Hooked: Sea of Destiny #1 by K.C. Falls

For all that there were a reasonable amount of pages (291), it didn't feel like the characters developed much personality along the way. It might be just it's the first book in the series and the author is laying the ground work, but as it was I found it difficult to care about any of them. Except maybe the monkey. To complete the feeling of disappointment was also that the story just stopped. Not a cliffhanger exactly, it almost felt like a printer running out of ink. It didn't make any sense to end it there in that way, and it certainly didn't leave me looking forward to the next book.

What did strike me was the secondary foundation of a brother and sister that grow up with a mother that is mentally ill. An insanity that steals their childhoods and subjects them to torturous, unnecessary medical care and the trauma of hiding, being unable to trust anyone, and waiting for that parent to completely crack. who do these kids grow up to be? What drives them in their adult lives? How do they get past being broken and find their adult selves? I don't know how much the author will explore and expand on this line, but it is the one thing that might make me come back for #2.

Panty Scale: 2

Synopsis:
Morgan Wolf is a complicated man living an uncomplicated life on a mega yacht he doesn't own. He lets women believe what they think they see.  It's easier that way.  No woman would want the truth he's never shared.

Lara Lamb is sailing away from what she thought she wanted. Because she wanted the wrong things and always for the wrong reason.

Lara sees Morgan for what he is:  a rich, shallow Peter Pan who happens to have a cute monkey. Trouble is she's only right about the monkey.

She's everything Morgan never wanted.  She makes the easy way look like the coward's way. Ready to take the chance, Morgan struggles with how to let Lara closer than anyone's ever been. Will his unspeakable wounds be too deep for her to bear?

This is a full length (50,000 words) novel that can be read as a standalone or continued with Wrecked (Part 2) and Rescued (Part 3). 
*This is adult contemporary romance with scenes and language aimed at a mature audience.*

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