Jagged Ink (Montgomery Ink: Colorado Springs #3) by Carrie Ann Ryan
Pages: 250
Publish date: February 19th 2019
Publisher: –
ASIN: B079Y2HBLC
Purchase: Amazon UK – Amazon US – Amazon AU
Roxie Montgomery met her soul mate when she least expected it. When he asked her to marry him, she thought her happily ever after was only just beginning. Then, she found that walking into the sunset was much harder than her favorite books made it out to be. After a crushing loss, she feels as though she doesn’t know her husband anymore, or rather…she doesn’t know herself.
Carter Marshall has loved Roxie since the first time he saw her. But as the days pass between them, so does the distance. He doesn’t know how to show her that he’s all in, and honestly doesn’t know if she’s in at all. When an accident changes everything, they’ll have to decide if what they have can be salvaged, or if starting over is the answer. Or even possible.
Without fighting, without a true new beginning, sometimes, the remnants of what was lost can leave anyone jagged, shells of what they were before. It will take more than the idea of forever for Roxie and Carter to find themselves again, but as the Montgomerys know, nothing worth fighting for is easy.
Jagged Ink:
I received an earc of Jagged Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan from Ink Slinger PR in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book.
I started reading Carrie Ann Ryan’s Montgomery Ink series last year and fell in love with the characters and their stories. The story of Roxie and Carter caught my eye since the beginning of the Colorado Springs series. There have always been hints about troubles for Roxie and Carter and they come full force in Jagged Ink, including why it all came to be.
Jagged Ink follows married couple Roxie and Carter who thought they had it all. Roxie thought that she met her soul mate, she thought she got her happily ever after. But after a loss that tore her apart, she doesn’t even know if she has a husband anymore, let alone herself. Carter Marshall has loved Roxie since he can remember, she not only brought him love but a family that he never thought he would have. When an accident changes everything between them, Roxie and Carter have some tough decisions that need to be made. But will they both get through and survive?
I don’t read much if any books about couples that are already together, so from the get-go, this was a different reading experience for me. But I still really enjoyed it. The connection between Roxie and Carter was still very much there, but with everything that these two have gone through, they have lost hope.
Roxie was a really interesting protagonist, the reader gets to know her a little throughout the series, but this is the first time that we are in her head. I found Roxie very different from the other Montgomery’s. While she still has their spark and love for family, her passion isn’t really in the arts – which is different from what we’ve seen before. And I really liked this. It was great seeing something a little different. I really enjoyed Roxie as a protagonist and she really grew throughout Jagged Ink. I thought that her characterisation was fantastic and the reader is able to see her struggle with like and everything it throws at her.
Carter like Roxie was a really interesting character. He has been through a lot before this book even started, and then his one starts with a bang. My heart just hurt for Carter throughout the whole book. While Roxie had her family to learn on, Carter felt very much alone and that really stood true. I just wanted to give him so many hugs. Not only was he going through all the pain from the accident, but also everything that was happening between him and Roxie. But also I really think that Carter found himself in this novel as well. He found out more about himself away from Roxie and Montgomery’s and who he is.
The romance in Jagged Ink was hard to dislike. I just couldn’t hate it. Although Roxie and Carter go through some very hard discussions throughout Jagged Ink, their love was very evident. From the get-go, the reader is able to see that they both care and love each other so much, but they are both feeling like something is missing. Both Roxie and Carter thought that they meet their soul mate and while getting married young, they thought it would all work. But then something happened. Something happened that didn’t just tear Roxie apart, but their marriage as well.
Jagged Ink is more about Roxie and Carter falling back in love with one another. It’s about them realising why they fell in love in the first place. What drew them to each other. It was really nice seeing this happen. Seeing two characters who are obviously in love find out why they caught each other’s eye. The reader is also able to see both Roxie and Carter struggle without one another. But they also needed the break to remember why they were with each other. When together they were like fire and it worked so well.
I figured out sorted why Roxie and Carter were having problems very close to the start of the novel. But I didn’t know what had happened after. Carrie Ann Ryan did a really nice job handling this situation and while it didn’t take over the storyline, it helped motivate the protagonists. I do wish we could have seen more of a reaction from the Montgomery family and how they would have felt. They are such a close family, that it felt like I needed to have more emotions from them as well.
Overall, I really enjoyed Jagged Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan. This one was an emotional rollercoaster. Roxie and Carter had been through so much before the novel, and then everything that happens in this one takes a toll. Jagged Ink is about falling back in love, realising why you fell for that one person. And letting go of the past because sometimes it drags you down. Jagged Ink is a great addition to Carrie Ann Ryan’s Montgomery Ink series and I can’t wait to see more.
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