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The Spire will leave you saying WOW!

Commenté aux États-Unis 🇺🇸 le 16 décembre 2016

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DISCLAIMER: This book can be read as a standalone, however it’s also book 6 of an intricately intense family series that might be best understood and appreciated if read in order.

Not too often does a book leave me breathless, nor leave me saying “Holy ****!” after just reading the prologue. And not too often does a book leave me in the messiest and most beautiful loss of words for DAYS after reading it. So much so that needed this time to give it justice in the form of a review. Kate Canterbary’s “The Spire” has done all of those things, and more.

In “The Spire,” we meet Erin Walsh, the youngest of six siblings that has elusively made appearances here and there in the previous five books of The Walsh Series. Erin feels like an outcast from her family, always has and maybe always will. Stuff happened during their childhood that leaves her feeling like the black sheep and she deals with her emotions the only way she sees fit--by moving to a different continent and keeping all of her siblings at arm’s length, only giving a select few real insights into her second-doctorate earning, volcano researching, ocean salinity level measuring, iceberg traipsing life.

There have been insights over the course of the series, very few insights, as to a feud that erupted between Erin and her sister Shannon years ago, and in “The Spire” we finally learn about the original cause of this never-to-be-mentioned wedge. Both Erin and Shannon know how to hold a grudge like their lives depend on it, even though both women are desperate for it to end butwill never utter those precious words.

Erin is full of passion, even if it’s sometimes misunderstood or misguided. Then, when she’s home for the marriage of Matthew Walsh, her brother, she meets Someone Special (who will now be referred to as SS for the remainder of this review). SS can’t take his eyes off Erin. He’s intrigued by her, almost immediately falling into a love-at-first-sight obsession with her. With an offer she can’t refuse to escape the enormity of the upcoming wedding and the pressure she’s feeling from being in such close proximity to all of her siblings, she goes away with SS so she can breathe.

It turns into a night neither Erin nor SS will ever forget.

Erin Walsh is a like an onion, with many different layers of complexity, emotion, attitude, personality, and vulnerability. SS is able to peel back her layers, over quite some length of time, the modern convenience of the internet, and thousands of frequent-flier miles, to reveal to Erin that she is, in fact, quite worthy of receiving wholesome (and maybe even some naughty) love and being adored and cherished. Even though Erin fights at accepting these things, she eventually comes to realize that life might just be more about surviving--it’s about living.

There is no disappointment in “The Spire.” It’s got everything a reader can ask for in this genre of books. There’s romance (oh, the romance! SS is a “Book Boyfriend of the Year” candidate!), there’s steam, there are emotions that ooze from so many different directions that one is liable to get whiplash if not properly prepared, there’s enough sarcasm to make even the driest of humors blush, and there’s a crazy ride on a lobster boat that will only make sense if you read the book. Fair warning: there are glimpses into the past that might awaken some ghosts, there are hints about the future that scare the bejeezus out of me, and there’s one scene inparticular that had me ugly-crying like a freakin’ baby.

Hands down, this is Kate Canterbary’s finest work. Like wine, her books get better with age (aka = each installment) and the endings never leave me disappointed. The amount of love that gets poured into her writing is admirable, from the level of research on all topics, to the seamless intertwining of multiple plotlines throughout several books, to the absoluteness of each characters personalities/quirks/faults. That’s the appeal with The Walsh Series, though. This family is so real, so flawed, so painstakingly beautiful that it’s hard not to love them. Do yourself a favor: love them.

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Mariisms

This book was everything! Loved it!

Commenté aux États-Unis 🇺🇸 le 13 décembre 2016

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5 onion and raspberry stars!

**** Spoiler free review ****

I have to get this out of my system. Just GAH Kate! You tied me up in knots in anticipation for this book like crazy sailor knots. Oh but it was so worth it!! What a beautiful and heartfelt journey for our runner girl. So this maybe not be the best review just running my thoughts, maybe a long one too just saying. This book was just AH-MAZING. I loved them and their story!! I could not stop reading. My greedy is showing and I want more. Heh.

Erin is an old sold that went through some time. Banged up and rough around her edges, still having that vulnerability and handle with care vibe. I personally am intrigued by her, she comes off prickly and harsh but I feel there's a huge story there. While reading I can understand more her need to be away to avoid the hurt. Like most Walshes, her mind is one complicated maze. It's gonna take someone who can have the patience and open-mindness figure it out the pieces of Erin puzzle. A lot of storm to weather along the way.

