The Beat of My Heart by Avery MaxwellMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Complicated Love Story
I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.
This is the second book in a continuing series revolving around a group of friends/family. The story overlaps significantly with the previous book in this series, in fact, this book starts over a year before the first book in the series and only gets into its own timeline after approximately 65% of the book. You really need to read the first book to understand this book and the story continues with different main characters in the next book.
Julia is incredibly intelligent and earned three degrees by the age of 21. She’s very well paid and a leader in her industry. She’s also socially awkward and has an inability to keep her internal monologue actually inside her own head. Her ex conned her by stealing $100k in cash and taking out another $400k in loans in her name that she has been unable to get out from under. As a result, she is very gun-shy when it comes to men, so when she goes to a conference she decides she needs to have a one night stand, as she misses sex, but doesn't want to be involved in a relationship.
Trevor lost his mother nearly 10 years ago. After her death, he found out she had been killed as a result of his father’s involvement with the Boston Mafia. He hates his father with a passion and has had nothing to do with him since the death of his mother. His father keeps turning up though and trying to get him to work for the mob. However, Trevor is incredibly talented at writing software, that has recently been sold to the military and they are using that software to uncover all the secrets of that mob by making himself and the software (that’s got tracking embedded) accessible. He does this at the same conference that Julia is attending.
Julia wants an anonymous one night stand and Trevor daren’t bring anyone into his dangerous life. They agree to spend the week together without knowing who each other is. Eventually, they both regret that decision and when they both decide to let the other in, they are stymied by Julia’s best friend Lanie being attacked and Julia is headed away from the conference with just the clothes on her back.
It was strange at first, reading this book, because so much of the first section of the book happened in the past as told from the perspective of the first book. However, most of the content of the book is very new and doesn’t feel at all repetitive. It’s actually really nice getting to know these two characters who were supporting their friends in the first book. They become much more relatable and comprehendible through the course of this book.
This story is a sad tale of mistiming and fear of taking a leap into the unknown. It’s also really funny and sweet. Julia is hilarious and her external monologues are very enlightening as well as funny. Trevor is a good man trapped in a nightmare for far too long and Julia lights up his existence as soon as they meet. He finds her enchanting and she makes him look at life differently.
This is such a good series with all the tales all woven together of the various friends and families. It makes me want to read the next book to understand all the missing information from this and the previous book about the next main characters.
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