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Good Wood (2014)

by L.G. Pace III(Favorite Author)

4.4 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Smashwords Edition

series

Carved Hearts

review 1: From the moment you begin reading this book, you are emotionally attached to the characters as if they are your friends. Michelle and Les Pace are simply brilliant at their ability to make each character perfectly and beautifully flawed and amazingly relatable. I want to be Molly’s best friend and I want to bed Joe Jensen and cuddle his demons away all night.The back story of Molly’s retched marriage to douche-canoe Draven propelling her to use her talent and ambition to start Wrapgasmic was fantastic. Who doesn’t love a good food truck with a sexually innuendoed name? I wanted to try the special wrap of the day. Joe’s history was heartbreaking and made me just ache for him but being in on the action with his therapy with Dr. Green (a fabulously written support cha... moreracter) was almost like I was healing with him. The other supporting characters are also fun and added so much to this novel. Especially Francis. I LOVE FRANCIS!!! I want an entire book about Francis!When Joe and Molly finally get together, it is impossible not to root for them. And the chemistry is HOT HOT HOT without being raunchy and corny. The Paces are truly wordsmiths and so extremely talented.I cannot even wait to see what is next for Molly and Joe. Word on the street from a very trusted source is that a sequel called Mollywood is currently being written and once you read Good Wood, you won’t be able to resist one-clicking more from these two authors. Bravo!
review 2: Perhaps it’s not the done thing, but I am the first to admit that I judge books by their covers and by their titles. In the case of Good Wood, I felt the need to read it because it had a humorously dirty title and I assumed the book would be much the same. The blurb warned me that Joe Jensen had “survived the unlivable” but even so I wasn’t truly prepared for a book with a punny title to affect me so deeply, to make me cry and mourn, to make me smile and laugh, to make me ache. But it did. And it was better than good. Joe Jensen is a master at his craft – an artisan – but since his whole world ended, he hasn’t had the fire in him to carve. He’s not the man he once was and he survives the days working hard, drinking harder and having meaningless sex night after night. Molly Hildebrandt is back home in Austin, trying to put her life and her family back together. Her new food truck brings her face-to-face with the man she’s loved for years – her twin brothers’ best friend, Joe but he’s not the same smiling, carefree guy he once was. Molly isn’t home to fix Joe and to heal the pain of his past but she can’t seem to resist him. Joe knows that he’s broken and Molly is strictly off-limits but he can’t stay away. Together they can make something new and beautiful out of the scraps of the past, but if only they’re willing to take the chance. This book completely took me by surprise in the best possible way. It was beautifully written – every passage felt like it had purpose, every action and reaction blended together to create characters and events that were real and raw and heart-breaking. The alternating POV was the perfect way to tell this story because it allowed both Joe and Molly a chance to make themselves heard. Neither of them was lost to the other, the pain of their pasts, their hopes for the future and their fears in the present were given equal weight and importance. Good Wood was written by two authors – Michelle Pace and L.G Pace III - but the story was seamless. There was no change in tone or style that made me wonder who had written which passage or paragraph or chapter. It flowed perfectly, with the right amount of angst and sorrow balanced by moments of levity, building to an interesting and rewarding finish that promises more in the future for the carpenter and the chef. I loved the friends and family that surrounded and supported Joe and Molly and I found myself mentally checking off which characters I would like to see get their own stories first. I couldn’t be happier that I decided to judge this book by it’s title and take a chance on it, even if (especially because) it was radically different to the book I pictured in my mind. Good Wood exceeded the claim of it’s title – it wasn’t just good, it was great. Good Wood is the first book in the Carved Hearts series and can be read as a standalone. No cliffhanger.~ Beth, 5 starsI must admit I went into this book completely blind. I never read the blurb but was intrigued by the title, Good Wood. I figured I'd be in for a fun and lighthearted romance. Boy, was I wrong. Good Wood is written by a husband and wife team, it was so flawlessly put together, you'd never know that it wasn't written by just one person. I LOVED that Joe and Molly were, for lack of better words, average Joe's. They were regular down to earth people that didn't drive flashy cars, that weren't billionaires, famous etc. It was refreshing to read about people that seemed more realistic and relatable. Joe and Molly are such a great match for each other. Both trying to heal and move on from traumatic pasts, they fit and just make sense together. They're two broken souls that just mesh. Good Wood is a gem of a read. A thoroughly well rounded romance that made me laugh, made me a bit teary eyed and left me feeling great when I flipped that last page.~ Erin, 5 stars less

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