Review: The Renegade

The Renegade by Kimberly Kincaid
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Two and a half stars.

Single mother Jo Rossi had to give up her dreams of becoming an actress when a one-night stand led to an unexpected pregnancy, just when she had won the part of a lifetime. Now six years later she has left her daughter with her ex and come to Remington to audition for a part that could change her life forever. Little does she expect to walk into a bar with her sister and meet the most amazing younger guy. However, given what impulsive behaviour led to previously, Jo wants to play it safe and devote her time to studying for the part that could mean she no longer has to reach drama.

Sawyer Knox was a Marine until an IED decimated his team and left him with a traumatic brain injury. He's spent years in therapy of all kinds and still has blinding headaches from time-to-time but he's determined to live life big and bold, in tribute to his brothers in arms who can no longer do so. Sawyer is blown away by the woman he serves in the bar, she's beautiful, funny, kind and talented but her life philosophy is his polar opposite.

I really wanted to like this but it just felt like a nothing-ever-happens kind of novel. There's no real interactions of any note with anyone other than each other, maybe a brief phone call but otherwise most activities are either Jo and Sawyer together or one of them having an internal monologue. There's a couple of PG-rated dates, Jo cooks a meal, they have smexy times, she has the audition, brief moment of conflict and reconciliation. 100% predictable and not a very exciting or interesting way of getting there.

I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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