Ok to keep it all spoiler free and keep up the anticipation game. I will someone special as Mr. D. I loved Mr. D. he is good people and so patient. Seeing his softer side is easy to fall for. He has this kindness I've seen for the first time. I really liked his personality he got our heroine well. He can be chill or pushy at the right moments. Which I loved. He's the best, just swoontastic. I enjoyed getting to know him.

Mr. D & Erin individually plus together were fascinating. All these things I wondered the how, what and why. It's all wow. When Mr. D met Erin there was a spark right away. Tiny flicker of inexplicable feeling that drew them closer. They are special stuff. So I don't mind that we took the long way to get to know them and all that jazz. I get the feeling they know each other quite and fit that way. Kismet sort of. It would take a long time to get to through the heart of our Erin. Oh but they made me giddy at times! They poke each other in the best ways. To me they are perfect for each. Not to mention oh so hot and steamy.

It's comes full circle for Erin in her story. The experiences and time she needed on her own. Getting through all of it in her own way, speed and time. It's not an easy climb for Erin and her someone special, long winding steps. But you need to believe that things will work out and fall into place eventually. Can't rush it. No regrets. I'm so happy for Erin and I am very satisfied on how it all came together. I must mention this series is not without the steamy moments, well this one is quite sexy in an intimate way. What will get revealed, secrets, feelings, hurts plus more to look forward to. I can only wonder how Riley's book will be. It's gonna be worth it.

I have say I can appreciate the hard work Kate put into this the teasers, lines and research. She loves her integrating complicated family situations, angst, and dry humor into her books this one is no exception. I think the pacing and transitions were just right for couple. With the war of Shannon and Erin hat has been long standing too. It all fell into place. Kate has a way of changing perspective which makes you double think or see it through another's eyes. The facts and info in fill my nerdy heart. The sarcasm/dry wit and humor is perfect for this gang. Which she has done before but my gosh my heart is overflowing with love for these Walshes and all their crazy. I highly recommend this series if you haven't read it, fantastic characters, setting and story lines. I daresay this is Kate's best yet and eagerly anticipate the next!

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Kate Estevez

Awesome Long Distance Relationship

Commenté aux États-Unis 🇺🇸 le 4 avril 2021

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I read this book a long time ago, and I remember loving it, and honestly I’ve been trying to find this book for probably the past year because I knew I wanted to reread it. I have read a lot of books where people end up married after a night in Vegas, and then they kind of have to figure it out. I thought this was a really great take on that, since they completely remember getting married, the book spans years of time, and they are making the marriage work from the very beginning even though they are on two different continents.

I really like Nick, he’s great for Erin. He’s clearly smart and funny, he also knows all of her family and see them as his own family. Erin has such a hard past, that she has dealt with over the years, and her way of protecting herself is running. He sees this, and he pushes her to think about things, but there was only one time where I felt like he was hurtful, and it was stemming from a culmination of events. He really seemed to enjoy who Erin was as a person and didn’t think she was odd like so many other people did. He also stood up for her, even when she wasn’t around, which I loved.

Erin as a character kind of breaks my heart. She has so much trauma in her life that she has had to work through, and it’s totally understandable why she is the way she is. She has worked really hard at her coping mechanisms and honestly after everything she has been through she has managed to come out the other side and become super successful. Even so she is so walled off, and has such a hard time letting people in, but I really loved seeing her open up to Nick.

The spicy scenes are great with these too, they had great chemistry, and the banter was great. The pacing was also awesome, even though the book takes place over several years it never felt rushed or like it skipped something. I liked the writing quality and the length of the book, so overall I was really happy with the book overall, I liked it as much on the second read through as the first which is rare, it’s one of my favorites.

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Sarah Sentz

4 LOVELY STARS

Commenté aux États-Unis 🇺🇸 le 14 décembre 2016

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The Spire by Kate Canterbary is so much more than a romance novel. It is a story that examines the dynamics of a family of siblings, focuses on the need of forgiveness of others and oneself, and, of course, the unadulterated effects of real love. Not only is this story built on many levels with many themes, it is written impeccably.

