I am SUPER stoked to bring you all the Release Day Launch and my review for K.A. Tucker's IN HER WAKE! IN HER WAKE is a new adult contemporary romance and a prequel novella in the Ten Tiny Breaths Series, published by Atria Press (an imprint of Simon & Schuster).
I would love to have this on my bookshelf. As of right now, this book will only be available as an ebook. As any fellow K.A. Tucker fan will know, that's blasphemy and the series won't be complete until it's next to the other books in the series on our shelves.
That’s how I spot her. There’s no doubt that it’s her; I’ve memorized her face. Leaning against a wall on the opposite side, her lips wrapped around a clear bottle filled with clear liquor, her fiery red hair a wild mane against the stark white wall, a tight black T-shirt showing off toned arms. She’s in no rush to part with that bottle, guzzling back a good portion before she hands it off to someone, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. Her eyes at half-mast. She’s wasted. My heart starts racing. What the hell is Kacey Cleary doing here? By my calculation, she’s probably finishing her last year of high school, having lost at least half a year while recovering. I tug my cap down even farther, though I doubt she can see two feet in front of her.
- What if she does recognize me? How would she react? Does she know my real name? What I look like? I can’t say for sure that my face wasn’t printed in a newspaper somewhere. She could have Googled my name and found a dozen game shots with me in them. I have my helmet on in most of them, but you can find a profile picture of me easily enough if you’re looking.
About IN HER WAKE:
Cole Reynolds had it all. And then one night he makes a bad choice... and loses everything. When a drunken night out at a Michigan State college party results in the death of six people, Cole must come to terms with his part in the tragedy. Normally, he'd be able to lean on his best friends. The best friends that have been in his life since he could barely walk. Only, they're gone. Worse, there's the shattered body of a sixteen-year-old girl lying somewhere in a hospital bed, her entire life ripped from her because of a case of beer and a set of keys. Everyone assures him that they know it wasn't intentional and yet he can't ignore the weight of their gazes, the whispers behind his back. The all-consuming guilt he feels every time he thinks of that girl who won't so much as allow him near her hospital room to apologize. As the months go by and the shame and loneliness festers, Cole begins to lose his grip of what once was important-college, his girlfriend, his future. His life. It's not until Cole hits rock-bottom that he can begin to see another way out of his personal hell: forgiveness. And there's only one person who can give that to him...
And don’t miss the previous titles in the Ten Tiny Breaths Series!
REVIEW:
★★★★★ stars
I fell in love with Kacey and Livie in Ten Tiny Breaths. I watched Kacey come back into the world of the living and I watched Trent play a crucial role in her transformation. When Trent's truth was revealed, I was heartbroken, both for Kacey and Trent. The magnitude of pain they and I were feeling seemed to be too much to overcome, but I was wrong. With In Her Wake, K.A. Tucker has given us a look through Trent's eyes into all that happened.
You'd think having read the book that follows this novella would have prepared me for the devastation I knew was coming, but I was wrong. All I could do was experience it all over again through Trent's eyes. Seeing his transformation from Cole to Trent was difficult, but I understood why he had to do it. Just as I understood why he did the things he did. Life on its own is not easy, but having to live with our choices and the mistakes we make is even harder.
This wasn't a story with much laughter. It was fraught with tension, sorrow, grief, and helplessness, emotions we all experience. I broke down and cried in more than one scene, just because experiencing this story hurt. Then again, I felt as if Cole's losses and Kacey's losses were my own and therefore, their pain was my own too.
In Her Wake is fitting way to end this series, although I do hope it's not for good. I'm always open to cameos, just so I know some of my favorite characters are doing well. K.A. Tucker has done a phenomenal job with this story and series. It's soul stirring, emotional, and very hard to put down and let go of.
* A copy was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for a honest review. All opinions are my own and I was not compensated for them in any manner.* *I've also pre-ordered the book from Amazon.*
About K.A. Tucker
About K.A. Tucker
Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.
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