Release Day Reviews: Heart Untouched by Andrew Grey (Giveaway)

Title: Heart Untouched
Series: Hearts Entwined: Book 3
Author: Andrew Grey
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Category: Contemporary
Pages: 193

Dreamspinner Press


An accident crushed Duncan’s Olympic dreams and landed him in a chair, but he knows it’s time to get his life back on track—and he has a plan in mind. Working with his friend Todd, an Olympic skeleton racer, on a promotional campaign will not only help Duncan regain some direction, but it’ll give Todd the financial boost he desperately needs. The sport Todd loves is draining his resources—so much so that he’s thinking of giving up racing just to make ends meet.

As the two men work together, their friendship blossoms into much more, and suddenly the future is looking brighter than it has in a long time. But just when love, happiness, and success seem within their grasp, the USOC steps in with plans to stop their campaign. That’ll mean an end not just to Duncan’s business, but to Todd’s dreams… and Duncan isn’t about to let that happen to the man who means everything to him.

**Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by DreamSpinner Press for my reading pleasure in hopes of an unbiased opinion, a review was not a requirement.**

Heart Untouched is the third book in Andrew Grey’s Hearts Entwined series. This series has stories with a blind MC, a dead MC and now a MC who is paralyzed. Other than the first book, these books can be emotionally heavy as the main character is learning to accept the change in his life.

Duncan and Todd are Olympic skeleton racers and friends when an accident causes Duncan to be confined to a wheelchair with no feeling below his waist. Duncan is depressed and struggling with living at home with his mom again and being completely reliant on her. Todd comes back into Duncan’s life and forces him to see the things he can do instead of what he can’t do.

I liked Duncan and Todd. Duncan’s struggles were hard to read and were emotionally heavy but that is authentic to what he’s experiencing. And the story did a great job of showing Duncan at his low point, while slowly learning about what he can still have in life. The people in Duncan’s life were great supports.

As a person who loves the Olympics, it really gives a different viewpoint than I normally see. And anyone who has watched skeleton racers knows it’s a dangerous sport, those people are adrenaline junkies. I think the author did a terrific job in this book of showing that. I don’t know if the information about the Olympic committee is true, but it felt very authentic.

I loved seeing the couples from past stories! The one thing that never made sense to me in this story was the storyline with Corrina. All of it just felt awkward and out of place, to me. Otherwise, this was another great addition to the series!

Rating: 4 stars

4 Stars!

Todd and Duncan have been friends for several years and have both been trying to make it onto the Olympic team. Duncan's dream comes crashing down when he's badly injured. He is struggling with his recovery and what's next. This story starts months after the accident with Duncan's mom taking him to see Todd at work.

I really liked Todd. He was a great friend to Duncan and incredibly patient with him. I loved that he gave Duncan the gentle nudge he needed to start up his own business. I enjoyed watching Duncan realize that he was more than his disability and start moving forward with his life. Unfortunately, I felt a bit lost by the way that Michael and Corrina were introduced to the story. I felt like I was missing something important and should have known more about them than I did. While I was happy to see things work out and everyone rally around Todd and Duncan in their time of need, I felt like the confrontation with Corrina left too much open.

All in all, I enjoyed this book. It had a great cast of supporting characters that included Duncan's roommates and fellow Olympic hopefuls. If you've read the other books in the series, we get to see glimpses of most everyone from the other books.

*** Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by Dreamspinner Press for my reading pleasure, a review wasn't a requirement. ***

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