Need You Close (Second Chance Ranch #3) de Ananbeth Albert

Salut mes P’tits Chats!

J’espère que vous allez bien. Je vous retrouve aujourd’hui pour vous parler de Need You Close de Annabeth Albert que je remercie pour ce SP. Il s’agit du troisieme tome de sa série Second Chance Ranch dont j’ai chroniqué le tome 1 ici et le tome 2 là .

Résumé :

Friends don’t let friends fall for each other.

Two of my closest friends have recently paired off with partners of their own, and I need a new friend in the worst way. I’m busy carrying on my father’s large-animal veterinary practice and our family legacy, but the loneliness is getting to me.

Carson Jennings might be my friend’s younger brother, but we hit it off immediately upon his return to Lovelorn, Colorado. Our mutual army background gives me a great deal of empathy for Carson’s recent injuries in the line of duty.

As our friendship grows through visits to a veterans’ support group to truck shopping to dealing with a sick rescue horse, our time together fills long-ignored holes in my life. The problem? My love life is one of those empty spaces.

My attraction to Carson is undeniable, especially once I discover that Carson shares my interest. One kiss tumbles into a passion neither of us has known before. I’m scared and worried because I don’t want to ruin this wonderful thing we’re building.

However, Carson is far braver than me. He won’t wait forever for me to leap from friends to the sort of love that lasts a lifetime. Can I heal my wounded heart before it’s too late?

FR- Alors alors…. alors j’aime énormément cette série et je dois dire que ce troisième tome est toujours aussi bon.

J’ai beaucoup aimé l’histoire de Jude et Carson, ces deux personnages abimés par la vie qui vont petit à petit se reconstruire grâce à l’autre. J’ai aimé le fait que se soit principalement leur amitié qui les aide à se reconstruire et que la romance ne soit au final que la suite logique de cette forte amitié.

Le thèmes abordés une fois de plus sont très forts et très bien abordés. On sent qu’Annabeth Albert a, comme toujours, pris grand soin de se documenter sur le sujet.

L’alternance de point de vue apporte énormément à l’histoire.

Je sais que c’est quelque chose de très courant voir d’incontournable aujourd’hui en romance mais j’ai particulièrement aimé avoir le point de vue des deux personnages qui sont vraiment différents l’un de l’autre. J’ai aussi beaucoup apprécié qu’il n’y ai pas de drama inutile entre eux et qu’ils communiquent rapidement en cas de malentendu.

Les obstacles viennent de leurs passés et de leurs blessures.

Mais leur relation n’est jamais un obstacle et Carson et Jude communiquent, échangent et s’écoutent. Ils s’apportent énormément l’un à l’autre et on le voit guérir au fil des pages.

En résumé, un très très bon troisieme tome d’une très très bonne série.

ENG-So, so… so, I love this series so much and I must say that this third volume is just as good.

I really enjoyed Jude and Carson’s story, these two characters scarred by life who gradually rebuild themselves thanks to each other. I loved that it’s primarily their friendship that helps them heal, and that the romance is ultimately just the logical continuation of this strong bond.

The themes explored are, once again, very powerful and very well handled. You can tell that Annabeth Albert, as always, took great care in researching the subject.

The alternating points of view add a great deal to the story.

I know it’s very common, even essential, in romance novels these days, but I particularly enjoyed having the perspective of both characters, who are so different from each other. I also really appreciated that there wasn’t any unnecessary drama between them and that they communicated quickly when there were misunderstandings.

The obstacles stem from their pasts and their wounds.

But their relationship is never an obstacle, and Carson and Jude communicate, share, and listen to each other. They bring a great deal to each other, and we see him heal as the story unfolds.