“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” ― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Perfect Kind of Trouble (Finding Fate #2) - Chelsea Fine

Twenty-one-year-old Kayla Turner has lost everything. After spending most of her life taking care of her ailing mother, she just wants to spot a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. So when her late father-a man she barely knew-leaves her an inheritance, she finally breathes a sigh of relief . . . until she learns the inheritance comes with strings. Strings in the form of handsome playboy Daren Ackwood, her father's protégé. To see any of her inheritance, she's forced to team up with him. From his expensive car to those sexy dimples, Kayla's seen his type before. But Daren isn't who he seems to be . . .

Struggling to make amends for his family's mistakes, Daren has a life more Oliver Twist than Richie Rich these days. He's beyond grateful that James Turner included him in his will, but working with Turner's princess of a daughter to fulfill his cryptic last wish is making Daren wonder if being broke is really so bad. Still, she's just as beautiful as she is stubborn, and the more time he spends with Kayla, the less it feels right being without her. Soon Daren and Kayla begin to wonder if maybe the best gift Kayla's dad could have left them . . . was each other


Kayla is a twenty-one year old who is lost in life and has lost everything.  She's been out of town for five years and doesn't intend to stay longer than she has to.  She doesn't really know or trust anyone here.  Daren has lost everything that ever mattered to him, or at least what he thought mattered to him including the guy who took a chance on a kid and tried to teach him about the important things in life when he was just a selfish, spoiled child.

Kayla's quirky father left the two of them a mission, that they need to complete together in order to gain their reward.  Given the trust issues the both have, this is going to be next to impossible - but luckily for us, completely humorous.

Perfect Kind of Trouble is the second book in Chelsea Fine's Finding Fate Series.  The first book Best Kind of Broken, from what I understand, was FIne's first dive into the New Adult pool.  I reviewed that book as well and while I thought FIne's writing was good, there was still a YA feel to the story.  Frustrating characters with a lot of communication issues, something you would expect to see from younger people (not that it doesn't happen to us all sometimes).

This book, was a better fit for this category, and therefore for me, a better book.  Were there misconceptions? Yes...but that was two people judging a book by it's pretty cover.  It was the story and Fine did a good job in making me want to follow along, right until the end.

I really enjoyed the chemistry between Kayla and Daren.  I liked that neither of them was falling all over themselves because of the other.  It wasn't a matter of he's too hot for  me, or she's too perfect like we see in other stories like this.  They both held grudges against each other and in their own minds were right in doing it.  Because this book is told in dual POV's, you even understand where each is coming from.  I think the sarcasm and banter actually was my favorite part of this book.
"As flattered as I am that you'd extend your public-servicing penis to me, I think I'm going to pass."  In the first book, I wouldn't have thought Fine had it in her but this book proved me wrong.

All in all I thought this book was better than the first and I would recommend it to readers looking for something cute and funny.  It's an easy read, I finished it one sitting, the story moves along well.  I am looking forward to Jenna's book (Finding Fate #3).

**ARC provided by Net Galley**
3.75 Stars!

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