GrantAll of my demons are coming to head.I thought Ari could push them back.I thought I could conquer my vices with her at my side.I thought wrong.AribelFear is my new constant.I thought I could conceal it, contain it, control it.I thought that now that I had Grant the worst was over.I thought wrong.But if we’re going to survive, wherever you go…take me with you.
I flew through this book. I was so lost in the pages. I’m so bummed it was just a duet series. Hopefully we get more of the band and Grants story in other books. I loved the friendship, loyalty, banter, humor and steaminess of this book.
I adore K.A. Linde’s writing but for me this one fell a bit flat. I basically wanted to punch Grant the entire book and I don’t remember feeling that way during TMFG. I think I’m just so used to the angst she writes for characters in her other series but I just didn’t feel any of that this time around with Grant and Ari. Even the issues with their parents was built up and then just quickly over and done with. Idk what I would change but I just wanted to feel more for them.
This is the 3rd series of KA Linde’s I have read and loved. In this duo of books we follow Ari and Grant’s story and in Take Me with You, we get to see how their story ends. In this book we get a back and forth Point of View from both Ari and Grant’s perspective. I do love reading a book and then going back and re-reading another characters point of view, however I love the way Kyla did it in this book together. I get to know what Grant is thinking while seeing his story and I don’t have to wait to read through a whole other book published later like some authors do. I feel by doing this in Take Me with You, Kyla has satisfied my need to know how Grant ticks and what he’s thinking.
We had a cliffhanger in Take Me for Granted with what would happen now that Grant’s father was out of prison after having served time for killing his mother in front of him as a child. I wasn’t sure where this was going to go, if we were going to go down a bad ending for him and his father or finally get some closer on it. Throughout this book you don’t really know what will happen between him. His father is out, and trying to reach him to “talk”. I didn’t know how I felt about it, having been in domestic violence situations myself in the past. Did I want closure for them both, a bad ending, or a happy ending? It’s hard when you have lived through domestic violence, let alone witnessing someone who is suppose to be there to protect you, shoot and kill your mother. There were many moments that made me wonder which way this plot point was going to go, but I was glad to see that Grant’s father came back to ultimately apologize and try to explain he just wanted to know his son. He didn’t deserve to get to know him after what he had done, but just the fact that he asked for it and apologized for everything was a great way for Grant to finally get closure in the situation. They get to a point where they understand each other after Grant invites his Dad to see his kind of therapy, music.
The whole book for me centered on how Ari and Grant could handle their relationship; while inside Grant is trying to figure out what to do about this situation with his Dad. After resolving everything with his Dad to get them to at least an OK place, Grant shows Ari his new tattoo for her. The band is leaving to go on the road and even though we don’t get to see how Ari and Grant will handle time apart, the book ends with her getting a matching tattoo in the same place to show how much she wants a piece of him with her all the time.