I read the first 3 books in the Driven
series about a year ago and couldn’t get enough. Originally the series was
recommended to me as a Fifty Shades of Grey substitute and it did not
disappoint. When I heard that K Bromberg was going to release a companion novel
featuring Rylee’s BFF Haddie (and Becks) I about jumped out of my seat. Becks
and Haddie are just so different in personality I couldn’t see how that
relationship could end well but K Bromberg took us on a dramatic ride that
ended with a beautiful conclusion.
Haddie and Becks are polar opposites right down to their nicknames (Country/City)
but I guess opposites attract right? Haddie is constantly hot and cold towards
Beckett throughout the book but with good reason. Haddie is still struggling
with the recent death of her sister (Lexi) due to breast cancer and dealing
with the emotionally rattled family Lexi left behind. Seeing how Lexi’s death
affected her husband and daughter, Haddie has decided to close herself off to
emotional relationships in order to spare anyone else pain. Once Becks realizes
why Haddie is emotionally cut off the book he decides to fight for Haddie
regardless of her looming cancer diagnosis.
This book takes the reader on an emotional journey but also has
light-hearted sweet moments (pink flip flops!).
The only issue I had with Slow Burn
was it seemed slow at times. There were a few chapters that I found to be unnecessary
or could have been scaled down. Also, the internal dilemma going on in Haddie’s
head was a little overdone. It seemed like each chapter we had to read about
Haddie’s dilemma over and over again. After the first few chapters I found myself
just wanting to scream “WE GET IT ALREADY, MOVE ON!”
On a scale of 1-5, I rate Slow Burn
at a 3.5. I highly recommend it to fans of the Driven Series.
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