Title: Keep Her SafeAuthor: KA Tucker
Genre: Mystery, Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Atria
Pub Date: January 23, 2018
Rating: 5 Stars
Our thoughts...
Keep Her Safe is good, folks. Tucker knows how to write
mystery and suspense with a dash of romance and this story is no different. In
fact, it’s one of my favorites by her.
There are some hard subjects in this story and the emotions
on the page feel so real and tangible. This story is about loss, in several
different ways, reconnection, trust, burning down the past, and rebuilding from
the ashes.
The romance is not front-and-center and I like that here.
There is a need for Gracie and Noah to rediscover each other, who they have
become, and learn to trust each other before their attraction can realistically
be explored in a healthy way that leads to longevity. They have both been through
a lot and they’re smart enough to realize that lust is not what either of them
needs during their times of need. They need someone to depend on, to trust, and
to give support. It’s a beautiful relationship that comes out of something
ugly.
The mystery…I love a good mystery and I tend to figure
things out quickly, which can often lead to disappointment. I figured things
out quickly in this story but I’m not confident that it was meant to be a big
secret. My impression is that the big mystery is in the details and how Noah
and Gracie discover them. Tucker excels in this way and kept me voraciously
reading. The nuances are the key to this story. They are the driving factor,
the biggest source of unease, and what makes Keep Her Safe a home run of a
novel.
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