Readers are going to adore Nate. Most of the narrative is from his point of view and it’s a nice change of pace to be privy to the hero’s thoughts in a romance book. Poor Nate, he gets it wrong again and again with Emi. When he isn’t botching an attempt to win her over, he is distracting himself with other beautiful women, which is part of his problem. Nate confuses sex with love. He finds “love” quickly and often. Still, he is a fantastic, love-him-despite-his- flaws hero and he is the best part of this book.
Emi starts out as the unassuming best friend but quickly becomes high maintenance as she struggles to understand her feelings for Nate. She is often angry with Nate and wary of his womanizing ways. Not wanting to risk being hurt, she repeatedly pushes him away and into someone else’s arms.
It seems clear that these two belong together, yet their lack of communication, fears and trust issues are stumbling blocks that threaten to keep them from ever becoming more. Nate and Emi waffle back and forth with their feelings for far too long, like a record player stuck on a scratched LP repeating the same note over and over again.
The plot of “Lost and Found: Book One of the Emi Lost & Found Series” is good and the characters are interesting, especially Nate, but the book is slow and repetitive at times. “Lost and Found” is part one of a three book series, which may explain why the eventual conclusion seemed too short and unfulfilling for the amount of anguish endured by the characters.
Reviewed by Maureen Fajt for IndieReader