Finding Home: Livie and Jake (True North #1) by Allie Juliette Mousseau

"When you're lost... True North" 

The North brothers were hell on wheels-adrenaline-junky bad boys. You’d think they had a death wish – every one of them – but they didn’t really, they just got off on the thrill of pushing every limit, that gravity or any other force told them they couldn’t conquer. What they weren't prepared for were the women that would steal their hearts. 

Book 1 True North Finding Home Livie and Jake 

Livie Morrisey is dreading seeing Jake after his heroic homecoming from Afghanistan. She's been in love with Jake North since she was a little girl, but he was three-and-a-half years older than her and her big brother’s best friend. She was always nothing but the off-limits little sister – until the night before Jake left for the Army, when he'd given her her first kiss. They'd kept in touch for a year, but once Jake was deployed to Afghanistan, he'd cut off contact suddenly and she'd never heard from him again. For the past three years Livie has kept herself distracted with homework and her university studies, but now Jake's going to be up close and personal. And Livie can’t decide if tonight's finally the night to prove to Jake she’s all grown up or the night she should let him go forever

Review

This was a good start to the series. I liked Jake and Livie as a couple and main characters. Allie also does a very good job of introducing readers to life in North Dakota and lots of interesting characters – both the large north family and their friends. She also does not shy away from tough issue like abusive homes, PTSD , and treatment of soldiers returning from war -which I feel adds more layers to the story. This story is only from Olivia's POV and would have benefited from also getting Jake's. What kept me from loving this story was two things I feel like the PTSD issues were not really resolved and she could have gone into more depth on the healing process. I also wasn't a fan of using song titles as chapter titles and heavily in the story. I didn't know all the lyrics so didn't get why they was meaningful. So it became a little distracting from the true story. Overall I it was a good story and I am looking forward to the rest of the series.

Review by Cathy