New Release+Review: Licks by Kelly Siskind

36 hours is a short spell when racing the clock.
2,160 minutes is an eternity for old friends to fall in love...

August Cruz is the only man I've ever loved.
He's the one who got away.
He's the one I totally screwed over.

Now he's standing on my doorstep, nine years later, but he's not the only thing that turns up. My mother's lost diary is in my hands, and it might lead me to my father. A possibility I wished for one year ago, at my last birthday.

I have 36 hours to fulfill that wish.
I have 36 hours to drag August on a wild scavenger hunt.
I have 36 hours to protect my heart before I lose him again...because there's something he's not telling me.

Shelly’s Review:

I’ve been invested in this interconnected standalone series since the first story, Legs. I couldn’t wait to read Gwen and August’s book as their backstory was bound to be angst filled. They had been best friends growing up but Gwen shut him out and then something big happened to rip them apart. That I honestly did not see coming. Gwen is also on mission to find her birth father. Gwen, Rachel and Ainsley (characters from the other books) all have the same birthday and make a pact to fulfill certain goals by a certain birthday. So with that being said Gwen is on a time crunch to find her father and the last person she least expects to help is August but he agrees.

Throughout the story they are looking for clues and whereabouts into her deceased mom’s past to find her father. As much as I wanted to love this story I had such a hard time connecting to the characters. I normally enjoy this author’s books  but I struggled with this story. Don’t get me wrong Siskind’s writing was good but I just couldn’t connect to the story. Even though this story didn’t work out for me please don’t let my review stop you from reading. I’ve pretty much read everything by this author and this is the first time this has happened to me.

About Kelly Siskind

A small-town girl at heart, Kelly moved from the city to open a cheese shop with her husband in northern Ontario. When she’s not neck deep in cheese or out hiking, you can find her, notepad in hand, scribbling down one of the many plot bunnies bouncing around in her head. She laughs at her own jokes and has been known to eat her feelings—gummy bears heal all. She’s also an incurable romantic, devouring romance novels into the wee hours of the morning.

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