They believe love conquers all. One of pro-hockey’s golden couples, Andrew and Caryn Chadwick live in the limelight reserved for elite professional athletes. On their second anniversary, Andrew receives an unexpected contract offer to join the Tampa Suns. As they look forward to a new adventure, neither foresees an event that challenges their love and threatens their marriage.Until it doesn’t. A … A sudden and senseless accident threatens Andrew’s life and inexplicably drives a wedge between the couple. Shattered by the incident, paralyzed by fear that it could happen again, Caryn finds herself at odds with her husband and unable to provide the support he needs–at the time he is most vulnerable. As their perfect world crumbles, each makes choices that take Andrew and Caryn further apart. Distrust, fears, and secrets construct walls. This Piece of My Soul follows the joint and separate paths the couple navigate as each hopes to rediscover the love that can conquer all.Although This Piece of My Soul is the second book in the Clearing the Ice Series, it can be read as a standalone novel.
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Read: 6/5/2020
This Piece of My Soul was the second book in Robyn Ryan’s Clearing the Ice trilogy. The series focused on the same couple, Andrew and Caryn and needed to be read in order.
Ok, Wow. The first book in the series was fairly light hearted and focused on the dating and relationship between Andrew and Caryn. This Piece of My Soul started two years after the first book ended and was anything but light hearted. It was emotional, serious, frustrating and heart wrenching. But it was also well written, well developed and filled with depth, dimension and complexity. No spoilers so no elaboration, but definitely a worthy read. I can’t wait to start the conclusion in This Piece of Our Being.
This book was a very interesting and intriguing read that kept me mostly fully captivated and entertained.
This book is book two in the Clearing the Ice book series. Although this is the second book in the series it can be read on its own. I had not read book one first, but I was able to easily follow and understand this book without getting lost or confused.
This book follows married couple Andrew and Caryn Chadwick, their life together, and the difficult challenges they face that may cause the end of their marriage. Andrew is a professional hockey player for the Blues when he receives an unexpected but impressive contract offer from the Tampa Suns. An offer too good to turn down they decide to accept it and move to Tampa. Unfortunately, a life-threatening injury creates turmoil that has rippling effects across Andrew and Caryn’s relationship. Their love and devotion is tested on many levels and may not be enough to overcome these complex and severe obstacles.
I really liked the main characters, Andrew and Caryn. They were relatable, likeable, and enjoyable. I found myself fully invested in their relationship and was constantly rooting for them.
I liked the storyline and I think Robyn did such a great job with the characters. However, I found that the book pace seemed to drag a bit. Something interesting would happen and I thought okay yea this is getting good, but then it seemed drawn out and took a while to get to the next event. This happened a few times and I found myself getting bored and losing interest. And I hate to say that, because it was an interesting story, and overall I enjoyed reading it; I just wish the pace moved a little faster.
The other big hangup I would say was the ending. I was so invested in Andrew and Caryn’s story and then to be left without resolution and without closure it just felt, well, annoying lol. I hate not knowing what happens and so I was disappointed to be left with more questions than answers at the end.
Besides the characters – which were great, I liked that this book was very realistic. Life is messy and hard. It’s not always rainbows and cotton candy. I really liked that Robyn showed not only the ups, but also the downs of Andrew and Caryn’s relationship. It showed the real, not always glamourous side of life, marriage, and fame. Andrew and Caryn’s struggles are real and relatable. I enjoyed reading a book that addressed real life problems.
There are a lot of emotions flowing throughout this book that made me want to cry, scream, laugh, and smile! It’s not often I find myself so emotional during a read and not one that has my emotions jumping all over the place.
This book touches on a lot of topics including love, romance, friendship, hope, regret, heartache, courage, healing, overcoming obstacles, second chances, and fresh starts.
I am a huge sports fan and follow hockey so I was excited to read this book about a pro-hockey player. It is clear that Robyn is also a sports fan and knows her hockey! I liked that she was able to convey hockey terms that were easy to understand for even a novice, but were not dumbed-down. She kept the true essence of the sport in her writing.
All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would absolutely recommend this book to anyone interested in a good contemporary romance book. However, please note that the ending isn’t tidy, so if you need a happy bow-tied ending, you won’t find it here. Otherwise this book is very enjoyable and a book that should be added to your TBR List!
**Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book and have voluntarily provided an honest, and unbiased review in accordance with FTC regulations.**