Title: Addison Blakely: Confessions of a PK
Author: Betsy St. Amant
Expected publication: January 1st 2012 by Barbour Publishing
 

I received an eARC from Barbour Publishing via Netgalley. Thank you.

I admit, I was expecting a very different story. But in a way I’m really happy that it wasn’t what I initially thought. Was it a good thing? Yes. A big yes actually. I’m glad that the book has more depth than just a story of a goody two shoes girl that falls in love with a bad boy.

As the title suggests, Addison is a PK—a pastor’s kid. Because of that she has a big responsibility, big shoes to fill in as the preacher’s daughter. I confess again, I also have slight (but not really negative) fixed idea of people like Addison. I always saw our Pastor’s family and they seem to project an ideal family. So I guess that gave me an idea that they need to be role models, their families are the ones who people look up to. Because among all the people, they should be the one who live up to what they preach. In retrospect, I think it was a biased of me. So I’m thankful that this book did clear up my misconceptions about them. However, having said that, I still think that they should be the ones setting example, but we shouldn’t expect them to be perfect. That’s all.

The story overall, was nice. I loved that characters here are real, imperfect with profundity. I liked the turn events especially on Addison’s case. The burden of carrying such a label is difficult. But I liked that she embraced it fully, not because what people told her she should be. And for a person to admit that takes a lot of courage. So bravo, Addison, bravo! Wes, for me was bit flat, he’s too stereotypically bad boy. But I liked how his character turned out in the end. So I guess, he did redeem himself a bit!

I’m not gonna try to dissect the romance here. I’m not really a big fan of the beginning, that Wes was just interested in her because of her being a PK. But you know what, despite that, his effort seems validated the interest. And because I’m a hopeless romantic, I’d say I liked it.

I found the comparison to candies amusing. I actually preferred gummi bears too than lemon drops.

“…this was one PK who finally knew what she wanted and, most importantly, who she was.”