When the Wind Chimes Review (Reviewer Copy)

    Kaitlyn Summers is heartbroken. When she receives an invitation to spend Christmas with her family on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, she feels it may be the perfect medicine. She throws herself into helping her sister's struggling art gallery, even taking a temporary job for extra money by looking after a little girl from her nephew's school. She also begins to paint again, something she's been unable to do since her breakup. It's tempting to stay on Kauai, but she has obligations back in Los Angeles. Life gets more complicated when circumstances keep putting her close to Leonardo Medici. Not only is he drop-dead gorgeous, he's a local celebrity. But Kaitlyn can't shake the feeling he's hiding something. Should she believe the rumors that he's romancing half the island's single women? Or is the random sound of wind chimes when he's close-by a sign that an angel is near and the secret to her happily ever after? (Taken from Goodreads)

    Keep in mind that everyone has their own opinion. This review is only my opinion, and you may have your own, different one. I would take into consideration what I say, but do not make a decision about the book solely based off of this review. Additionally, the author sent me this book as a free review copy; however, this did not influence my review. This is 100% my honest opinion. Let's begin:

    I don't normally read romance novels, not because I have anything against them, but because I naturally gravitate towards fantasy. However, when I was offered a copy of this book I accepted due to having worked with the author for four other books (which are very good and you should definitely check out- they are the ISAN books). I'm very glad that I made that decision. I ended up learning that I am a complete sucker for this story.

    Though I haven't read much romance, I feel like the author did do a good job at keeping this one fairly unique. Of course, it does have some clichés, but every book I've ever read has no matter the genre. For the most part, though, this book stayed away from those and Ting did her own thing. I liked the plot and how everything developed. The slow burn had me wanting to scream at our two love interests to finally kiss or confess their feelings or literally anything that shows their feelings for one another.

    I adored the characters. The mysteriousness of Leonardo certainly kept me intrigued and, as his personality was unfolded, I just kept liking him more and more. Kaitlyn is such a cutie and sweetheart. She's a very easy protagonist to love- I basically loved her from the very first page. Of course, they are even better combined. The kids were adorable. I kind of wish I could babysit for them in real life because that would be so fun (I am definitely down to play some Unicorns vs. Skeletons!). My heart went out to Abby. She is such a strong character, and someone I really want to protect from more bad things.

    Overall, this novel may have just gotten me into romance. I fell in love with the story and the characters in it; Mary Ting writes an excellent slow burn romance! I found out the day I finished reading that there was going to be another book, this time about Abby, and I cannot be more excited for that to release.

    Thank you so much to Mary Ting and Angie from the Instagram page @marytingnews for the copy of this book!

Rating: 5/5 stars

Author: Mary Ting

Publisher: Rosewind Books

# of Pages: 286 (Paperback)

Genre: Romance

Series: When the Wind Chimes (1)

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