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.