Tight Knit

So, I enjoyed this more than I thought, but there were just a couple of things that made this book less appealing than it could be. Lara, the lead, is frustratingly sympathetic. It's strange for me, because I get where she is coming from for the most part, but there are parts where her perpetual ang......more

This review of Tight Knit by Shaya Crabtree is going to be a mixture of good and bad. Overall, I liked this book. I want to make that clear right from the start. The premise of the story is a good one, and the setting is perfect. Most of the characters, especially the secondary ones from the small to......more

This is one of those books where you find that no matter how far you’re into the book you still can’t stand one of the MC’s. Lara Spellmeyer made her living knitting cat sweaters. She grew up in the small town of Perry, Oklahoma. She had a hard time because her grandfather, while drunk had an acci......more

Lara can hold on to a grudge like no one else. I wasn’t too impressed with her but as the author revealed more of her feelings and backstory, she grew on me a bit. She wasn’t all bad; she loved her grandmother for whom she returned to the small town she despises. She managed to keep or make a couple......more

Another difficult book to finish. Actually I wanted to finish it as quickly as I could to find out how this very unpleasant lead character (Lara) was ever going to become an adult. Lara is so wrapped up in self pity throughout the entire book I stopped caring about her. Nothing and no one was good e......more