North Of Happy

by Adi Alsaid

[Sam@WLABB]

I really liked this one. I have been fully embracing these books, where the characters are working through some sort of grief, and this one dug it's claws into my heart early on. I really was rooting for Carlos as he was trying to move on and trying to find his passion.

Although I own three Alsaid books, this is the first I have read, and I know, after reading this, that I will be reading the other two shortly. I really loved his story telling. There were so much fun and beautiful moments, that Alsaid wrote perfectly. He also did an amazing job pulling me into Carlos' world. Every time we were in the kitchen, I could feel the energy and the passion. The food descriptions made my mouth water, and I could almost see the woods where Carlos and Emma frolicked.

Although the ending tied up some of the storylines quite nicely, and left me with some hope, I wanted a little more with one thing. It's a pet peeve of mine. It is why I love epilogues. But even with that, I can say I was fairly satisfied and happy overall.