Erin Walsh runs. Her family knows and she knows it, and one of the aspects that I love about her is her ownership of who she is. She knows she is a runner, and she embraces that as way not only to protect herself but also the family she loves. The impetus for her behavior is justifiable, and so while the reader may get frustrated by the walls she has erected, he or she understands and can sympathize with her choices. Another aspect of her character that I love is her intelligence. So rarely in the romance world do readers get to encounter a truly intelligent heroine, and Kate Canterbary has delivered one with Erin. The historical and environmental analogies either made me laugh or really resonated with me, and I really adored this quirk about her. She is an incredibly complex, well-developed character who will earn the allegiance of readers and have them rooting for her to get her happily-ever-after.

Nick is the hero Erin needs. His strength, determination, compassion, and his desire to serve help her throughout story. Through their relationship readers get to see Erin change and evolve as a result of her relationship with Nick, and just as Nick helps Erin she helps him, too. I am not sure that Kate Canterbary could have created a better counterpart for this heroine.

The chemistry between these two is unreal, and it is so not because of what happens physically between them but emotionally. Many times in romance, writers rely heavily on the physical acts to establish chemistry between the couple, with the emotional aspect lagging. Kate Canterbary, however, establishes an emotional connection between these two which is unlike any I can recall reading. The communication they have in various forms serve to establish them as a couple, allows the reader to fall in love with them as a couple, and serves as a way for both of them to enrich their relationship outside of the bedroom as a couple, only serving to set things inside of the bedroom on fire.

There are so many layers to this plot that will keep readers engaged. Readers have the many family dynamics and revelations that occur throughout the plot that serve as an catalyst for many of the major developments in the relationship between Erin and Nick. Readers also learn of the internal conflict that Erin is struggling with that not only affects her relationship with Nick but also her siblings, and, finally, the inevitable conflict that occurs between our hero and heroine. Even with these different layers, Kate Canterbary has expertly woven them together into one concise plot, all parts working to enrich the other parts of the story. Not only has she create a multi-layered plot, but her writing is beautiful and laced with emotion. With each sentence, readers feel every emotion the characters feel, making the reading experience that much more enthralling.

This has been my first venture in the world of the Walsh's, and it was entertaining, heartbreaking, and healing. Kate Canterbary truly has a gift with words, and I know that when I pick up one of her books I will be getting more than the basic trope in the romance world. I will be getting depth and complexity that speaks about more that just love but life and all types of love within it.

ARC received in exchange for an honest review.

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Velvet

More than five stars!!!

Commenté aux États-Unis 🇺🇸 le 15 octobre 2017

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I finished this book a few days ago and ever since then I’ve been trying to figure out what say about this book. I am speechless. Words evade me. The only word that passes through my thoughts is Sensational!!! I was completely engrossed in this book!!! It lures you in and holds you tight!!! Erin has been a mystery throughout this series. For a while I wondered if we would get her story or if she would remain an enigma. But we finally got it and BAM it starts out with a complete shocker!!! I did not see it coming. AT ALL!!! But let me tell you it sets the stage for one heck of a story that was filled with anguish and unyielding love.

Erin and Nick are star-crossed lovers. They have a love so fierce that the only way they can really express their feelings to each other are by actions alone. They are perfect for each other in every way but their circumstances prevent them from truly being together. They have so much going on in their lives that it is damn near impossible for them to come together. They don’t even live on the same continent for crying out loud. But when they do come together their passion explodes into fireworks!!! Their time together is brief and over to quickly leaving them both longing, lonely and wanting. It’s as if the stars that aligned for them in the very beginning that brought them together separate and keep them apart. The stars re-align for them from time to time only to stray just as quickly. Leaving desperation in their wake.

However their arrangement works for a while but Nick gets to the pointing of wanting more while Erin never seems ready. Yes she is running from the ghost of the past yet that’s where she seems to be stuck. In the past. I can relate all to well to Erin down to the self inflicted scars but I would get so mad at her because she had someone who accepted every part of her and loved her unconditionally basically worshiped and just kept pushing him away. I would love to have someone like Nick. I mean come on who wouldn’t??? They experience more than their share of hardship but in the end they overcome everything including the Walsh clan and are finally together living the life they deserve!!!

This book was fabulous!!! I loved Erin's homecoming!!! And I loved the resolution between her and Shannon. Once they reunited over the birth of Shannon's daughter all was forgiving and forgotten. It was as if all those years apart and brooding just vanished. Nick pushed Erin to take the plunge and gave her hard love but he also knew when to back off and just love her. Nick is wonderful and he and Erin couldn’t be a better match!!! As always I recommend this series!!! And if you are thinking about reading this book then you really need to start with the first book. Not only will you not be confused but you will find yourself in the lives of one of the greatest family’s ever!!!

