Book Recommendation 

Providence by Jamie McGuire

 

This book continuously popped up in my recommended for you shelf but I kept putting off reading it. Once again this happened to be a book I never read the description before I started reading, luckily it turned out that I loved it. 

Struggling with her father's death, Nina meets Jared Ryel, presumably by chance. However it soon becomes clear that he knows more about her than even close friends. When her father's former associates begin following her in the dark, Nina learns that her father was not the man she thought he was, but a thief who stole from demons. In searching for the truth behind her father's death, she stumbles upon something she never expected, and something Hell wants, that only she holds the key for. Jared risks everything to keep the women he was born to save, by sharing the secret he was sworn to protect. 

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I didn't really know what to expect out of this book but I must admit I liked it even more than Beautiful Disaster. I guess you could say Jarad was a little stalkerish by following Nina around but it was also his job and I found that so sweet that he fell in love with her from afar. Nina was a tad annoying but was also feisty and strong and you can't go wrong with that combo. She won me points when she wanted to give up being with Jarad if it meant keeping their families and friends safe. She took it a little far by dating Ryan, that was just unnecessary but also realistic. In life people tend to do that, date someone to try to get over someone else, that's more of a character flaw that you can't be mad at because it's human nature.  The supporting characters were also well thought out and helped the plot instead of hindering it. I think McGuire did an excellent job at creating a paranormal romance novel. This book also sets up the second and third book well without being a starter book. This book is good within its own right. All three novels have elements that connect and nothing happens that is just filler, which is important for any good novel.

A.B.