Review: Connected by Kim Karr

Connected
(Connections #1)
Author: Kim Karr
Publisher: Kim Karr
Published: March 22, 2013
Genre: Romance, New Adult, Contemporary

 

What if a ‘Once in a Lifetime’ could happen twice?

Suffering from a past full of tragedy, Dahlia London’s soul has been left completely shattered. Happily ever after is a far cry from reality in her world. But, when she is reconnected with her past, the bonds that form are irrefutable.

When River Wilde, lead singer of The Wilde Ones, comes back into Dahlia’s life, the intensity that fires their relationship combined with underlying feelings that have never died lead her to believe she has met her soulmate.

Struggling with confusion as old connections fade and new ones begin, Dahlia’s grief begins to lift—but guilt remains. River wants to be the one to mend all that is torn within her.

But with a past that is never really gone, can their future survive?

This book honestly gave me a huge reading slump. It was frustratingly slow and boring and so unbelievable in a lot of ways.

Dahlia London first met the aspiring lead singer River Wilde when they were in college. They automatically formed an instant connection when they met. However during that time Dahlia was in a serious relationship with her boyfriend Ben, so when River asked her to stay at the bar until he finished performing, she chose to run away from that place without letting him know. Years later, they met again but this time Dahlia is already single and is on the process of moving on from a traumatic death of Ben who was already her fiance.

I found the first few chapters engaging because the author really did an amazing job describing the events and the story itself in a dramatic and melancholic way. But then the moment Dahlia and River met again after several years, it started to become shallow and it didn’t even make any sense to me at all. There was an absolute insta-love that bothered me. In just one week of being together, they already professed their love for each other and things between them already progressed so fast it’s so unbelievable!

I just didn’t like the series of events happened in this book. I chose to read this book because I was in a mood for a rock star romance but meh, I didn’t get what I expected. I think River just performed on stage at least once or twice in the entire book and all he ever did the whole time was mooning over Dahlia.

And don’t even get me started on the ending. Yes, it sure was a plot twist I didn’t see coming but for me it was another thing that is hard to believe. It was too much. I don’t think I would read the next book.