*** I absolutely cannot wait for Riley's story ***

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Carolynn Brill

quirky love story with terrific characters!

Commenté aux États-Unis 🇺🇸 le 29 décembre 2021

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Nick is one hot doc. Having met him a little in my backwards reading order in “Before Girl”, I was interested in finding out more details about his crazy marriage to Erin Walsh. This is a really different love story. Nick & Erin meet one weekend at her brother’s wedding in Cape Cod. She’s an academic working on a double doctorate, a loner who does want or need anyone, especially her family. Nick is a pediatric neurosurgeon and best friends with the groom. Erin bolts when the festivities become overwhelming dragging Nick with her. There’s an immediate connection and somehow during the night they spend hanging out together, they dare each other to get married.

But how they manage to get thru the next two years of secretly being married, while he slams through his residency, boards, job offers, and while she travels the world studying geology, volcanos, polar ice capes, where many times the only way they can communicate is via email, sometimes from such remote locations there isn’t any internet, is a lesson in pure frustration. I really wasn’t sure that there was a HEA in the works for them.

Well-written, good story, over the top family.

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Danielle

5 STARS! Witty, smart and sexy, The Spire is a fantastic addition to a phenomenal series!

Commenté aux États-Unis 🇺🇸 le 5 janvier 2017

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I'm a huge Kate Canterbary fan, and I adore her Walsh series tremendously. I've recommended this series countless times to friends, both seasoned romance readers and newbies, and I've semi-jokingly referred to it as 'smart-girl smut.' Fans of Canterbary's Walsh family have clamored for the elusive Erin Walsh's tale, and she has answered the call in The Spire.

Walsh family followers know precious little about Erin Walsh, and, after reading this book, it seems that was by design. Canterbary hoarded details and information about Erin like a sugar-addict refuses to share their cake. Finally, finally, in the pages of The Spire we get Erin Walsh's entire story, and what a story it was.

I'm not sure exactly what I expected going into this book, but whatever it was, the reality far exceeded it. Have you ever read something that made you feel a bit smarter just for having read it? Erin Walsh is not the flaky, flighty sibling that I think a lot of readers expect her to be. She is a highly intelligent, albeit quirky, woman. Canterbary took the opportunity of Erin's knowledge and experiences to pepper the story with many interesting facts and anecdotes on lots of different subjects, and I found myself turning trusty ol' Google on a few occasions. What can I say? I'm a Googler.

Obviously, The Spire is a love story. It was clear to this reader within a few pages that Erin Walsh would need a certain kind of man as her partner. She'd need someone patient and kind, someone loyal and supportive. Someone who was knowledgeable in his own right and shared her professional passion with one of his own. He would have to be her personal champion and her staunchest ally. He'd need to know precisely when to push and when to pull back. She got that, and so much more, in her hero. They were an absolutely perfect match, and their love story was everything I hoped for for Erin. But romantic love isn't the only kind of love, and the siblings that comprise the Walsh family are just learning the true meaning of it after the dreadful abusive childhood they all suffered. These are smart people, though, and they've learned their lessons well. It was a rare and wonderful treat for a fan of this family to see them all together.

As Kate Canterbary always does for me, I was lost in the pages of this book, totally engaged, interested and so very invested in this story. Smiling from cover-to-cover, I fought to stop myself from devouring this book so I wouldn't lose the chance to savor it, something that one should definitely do when reading a Kate Canterbary novel. The Spire had all the classic hallmarks of a perfect contemporary romance - it was sexy, it was witty, it smart, but it was with a refreshing cleverness and intellect that is often missing from the genre. This story made my heart happy, and I'll be honest, early on in the series I wondered if that would be possible for Erin. It thrills me, after loving all the previous books in this series so much, that The Spire was so exceptional.

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Amandamant

Long Distance Love

Commenté aux États-Unis 🇺🇸 le 10 octobre 2021

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*TW - the heroine experienced sexual abuse as a child, has attempted suicide, and has scars from cutting. If such material offends you, avoid this book. I don’t personally consider this information central to the plot or the romance, but it has affected her and is mentioned on more than one occasion.

