Beyond Words (The Hutton Family Book 1)

I'm not going to start this by saying, "I never write reviews'. Well I guess I just did anyway. I write them only when something either REALLY impresses me or REALLY makes me gag. This one impressed me. I doubt many will read my review because if you are like me, you don't care about the 4 and 5 star reviews. You want the dirt. You want the grit. You want to know how bad it really is. Cynical...perhaps, but I have been duped into buying books with lots of 4 and 5 star reviews and they were TERRIBLE. This one was an absolute breath of fresh air. Lets explore that, shall we?First of all, the writing is excellent. I only noticed one obvious typo. That alone gives it a 3 star rating. I didn't have to continually be pulled out of the story because of glaring grammatical mistakes, poor word usage or a plethora of ill placed commas. Next, the story is sweet and believable. You LIKE the characters and you are rooting for them. The female is strong without being a curse word laden bee-otch. SOOOOO refreshing. She is genuine and nice. I would actually love to be Cat's friend. Her outlook on life is lightness and good. Not to say she doesn't have struggles, she does.....oh does she ever, but she doesn't have a "woe is me. I'm so pitiful" world view. YAY!!! Lucas is hurting and struggling with his demons but he isn't so broken that he is some sicko perv or all around a-hole. He is thoughtful and introspective and cares about his family and about Cat. Likable characters; that bumped it up to 4 stars.The half a star deduction comes from the climax....or sort of lacking of a climax. I ain't no spoil sport so I won't give anything away but when truths come out and all is revealed, it was too quick. I even said those words out loud. I might have even yelled them. The writing was so excellent and the story so well thought out, I had hoped for a bit more from Ms Brooks on that score but PLEASE don't let my opinion spoil anything for you. This is worth every penny and worth the afternoon it took to read it. I am eagerly awaiting Wyatt's story now.Oh, and I didn't realize this until I started to clean up my kindle and organize my collections/authors, but I have a few Abby Brooks books waiting in the queue already. Guess it is time to dust them off and finally read them because this was a joy.

Have you ever read a book that excited, and consumed you so much that once you finally closed the book and gave into sleep, its the first thing you pick up again the next morning?Beyond Words had hooked me on the first page!Not your typical romance, and something unique from Abby Brooks. A pouring of hearts, minds, and souls in a three-dimensional triangle of friendship, lust, and love. The characters connection can easily be felt- their struggles quickly became mine.While there was plenty of emotional upsets,( I even had a few sniffles in there) the lightheartedness was also in ample supply, between Cat's inner dialogue, and her exuberant friends, plus the many layers of the Hutton family, there's plenty to smile about! Add in that sexual tension lingering underneath the surface.. woo --You've got a magnificent story that begs to be read!I am excited to see where this story goes from here- The Hutton Family has quickly become people I need to know everything about!#OneClickMaterial

Overall I loved this book... definitely the best story I have read in a long time... and the characters were amazing. I only saw a few grammatical errors... and there was only one part that really bothered me and that felt like it was downright uncalled for... which I will explain below... so please do not read on if you don’t want details!***Spoiler Warning***I am absolutely not okay with the fact that Cat hauled off and slapped Lucas across the face twice in a row. Not only was that not justified... I’m not okay with violence or hitting from any character... especially when the character did absolutely nothing wrong in the first place. On top of the fact that she slapped him twice in a row for no apparent reason... she never even apologized or hardly acknowledged that it’s wrong to put your hands on another person. I really feel like that those couple lines added nothing of value to the story and left a sour taste in my mouth.

Beyond Words is book 1 in the new Hutton Family series by Abby Brooks and OMG..what a way to begin this Series!!!Lucas (Skywalker) and Cat (Katydid) first connect when Katydid loses her journal with all her inner most thoughts at a coffee shop only to be found by Skywalker who reads it and leaves her a message to contact him. She contacts him which start a romance..then Lucas and Cat meets when she starts a job at the Hut. Unbeknownst to either they already know each other from the emails..so the story goes...This story brings them full circle and has lots to keep you reading until the last page. Looking forward to reading more Hutton’s!!!

I was really looking forward to reading this book, but I found myself struggling after the first few chapters. I found it hard to believe that Lucas didn't connect the dots to Cat's story. I found their loyalty to each other as strangers very unrealistic. For me personally, I dislike coincidences in books, like the one in this book, which is why I possibly did not enjoy this book like so many others did. So, please read the high star reviews when making your decision to read this book. I gave it 3 stars for the idea of the story, and the editing.

This book couldn't decide what it wanted to be when it grew up. A family saga?A military romance with a wounded hero? A sweeping romance about two beautiful souls coming together? A contemporary story with a young, hip heroine? One with mysterious, tortured protagonists? It tried to be all of those things and didn't quite succeed at any. It would have made more sense if the hero and heroine stayed in the same city where it started, but the likelihood of both of them relocating for different reasons and ending up at the same pkace was too far fetched. And how is it "cheating" for either of them to be interested in two different people when they aren't in an actual relationship with either?

This was a sweet read but maybe a little too sweet for my reading tastes. Lucas and Cat didn't start off like normal people, it started with a journal, a reply to one of the journal entries and then progressed to emailing not once having met. Then something send Cat to Florida and this is where Lucas and Cat actually meet but they don't know they've been talking via email since they use nicknames. I found myself gettin frustrated at times with the characters. It was a nice enough read but just too nice for me.... I think I'm broken lol