Forsaken ~ Rachel Madbury

Graciella Snow has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She’s never known. Since her mom left when she was a kid she’s wondered what the point was to pretty much anything. Now that she’s done with college and expected to join the “real world” she knows she’d better figure it out. But first she has to deal with the house she inherited from her late mother. Going to Maine for the summer was the last thing she’d planned on, but after she meets Alexander Cole she begins to question everything she ever thought she knew. Known in town as something of a recluse Alexander Cole has gotten used to his solitude. He’s poured himself into his work and it’s better this way, even if these small town gossips don’t understand. But when Grace shows up to take care of her mom’s run down beach house he can’t seem to keep his normal distance. She’d be better off if he did, but after all this time, he’s not so sure he can keep up the fight. How can he keep her from finding out who he really is? Can she ever trust a man with a past she might never know?

Elizabeth's Review

3 Stars - Average Read

Review Copy provided by Author

Forsaken is a book that I really wanted to like, but struggled with on several levels. We are thrust into the story of Grace as she inherits a house in Maine and moves there the summer after college graduation to decide what to do with it. Forsaken follows Grace as she renovates the inherited house, makes friends with Chloe, and begins a relationship with Alexander, her architect. This is a well written book, but it felt like there were a lot of inconsistencies and loose ends. One example: Alexander's age. He is supposed to be an award winning architect who is apparently wealthy, but he's only 27. Given other things that he references during the story, I would have expected his character to be older. There are other things that stand out as odd or seem to be left hanging. I don't want to give too much away, so I won't list them here. But, I will say that I kept waiting for the issues to be addressed. This is the first book in a series, so we might be getting more information in coming books.