Nothing Left to Lose by Kirsty Mosely Book Review

Synopsis: Provided by Goodreads.

Three years after the tragic events of Anna’s sixteenth birthday which saw her boyfriend killed and her kidnapped by his sadistic murderer, she’s no longer the happy-go-lucky girl that everyone used to know and love; she’s now cold, hard and suffers from night terrors. 

Carter is currently serving time for the murder of Jack–a conviction that Anna helped secure–but his retrial is coming up because some key evidence appears to have been tampered with. 

Needing to ensure his daughter’s safety, presidential candidate, Senator Spencer, tasks in Ashton Taylor, a newly qualified SWAT agent, to guard the broken girl and keep her safe until the end of the trial. 

For three years Anna has refused to feel emotion or pain. Can Ashton help her rebuild her life and finally deal with the grief of losing her childhood sweetheart? Will he be the one to make her see that life is, in fact, worth living and that not all men will hurt her?

Cover photo from Amazon

My Review: 

Rating: 2.5 stars

I came across this book on Facebook as one to get free. It looked promising and I wish I could say I loved it, but I didn’t. I loved Ashton and how he was patient and how he took his job protecting Anna, for the most part, seriously. I liked Anna too, but all the horrors she faced seemed to go away almost too easily when Ashton came into the picture. Without giving away spoilers, everything that happened to her since she lost her child sweetheart, one would almost assume that she would stay broken longer. I felt this story was rushed in the beginning , but then flat lined. I did like the writing, but I wish there would have been a slower built up. Honestly, within the first 25% I was irritated with this book because of what happened. I will keep this review as spoiler free as possible. I thought this book would end up with a cliffhanger that would have me reaching instantly for the next book, but no such luck. The thing is I liked this authors writing between the characters for the most part so maybe I will read a different book by her and like it better. One that isn’t about a broken girl and her bodyguard. Overall. I liked the premise but to me it just fell flat.