Carrie's Bookshelf: Still Standing by Kristen Ashley

I started on the Kristen Ashley party a little later than others, but from my first book (Law Man), I was hooked. I saw the paperback at Target one day & recognized her name from all my book peeps & thought "I'll give this a shot."

That was it.

I was hooked! And while I haven't loved everything, she is an auto-pre-order author for me 95% of the time! I had the opportunity to read her latest early & I'm so grateful!!

And today, it's live for everyone to check out!! : )

My Review:

Forgiveness. It's a theme throughout this story, not just with Clara & Buck, but various situations & characters. There are some major communication issues that I had issues with - Clara is very "innocent" despite the pitfalls she's had to endure in life. That's part of what I liked about her, but also part of what I didn't. And Buck KNOWS she's new to his world, yet he still doesn't really explain things, which caused some issues that I felt could have otherwise been avoided. Especially a major miscommunication brought about by well-meaning old ladies w/in the MC who become Clara's posse!

So, those were my frustrations. Sometimes, things like that would hinder my enjoyment of the story, but thankfully that wasn't the case here. Overall, I LOVE Clara & Buck, their hearts are so strong, and the title is very appropriate! I love the way Buck is with his family. And once he figures out that he's been a bad communicator, how he opens up even more. (Side note: He's really very straight forward in his communication to Clara about how their relationship is going & how far "in" he is - but she's clueless & I felt like he should have picked up on that sooner so he could make sure she was fully clued in! LOL)

There are some truly beautiful scenes in their story. Her relationships w/ Gear & Tatiana give us some amazing scenes. And there are some scenes going along with that forgiveness theme that are out of this world & there were tears.

And this is definitely on the steamy side, as well. Clara & Buck both have quite the adventurous drive!

: )

Links:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3eXeWeh

Amazon Worldwide: http://mybook.to/StillStanding

Amazon Paperback: https://amzn.to/39u2Fgx

Apple Books: http://apple.co/3m1hhrA

Google Play: http://bit.ly/3abobFY

Kobo: http://bit.ly/3kSbnHP

Nook: http://bit.ly/3nPNmmn

Paperbook: http://bit.ly/3cm6XZg

Add Still Standing to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/39t30zU

Are you a KA fan?

Let me know what you think & if you read this one, I'd love your thoughts!