Mend by Kivrin Wilson Series: Waters #2
Published by Self Published on 2/5/18
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 441
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PAIGE
Logan McKinley. My ex. I knew he was trouble from the first moment I laid eyes on him.
Fresh out of law school with a new job at one of San Diego’s biggest firms, I was supposed to focus on my career. No distractions, no men, and especially no office romances.
Then I met Logan. He was cocky, smooth-talking, and gorgeous—a hotshot associate on the fast track to a partnership and exactly the kind of guy I needed to avoid.
But he was relentless. He pursued me, intrigued me, and seduced me. And when I had no defenses left, my ambitions shifted, and I only wanted him.
For a while, that was enough.
But no one’s perfect. The man who put a ring on my finger isn't who I thought he was, so I left.
Now he’s back in my life, and he’s pushing me into a corner. It’s time to show him how hard I can push back.
LOGAN
“It’s over.”
When those words came out of her mouth, I wasn’t surprised. What I didn’t expect was how damn near impossible it’s been to move on.
The first time I saw Paige Waters, the new associate at my firm who was as intelligent and self-confident as she was stunning, I wanted her. I wasn’t used to women rejecting me, but she did—or tried to, anyway—which made me even more determined to have her.
I had no idea that when I finally got her, I wouldn’t want to let her go.
But I screwed up. She doesn’t even know how badly I screwed up, and everything still went to hell.
Now, one year after our split and with so much still unresolved between us, we’re suddenly going head to head on the same case. Seeing her at the office again, where it all started, I realize that this is far from over.
She's still mine.
And whether it's in the courtroom or the bedroom, I always win.
Mend squeezed my heart. It had me turning the pages HUNGRILY, desperate to see how Logan and Paige might come out of this desperate place in tact. It hurt. But it was so heartwarming at the same time. I laughed out loud on these pages. (Just wait for the little family chat at the Waters kitchen table.) I swooned. (Exhibit A: Logan McKinley) I fanned myself. (because hotel sex with your ex is hawwwwwwwwt) And my heart soared. (Because Mend is utter perfection.) There’s no words. Mend is going down as a new favorite. I loved this book with everything in me. End of.
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Jessica’s Review
5 “This was Everything” Stars!
Can we talk about Kivrin Wilson for a minute, please? Thank you. So here’s the thing. Last year, I picked up a little debut novel called Bend, which IMMEDIATELY became one of my absolute FAVORITE books of the entire year. I fell hard and fast for Wilson’s authentic characters, her beautiful storytelling and her flawless writing style. You could say I was an insta-fan. So it’ll come as no surprise when I say that I’ve been just a smidge anxious for more of her words. But the thing with debut authors is that you never really know what you’ll get the second time around. Maybe Bend was a one hit wonder. Maybe this author isn’t ACTUALLY as fantastic as I made her out to be. Maybe the second standalone she’ll publish won’t live up to the ridiculously high bar I set for it. Maybe she’ll crack under the pressure of having to follow the PERFECTION that was Bend and whatever comes next will be a huge disappointment.
Or maybe Mend will BLOW. ME. AWAY.
It did. It so so so did. It didn’t just live up to the expectations I had in place, it blew those expectations to smithereens. I loved this book so much I could sob. Every word of it did something to me. Every word of it caused some physical or emotional reaction in me. Mend is gritty and it’s romantic and it’s blistering in its authenticity. This story follows two attorneys as they work opposing sides of a divorce case while simultaneously dealing with the end of their own marriage. Heart wrenching despair, exquisite romance, wickedly sharp banter and SMOKING HOT sensuality are woven together seamlessly on these pages to make for a refreshing, unputdownable story that I LOVED COMPLETELY.
Full disclosure here, I didn’t read the blurb of this book before I started. And even though Bend was one of my absolute favorite books from 2017, I was clearly so consumed with Mia and Jay’s romance that any memory of the state of Paige and Logan’s marriage had evaded me. I basically went into Mend blind. And within a handful of paragraphs, I was already DEVASTATED at the prospect of this marriage dissolving. The manner in which Kivrin Wilson allows the ups and downs of Paige and Logan’s story to unfold is both breathtaking and brilliant. Through a series of flashbacks and through the alternating points of view of both Logan and Paige, I couldn’t have been more emotionally entangled in this story if I tried. I fell in love with them both. My heart broke for them both. I loved and longed and hurt with them both the entire way through. If there’s a way to be more connected to a story than I was with Mend, please show me the way because I’m skeptical.
Kivrin Wilson is officially one of my favorite authors. Her books are EXACTLY the kind of stories that I love to get lost in. Mend is real. it’s authentic. It’s relatable. It’s intoxicating. It’s beautifully written. It’s EVERYTHING. The drama in this book isn’t contrived or forced or over the top. It’s all just so right and so perfectly executed and I never wanted it to end. The hopelessness… the finality of divorce… it was excruciating to read. But the possibilities, the forgiveness, the mending of what’s been broken… it’s not only beautifully uplifting, it remained a fluid evolution in this story, never sugar coated or manufactured. It just felt so right.
Mend squeezed my heart. It had me turning the pages HUNGRILY, desperate to see how Logan and Paige might come out of this desperate place in tact. It hurt. But it was so heartwarming at the same time. I laughed out loud on these pages. (Just wait for the little family chat at the Waters kitchen table.) I swooned. (Exhibit A: Logan McKinley) I fanned myself. (because hotel sex with your ex is hawwwwwwwwt) And my heart soared. (Because Mend is utter perfection.) There’s no words. Mend is going down as a new favorite. I loved this book with everything in me. End of.
About the Author
Kivrin is a mother, wife, unabashed cat lady, avid reader, Netflix binge watcher, proud introvert, and a passably good cook. When she’s not writing, she’s usually busy with her self-employed day job, though she tries to do that as little as possible. She enjoys exercising forces herself to run on her treadmill (while watching Netflix) because it allows her to eat chocolate.
Kivrin grew up in Norway, but she’s lived most of her adult life in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she currently shares a roof with her husband (who’s pretty amazing, according to him), their daughter (who’s definitely amazing, according to everyone), and two young male cats who behave very much like teenage boys and of whom she shares too many photos on Instagram.
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