Bookreview: 'No Attachments' by Tiffany King

Ashton Garrison walked away from a privileged life in order to hide from the one thing she's not willing to face. She knows she left behind a trail of pain, but in the long run, her betrayal will hurt less than the truth. She now has one goal: Live life to the fullest with no regrets and no attachments. She has high hopes that a move to new surroundings will provide the escape she desires, but what Ashton doesn't count on is how fate always seems to find a way to screw up any good plan. Sometimes, when love comes knocking, the pull is too strong not to answer. Suddenly, what she thought she wanted to escape from is what Ashton now wants more than anything.

Nathan Lockton has one mission: find his target and complete the task he was hired to do—no attachments and no emotion necessary. He's done it over and over again. What he thought was a typical lost-and-found job has turned into a life examining moment as Nathan is forced to deal with something he has always ignored--his feelings. Now faced with a decision, Nathan must choose to either follow his heart or complete the job.

Love can come when you least expect it. The question is: If the odds are stacked against you, how far are you willing to go for the one you love?

 - „What if you fall in love with me?“ „You keep asking that. Trust me on this. My heart is too hardened to ever love again.“ -

A man. A woman. A bucket list. A lot of secrets. And no attachments.

A one night stand with no strings attached? Sounds easy enough to put it on a bucket list. That might've been Ashton's thoughts when she put that fact on the list. But when she met Nathan, the target, to cross that thing off her list, she didn't think about what role fate would play in her game.

They both know what they want, no love, just sex, nothing serious. But there's no harm in getting to know each other, right? They went from one night stand to an affair until all hell breaks lose and they unwillingly reveal all their secrets they both tried to keep hidden.

This book was by far the most surprising one I read from Tiffany King. The turn in the story shocked me completely even though the reader was kind of prepared for it. The chapters alternate between Ashton's POV and Nathan's POV which gives the reader a better perspective of their feelings and thoughts which is, in my opinion, the best way King could've wrote this story.

After all secrets have been laid out, the story goes in a new direction which makes it more important to know what both characters think/feel.

 

„Sometimes life throws you a curveball and either you duck to avoid it, or you swing at it with all your might.”
“Which option did you take?”
“Neither. I chose option three, which was to walk away.” -

Ashton found out that you can't always control what happens in life when she was young and since then life proved that point over and over again. She tried to run away from everything but when she met Nathan she slowly got to the point where she decided that running was no longer an option.

This book is a reminder that life's tough and no matter how many things you had already planned out, fate always seems to have another plan for you. Running away might keep you happy until reality catches up with you.

So like I said this book is surprising, different and anything but boring. Totally worth reading.

Bookreview: 'Sweet Thing' by Renee Carlino

Mia Kelly is a twenty-five-year-old walking Gap ad who thinks she has life figured out when her father’s sudden death uproots her from slow-paced Ann Arbor to New York City’s bustling East Village. There she discovers her father’s spirit for life and the legacy he left behind with the help of an old café, a few eccentric friends, and one charming musician.

Will Ryan is good-looking, poetic, spontaneous, and on the brink of fame when he meets Mia, his new landlord, muse, and personal heartbreaker.

A story of self-discovery and friendship, Sweet Thing shines light on the power of loving and letting go.

- “I guess I'm realizing we're all just people... trying to figure it all out.“ -

I can hardly find the right words to describe this book. It's amazing, surprising, well-written and different than anything I've read before. I'm a sucker for quotes and this book is full of them. Renee Carlino has a way with words you don't see in every book and rarely so well used.

This book isn't just about love and friendship, it goes so much deeper.

Mia and Will end up being roommates when she moves to New York City after her dad died, to continue her fathers business, a café in the East Village. She loves music and learned to play different instruments from her father when she spent the summers in NYC. But she likes safety more than music.

Will is a musician by heart and even though Mia soon discovers her feelings for him, she won't let him see them because he's anything but safety as a musician on the verge to fame but with no record deal, hopping from bar to bar playing every other night with his band or solo.

They become best friends who jam at nights in their apartement and discover their love for music and each other but Mia fights every urge to go for it, she rather goes out with a banker she doesn't love and ends up getting jealous about Will's girls.

Mia seems hard to love and makes you want to shake her from time to time to see how deeply Will loves her. Will on the other hand seems easy to love. He isn't afraid of putting his feelings into the music. He writes little notes, gives Mia nicknames and tries to show her how much he cares about her even when she rips his heart out over and over again without realizing it.

I don't wanna give too much away so that's all I'm gonna say about the story.

Like I said this book isn't just about love and friendship. It's about music, it's poetic and it's about the way to self-discovery. Mia fights so hard to go for the things she really loves that she hides behind those who seem to be safe. Will makes her want to escape that part of her life but she's too scared to have faith in anyone.

„You have to teach your heart and mind how to sing together... then you'll hear the sound of your soul.“

During the book Mia teaches her heart and mind how to sing together even though she needs more time than anyone might've expected.

„Sometimes it takes the love of others to show us who we really are.“

Mia slowly finds out who she really is but not without hurting people on the way and losing hope in between. She ends up finding her right way with the help of her friends and the music and a lot of faith.

Renee Carlino uses music as a way of conversation and understanding. I think music is highly underrated when it comes to that side and so I ended up loving this book not just because of the characters who are so much different than those in other books but mostly because of the way she uses the music as a connection for Mia and Will.

Music brings people together, it helps people to pour their hearts out if they might not be ready yet to tell others face to face how they feel. It's a poetic way to handle words and I love that about music and 'Sweet Thing'. The book is a rollercoaster ride and my heart broke not just once for Will and Mia but it's a refreshing story, different than anything you've read before.

This book is on a whole new level of inspiration. I just finished it and feel the need to read it again.