Finding It (Losing It, #3)

by Cora Carmack

[Leah]

I really, really, really love Cora Carmack’s books. Since I read Losing It earlier this year, I’ve just devoured everything she’s released. I adored Losing It, Faking It, Keeping Her so as soon as I spotted Finding It up for review I nearly squealed. I was so excited for Kelsey’s story, and let me tell you it’s a much more serious story than the ones that have come before it. So much so, that it actually surprised me. Kelsey was such a different character to the one I imagined, and of all three of Carmack’s heroines so far, she’s the one who shocked me. Inititally I wasn’t sure she was my type of character, she’s sorta brash, she’s kind of a hot mess, and she seems to be the polar opposite of Bliss. But, I actually came to love Kelsey. She’s probably my favourite of Max, Bliss and her, and I didn’t think I’d be saying that when I started the book.

As I said, Finding It seems to be much more serious than Losing It and Faking It. Yes, the same principles apply in all three books that all three girls are dealing with something most girls will come across, but Kelsey’s issues, Kelsey as a whole is someone you hope no one would ever have to deal with because it is right up there on a scale of horrific things to happen to you. You can tell from the off something has happened to her at some point and as we meet her, it made me a little bit sad, to see her in Hungary all by herself, befriending random Hungarian people with only one thing in their minds, so it was like a massive relief when in swept Hunt, though lemme tell you, Hunt was no walk in the park! He totally had me hooked from the word go, but he’s as much a hot mess (it would seem) as Kelsey and his dark and broody ways were rather irresistible!

I liked that despite the really awful issues facing both characters, that they both clicked so quickly, that Hunt took up the role of guardian, of protector, who right from the word go wasn’t going to let anything happen to Kelsey. I loved the whim of which he suggested they have a week together to travel around Europe (Prague, Germany, Italy) and after that they could do what they pleased. It suited them both to the ground, really; two people running from things they didn’t expect, and trying their hardest to make their life to be something they want it to be and the tension between the two was palpable. Carmack is a phenomenally talented writer, someone who just seems to get better with every book and she knows how to write romantic tension like no other author, which makes it so exciting to read her books because it’s been so long since a relationship in a book has given me that warm gooey feeling in my stomach and Carmack does it every time without fail.

I loved Finding It. I loved hopping around the European countries with Kelsey and Hunt, countries I’d love to one day visit; I loved the tension between Kelsey and Hunt it was palpable and I think they’re probably my favourite couple of Carmack’s couples because they faced so much and came out the other end. Hunt’s spirit, and the way he looked after Kelsey just filled me with joy so much. If only there were real-life Hunt’s, because I’d certainly get one for myself!! Carmack just makes me love her even more with every book she writes. She’s become a must-buy author and I will be collecting my paperback copies of Faking It and Finding It to join my Losing It paperback because she’s that good an author that I need finished copies for my shelves. This is her best yet, and I may have said that last time I read the book but that’s the point, she just gets better and better, and I can’t wait to see what’s next from her!