Daring the Wild Sparks
by Ren Alexander
Series: Wild Sparks
Paperback: 318 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (December 15, 2013)
Kindle Edition
File Size: 1194 KB
Print Length: 319 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1494277646
Publisher: Ren Alexander (December 14, 2013)
Publication Date: December 14, 2013
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★
My thoughts:
Daring the Wild Sparks is book # 2 to the Wild Sparks series.
Oh so heart broken... Finn and Hadley's story felt so real and totally relatable. Their relationship made me look back my past and seriously thinking I may have committed some mistakes like Finn so in some ways I understand him, and his many frustrations in life.
What I was so happy about was meeting Finn's family and the way they love Hadley, that's cool! This book #2 gave me too many conflicting emotions, felt trapped to their issues. Can't decide! It's a good thing I'm just a reader here =) Reading book #3 soon!
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About the book:
In the follow up to “Chasing the Wild Sparks,” Hadley Beckett’s quest for wedded bliss perseveres…
What would you do if the love of your life were closer to making your dreams come true?
Riding high in her relationship with her sportscaster/local daredevil boyfriend, Finn Wilder, Hadley Beckett makes plans concerning her future with Finn. Big plans.
Spending time with Finn at his parents’ house for Easter, Hadley can’t wait to share some of her ideas with him, hoping he will go along. She knows she has an uphill climb ahead of her, but she’s optimistic that after what they recently went through, Finn will be receptive to what she has to say.
Infamously anti-marriage, Finn promised Hadley he’d consider taking her to the altar if she gives him more time. Diving headfirst and with encouragement from her best friend Morgan, Hadley devises a backup plan if Finn can’t make a decision soon. However, her other close friend, Rod, disagrees with Morgan’s advice, partly to just oppose her in spite, but also having actual valid points of his own. Feeling conflicted, Hadley takes both of their suggestions and blends them together, formulating her own way to handle Finn.
On the other hand, unbeknownst to Hadley, Finn has plans of his own as well.
Hadley is determined to succeed, yet is she unwittingly destined to fail?
Chasing the Wild Sparks
by Ren Alexander
Paperback: 328 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 13, 2013)
Kindle Edition
File Size: 1299 KB
Print Length: 328 pages
Publisher: Ren Alexander (January 15, 2014)
Publication Date: January 15, 2014
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★
My thoughts:
Hmm. Rating this one is pretty hard and confusing for me. I liked the story but often, I was annoyed with the immaturity of all the characters here. They were all in their 30's and yet they're acting as if they were teenagers experiencing life problems for the first time.
Hadley and I didn't get along during the first half of the story. I was just too displeased with how she handled things with Finn. Past the last quarter, I began to like her. I was often moved to tears just thinking about her dreams and future which she knew too well they were different with Fin's.
I'm downloading the second book, I want to see which Hadley would choose: love (stay with Fin but be unhappy forever) or dreams (leave Fin and wait for the right man to fulfill her dreams).
About the book:
What would you do if the love of your life doesn’t want the same life you do?
Hadley Beckett has failed in not only her career, but as a daughter, friend, and girlfriend.
Hadley’s longtime boyfriend, Finn Wilder, who is Richmond, Virginia’s local daredevil and favorite sportscaster, isn’t afraid of anything…except for LASIK surgery, dancing, marriage, and kids—the last two being what Hadley desperately wants with him. Finn leads a very public life; however, he leaves Hadley in the dark about most of it. Despite his public persona, Finn is viciously protective of his private life. Excluding their families, his best friend and Hadley’s friends, nobody knows he has been dating her for three years. Finn loves Hadley and he knows she wants to get married. Nevertheless, he has his own reasons for not wanting to marry her.
Fearing at 33 that she will soon be too old to have kids, Hadley wants Finn to change his mind and marry her, yet her insecurities about his seemingly charismatic personality and his constant rebuffs have her questioning her aspirations. With conflicting advice from her friends, Hadley concludes she should take things into her own hands.
Would he change his mind then?
Finn pressures Hadley into moving in with him, but being traditional, she wants to be married first and she wants to stick to her beliefs, just as he clings to his own. Finn has tolerated Hadley’s stubbornness long enough and he’s reaching his breaking point.
Finn Wilder has his own story to tell.
