The Redemption of Callie and Kayden (Coincidence, #2)

by Jessica Sorensen

[Leah]

Last year I read the first books in two of Jessica Sorensen’s new adult series – The Secret of Ella and Micha and The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden and I thoroughly enjoyed both books. They were great. The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden ended so abruptly though that I couldn’t wait to read The Redemption of Callie and Kayden. But it’s actually taken me a little while to get around to reading it. Mostly because I just have so many review books to read, but also because I was super disappointed in The Forever of Ella and Micha. And, unfortuntely, despite being super excited to finally get stuck into ‘Redemption’, I was yet again disappointed.

After the shocking ending of The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden, and after everything Callie and Kayden have been through, and go through together, I really expected ‘Redemption’ to be more than it was. Instead, Callie and Kayden are apart for a good portion of the novel, with Kayden doing his best to try and let Callie go, even though it’s blindingly obvious Callie is never going to accept that (and rightly so). When you think of everything they’ve been through, the fact they found each other was the hope they both needed to be able to not let their pasts beat them, and while I understand that what happened to Kayden undoubtedly was AWFUL and horrific, and probably made him question a lot of things, I’d have preferred if he had just let Callie in.

I wanted to love this book so much, and it just didn’t happen. I found myself more interested in Luke and Seth than I was in Kayden and Callie because their relationship just wasn’t going where I wanted it to, and I just wanted more… It was the same with Ella and Micha, and I just don’t know where it all went wrong. Maybe if I’d read the books consecutively instead of leaving such a large gap, as I did. So what I am going to do, is I am going to dive into Luke and Violet/Lila and Ethan as soon as, because those are both two stories I’ve been dying to read, with some very interesting characters. Sorensen is a fantastic writer – the two original stories of Callie/Kayden and Ella/Micha were fantastic, I just don’t know where it all went wrong with their sequels. Maybe it’s me, as judging by the Amazon reviews, they’ve both got some fantastic reviews and are massive hits. Who knows?