Review: Garnet Flats (The Edens) by Devney Perry
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Summary
From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Devney Perry comes a second chance, small town romance.
Talia Eden loved Foster Madden for one year, two months and eleven days. It was on day 438 that her love died. The day he chose to marry her best friend. The day she vowed never to think of Foster again.
Until years later when he has the audacity to show up in her small hometown of Quincy, begging for her help.
The ink on his divorce papers is barely dry, yet he comes armed with apologies and promises. She knows it’s all a ploy. Foster is the king of games and secrets. But he’s got delusions the size of Montana if he thinks she’ll help him train for a world championship fight.
Except Talia has forgotten exactly what made Foster famous. The man has dedicated his life to victory. He’s steadfast. He’s determined. And he won’t stop fighting until he’s won her heart.
Review
I was extremely excited to read Garnet Flats and I think I might have set my expectations too high. I’ve always had a love hate relationship with second chance romances. It has to be done right, and I need to feel the emotional connection that the characters have and two, there needs to be some form of graveling. Especially when one of the characters hurts the other one in such a significant way. Garnet Flats somewhat failed in both of those things.
After breaking Talia’s heart seven years ago, I expected Foster to fight hard to win her back. Not show up at her home and her job with vague words and half-truths. I expected angst on top of angst and conflicted feelings and emotional love declarations. However, none of that occurred.
To be frank, I didn’t care for Foster. His love towards Talia was questionable, and I sort of understand why he did what he did if I closed one eye. But I don’t think Talia should have forgiven him so easily. Especially since once he came back in her life he kept withholding information from her and expecting her to adapt to it. And truthfully, his reasoning for coming back was not entirely because of her. There was a lot of telling and not enough showing in terms of Foster.
Final Thoughts
Garnet Flats is a second chance romance that left me thinking did he deserve her and wondering how Talia’s story would play out if she had an entirely different love interest.