I loved the love between these two. I loved the way they accepted each other as exactly who they are.

I hate long distance relationships. These two made it work, but ugh I hate long distance relationships.

The Walsh family drama is freaking intense. And it’s incredibly intense with Erin. The book is almost more about that than the relationship at points.

I didn’t love this one as much as The Cornerstone. But I certainly didn’t hate it. Kate Canterbary can write a freaking book boyfriend! Well, she did for this book and The Cornerstone…I kind of don’t want to read any of the actual Walsh brothers’ stories. That probably terrible, but Riley is a hot freaking mess so I don’t wanna touch it. Sam’s story seems devastating and Patrick kind of seems like a jerk. I may read Matt’s story. I don’t know. 😂

Either way, it’s a great book and I definitely recommend it.

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Laura F

5++++++ Stars

Commenté aux États-Unis 🇺🇸 le 13 décembre 2016

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The mysterious youngest Walsh has finally come home! The Spire can be read as a standalone but everyone should read all of the book in this amazing series. Every book is better than the last (seriously, how is that possible??) so you won’t be disappointed.

In each of the five previous books, Erin has been present in emails or glimpses but the truth about why she won’t come home has remained a secret until she tells her own story.

Erin is the youngest Walsh, who left for college in Hawaii and never looked back. She’s been all over the world studying volcanoes and these travels have allowed her to maintain her distance from her family. Her story is a journey of forgiveness, hope, love, and learning to overcome your past so you can share your future.

From cover to cover, there are so many secrets and revelations that are gasp-worthy and tear-inducing. The Prologue was the clue that this book would consume me and it absolutely did. Erin’s someone proved to be the perfect match for the woman who was dedicated to wandering the globe for the rest of her life. Erin was amazing to get to know: she’s insanely intelligent and funny.

This author has a built a family that, as a reader, I feel a part of so Erin’s story has been both anticipated and a little scary. Anticipated because I wanted to know what’s keeping her away and scary because I love these characters so much that I didn’t want to think of any of them as less than perfection. But, as it is with any family, no one is perfect and it is beautiful to see this incredible family grow and put each other back together. One of the best parts of this book is the mystery and secrets that are revealed. My heart was broken, put back together, and broken again. There were tears and laughs throughout the entire book that kept me from being able to put it down. So many things uncovered in this story has made me want to go back and reread the rest of this series to see if there were any clues that I missed.

It’s not often that I wish there was more than five stars to be given to a book and this story definitely makes that list! Everyone should read this amazing story of coming home and finding love and hope.

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Not sure I want to continue

Commenté aux États-Unis 🇺🇸 le 29 avril 2022

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I'm about 4 chapters in and I'm on the fence on whether I want to continue.

My issues:
1) why would someone pursue a second PhD? That doesn't make sense. You get a job or a post doc position to further your experience, you don't go back to school unless you want to change your career path. An explanation of why she did that is necessary, otherwise it seems like something someone who has no idea about academia would write to make her character seem smart.

2) I think everyone who went to college or grad school knows someone who says things like "I don't do small talk" and then peppers entire conversations about things the other person doesn't know about and can't contribute to. These people are pretentious and exhausting to talk to, they don't really care about connecting to the other person (as evidenced by her amusement at annoying the lobster fisherman when she keeps asking questions about his life), it's an agenda to stoke their own ego at worst or makes them socially awkward at best. The saving grace in this book is that the MMC clearly loves the FMC for it and so I end up not as annoyed about it. Obviously it's a bad flaw someone finds adorable and that's nice to read about.

3) I don't like insta love or insta lust. The attraction comes out of nowhere and it isn't that believable two responsible intelligent adults get married after knowing each other 1 day.

4) earlier in the book the FMC says to herself something along the lines of "no way marriage is coming for me" but then she takes the MMC out on a lobster boat to get married. The idea change only seems to come about because she sees signs in the universe, which seem really out of character for a hard core scientist.

5) as it is written, the spur of the moment marriage on a boat isn't romantic, it makes them seem reckless and flakey.

In summary, I wanted to read this book so that I could fact check all the tidbits Erin says. I read the Worst Guy and liked her character in that book, but she's very pretentious in this one and I'm not sure if I want to keep going. The MMC seems flakey and it all is very "flash in the pan", I just can't suspend belief enough to think these people make good decisions and this will last.

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