Review: "Uncharted" by Tracey Garvis Graves


Uncharted is the companion novella to one of my favorite books of all time, On the Island. Tracey Garvis Graves has done it again, seamlessly weaving a tale that reels you in and keeps you hooked onto everything that's going on with the characters. The fact that fans of the original novel are able to still have their fill of T.J. and Anna is an added bonus. ^.^

Owen Sparks feels he has had enough of his seemingly enviable life and decides what only a supposedly eccentric millionaire like him would consider necessary--moving to an island far from the rest of civilization. He no longer wants to deal with people who simply kept wanting more from him or kept wanting him to make more for them. 

Everything seems to go according to plan until he meets Calia Reed on one of his rare visits to the mainland. After one conversation with her, he impulsively invites her back to the island and she, in turn, brings along her younger brother James. Owen begins to appreciate being with other people again and his relationship with Calia develops further. 

When tragedy strikes, they are forced to go back to the real world and Owen makes a promise to Calia. Fate intervenes and a decision that Owen later makes proves to be one that will affect more than just his own life.

I didn't want to give too much away but I will say that reading this novella (which is actually a quick read) will provide readers with a better understanding of certain things that occur in the first book. Is it absolutely necessary that you read Uncharted after reading On the Island? Not really. However, I do highly recommend that you do, simply because I feel that it's worthy of the time you'll put into it. 

I'm giving Uncharted five stars. Make sure you read this AFTER and NOT BEFORE On the Island. Tracey Garvis Graves is two for two so far and I'm looking forward to reading her other books in the future. ♥

Date read: 27 July 2014

Learn more about the phenomenal Tracey Garvis Graves here.

You can buy Uncharted and Ms. Graves' other books on Amazon | Barnes & Noble.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Release Blitz: Saved by Hazel James

Image
Saved (Battles #2) by Hazel James Release Date: June 21, 2018 About Saved Leilani Moretti Life is out to get me.  Humvee accident that took my right hand? Strike one.  Cancer three years later that stole my breasts and hair? Strike two.  An overbearing mother who seems to think I’m twelve, not twenty-seven?  Yeah, I’m out of there.  I thought moving to Oklahoma would give me a fresh start. I hoped life would finally cut me some damn slack. But between the inept people at the VA hospital and a boss who’s hell-bent on fixing me, I just want to be left alone. Haven’t I been through enough already? Clay Prescott Joining the Army and deploying to Afghanistan? Hard. Kicking an alcohol addiction and starting a business combining fitness and mental health? Harder. Worth it? Hell yes.  Battles, my gym, has been so successful that I hired a new employee—a veteran herself—to help me open a second location. And that’s when it all goes to hell. Everything
Read on...

Release Blitz: Blue Skies by Marie Sinclair

Image
Blue Skies (Blue Skies #1) by Marie Sinclair Release Date: October 11, 2023 About Blue Skies Greg loves his job as a flight attendant. If only his love life could make him as happy, he’d be all set. Asexual and HIV-positive, Greg has had a series of untrustworthy boyfriends who saw him as a challenge or told him they could accept his sexuality and status. Until they couldn’t. Still reeling from his latest breakup, Greg’s romantic heart beats a little faster when he meets Holden at a club, even though his brain whispers caution. For Holden, relationships are something he can’t afford. He’s been in the closet his entire adult life because it could cost him his job if anyone finds out he’s gay. At forty-eight, hook-ups, one night stands, and quickies in a bathroom are as good as it gets for him. It’s all he’s looking for when he goes to Neon. Instead, he finds Greg. Drawn to each other from the start, the two experience a bit of a bumpy take-off. But then Holden ends up on Greg
Read on...

Review: The Room Mate by Kendall Ryan (Roommates #1)

Image
Note: This ARC was provided by the author via InkSlinger PR in exchange for an honest review. I do believe I've found myself a new book boyfriend to drool, erm, swoon over in Cannon Roth, male main character in bestselling author Kendall Ryan's Roommates series starter, The Room Mate . This had a familiar romance trope--falling-for-your-best-friend's-sibling--and yet I didn't find it boring or tiresome in any way. This has both heart and heat as well as lighthearted humor along with a bit of heart-tugging angst and it's headlined by a couple of main characters that I was totally smitten with from the moment Paige got a pretty good idea of just how much her best friend's younger brother Cannon had grown up from the nerdy boy who followed them around like a puppy when they were kids. Bonus points for Paige being older and for the four-legged, furball named Enchilada.  When twenty-eight-year-old Paige took the call from her best friend asking if her yo
Read on...