One Funeral, by Kate and Stone Bastion

This book follows the previous novel by the same authors, No Weddings and it picks up directly where the last one left off, however from a different point of view,

In the last novel, Cade met Hannah and fell for her, however she resisted his charms. Cade, who could never resist a challenge, made it his mission to get to know her better. In doing so, he discovered that like him, she was also scarred by previous relationships.

If you'd read my last review, I was most disappointed by the last book as it was billed as being a romantic novel - erotic fiction infact, told from the man's point of view. However, all they got as far as was kissing - right on the last page!

So I thought I would give this second novel a go to see if the heat had picked up. And I'm afraid to say that I got only a fraction of the way through before getting bored and giving up - sorry!!

It picks up with that kiss, however it is from Hannah's point of view now, which is a good idea as the reader now can hear how she feels about Cade and their situation. Despite this, I felt that it was repeating a lot of information I had previously read in the first book and didn't really need to read again.

Her and Cade agreed to go on a date to see how things would go, but Hannah couldn't get out of her head and decided, as a way to get over things and help move her relationship with Cade forward, she agreed to go to counselling.

It was at this point that I felt this wasn't going to work for me. Hannah went to her counsellor and the reader has to go through these sessions with her, working out her thoughts for the boy and why she is so messed up. Having recently been through a similar situation, I was in no mood to read about Hannahs troubled life.

So I gave up on the book. It just wasn't promising to be the romantic novel that I thought it was and judging by the title, it sounds like it probably is a bit depressing.

If you liked the first one then definitely give this one a go but just be prepared for what you are letting yourself in for!