to finish the book because that is what I do but it was painful!
Finally have the time to review this book properly. If you want the short version, this is amazing fiction with so many twists and turns you'll never see the big ones coming. I actually tweeted the author while I was reading, "every time I think I know where this book is going, you pull the rug out!" This results in an usually fast-paced story (at least for women's fiction) of a woman struggling to overcome the grief of losing her childhood sweetheart - who was meant to be her husband - and figure out who she is in the wake of such terrible tragedy. But the kicker is all may not be as it seems. Everything We Keep is also a bit of a mystery novel, and it's one particularly large looming question that keeps the characters and the readers guessing.

Speaking of characters, Kerry's cast is incredibly well-developed and they feel like real people with virtues, weaknesses and plausible back story. She even made me fall in love with two men at the same time...which I knew wasn't going to end well for me! Add to that settings so vivid I want to pack up and live there and you've got an amazing story.

I also want to say something about the epilogue because so many people have cited it as a reason for giving the book a low rating. No spoilers, don't worry. A) No matter what happens in the epilogue, that alone shouldn't be a reason to trash and book if you otherwise enjoyed it. B) This is the first book in a series, so you can't expect everything to be neatly tied up. C) Women's fiction is different from romance in that it doesn't require a happily ever after. You may still get one, but life is complex, and so fiction should be as well.

Kudos to Kerry for an incredible debut that has made me a life-long fan.