4.5 stars

First I want to thank Siobhan Davis for providing me with a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

Ok so when I read the synopsis of this book I was a little skeptical about it because of the forbidden love involving cousins. To me that’s a little weird but even so I found myself so immersed in this book. I couldn’t get enough of it and I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.

This book is chalk full of drama and so many twists but it all worked and I was hooked. as soon as I finished it I knew I wanted to continue on with the series especially after that cliffhanger ending. You all know that I hate cliffhangers and honestly that’s the only negative I have for this book but that’s just a personal preference.

Like I mentioned I find the romance aspect a little weird but by the end of the book I was all for it. Siobhan did an amazing job making an uncomfortable topic “comfortable”. I don’t really know how else to word that.

I definitely recommend y’all giving this fast paced drama filled book a read.

I'm afraid this one wasn't really my thing. It wasn't just the cousins getting it on thing, although I wasn't sure how I felt about that, it was an amalgamation of things really. The characters seemed a bit inconsistent to me, acting one way one minute and the opposite the next. Then there's the fact that Faye didn't seem to question the whole cousins thing at all, and it appeared implied that was because she's Irish, which I found to be a bit offensive. I wanted to like it - I like the idea of this clan of troubled men, and I might give the series another go in the future with another brother and another story, but this one just wasn't for me.

Well, hello there teen angst! Finding Kyler is all things teen: angsty, dramatic and emotional. Secrets abound, sexual tension is palpable, cat fights happen, mean girls (and boys) are all around, and shit, that cliffy of an ending!!! Hot damn...

Faye's parents have passed away and she's been informed by their attorney that she has a previously unknown uncle who is to be her new guardian. If that isn't bad enough, said uncle (James) lives in America and that's where Faye will be residing now. She plans to bail as soon as she turns 18, which isn't too far in the future, but that all changes once she meets her cousin, Kyler, and falls in love with him. Yep, I said cousin, folks! Can't get much more taboo and forbidden than cousins in love/lust. I didn't think much about the taboo aspect once I got into the story, and hopefully you won't either. If you have a fairly open mind you'll be able to get into this story.

Although Finding Kyler is YA, it's surprisingly adult in some ways, and it's much appreciated. Yes, there is lots of angst and other teen stuff, but Faye and Kyler's relationship is more adult than not. Kyler and Faye have a really strong connection that is really less teen and more mature. They fight it at first, of course, especially Kyler, but once he accepts it, he's all in and his behavior toward Faye changes, A LOT. Of course, you know that the course of true love never runs smoothly, so there's a bigger hiccup than them being cousins that they'll have to overcome. But, unfortunately we won't find out how Siobhan plans to get them out of their mess until the next book is released. I'm awaiting that next book anxiously!

WOW ... 4 1/2 Stars! I could not put this book down! I normally don't care for teen or high school stories, but let me tell you, this book has changed my mind. It is chalked full of everything ... forbidden love, family secrets, school dynamics and so many twist and turns, you don't have a clue what's going to happen next.

Kyler is 1 of the 7 Kennedy brothers and he has been betrayed by his girlfriend and best friend. The only thing he feels for now is dirt bike racing, that is until a cousin (from Ireland) he didn't know existed comes to live with them. There is an instant attraction between Kyler and Faye ... but they fight it because they are cousins.

At first it's a little hard to keep the brothers straight, but soon enough you find they all have their personalities with very different faults. By the end of the book, there are so many unanswered questions ... not only between Kyler and Faye, but the brothers and parents as well! The only thing that disappoints me is that I have to wait till April when book 2 comes out. And actually, in all probability they all won't even be answered then.

I graciously received a copy of this book from the author through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.

Lately I’m a bit reluctant to try books from new to me authors for one because I have already a lot of books on my shelves to get new ones and secondly because it’s harder and harder to weed out the great books from the not so great. Yet, I decided to take a chance with this because I liked the synopsis and I usually enjoy books where one girl somehow falls into the midst of a quite a big group of guys mostly brothers. I just like the atmosphere they get.

Faye is a great main character. She is sassy, funny and can take care of herself. She has a witty comeback for everything but also has an understanding and level minded personality. Her obsession and kind of troubling attraction toward Kyler is a bit off putting. Don’t get me wrong their chemistry is amazing and the tension between them lights the pages but this cousin thing just really bothered me. I will be honest during the whole book I just been hoping so much that it turns out it’s a mistake or that there is no real blood relation between them unfortunately I also had a boding feeling about some secrets from the very beginning and let me just say that their situation just got worst at the end.
Kyler is really intense, troubled and a little misguided thanks to his upbringing and the life he lived so far. But strangely when he gets out of the circle of his family influence and pushes of the weight they put on him he changes into a more tender personality and shows his down to earth side. He is hot and cold through the whole story.

I have a kindle edition and at the beginning of the book there are little pictures with all of the boys, their names and ages. I usually don’t like when they provide a visual for how the characters should look like but at this instant I liked it because it help with memorizing them. I liked them and the dynamism Faye created with them after the little squabbles in the beginning but most of them stays in the background and only mentioned in passing. I liked Kalvin the best, he is funny and caring they have some hilarious scenes with Faye. But behind the pretense and façades they show the Kennedy family is a pretty dysfunctional and messed up little unit.

Let’s see plot wise: take a teen TV drama and put it on crack and you just got the story of this book. There are secrets upon secrets, everybody is hiding something, all of them have deep scars and some kind of trouble in their life. And every little thing is so overdramatized that it hurts. For example the thing going on with their eyes, gazes. They practically communicate with it through pages. I just found those little situations so funny. Not to mention the painfully awkward situations Faye just finds herself in. I usually don’t like things like this but I laughed a lot on this story and kept me engaged the whole way. There was not one boring minute in the book and I enjoyed it a lot.

This book took me back to my early teens when I watched a lot of TV shows with similar contest. It’s funny, fast paced and eventful. The writing style is really clean and expressing. I just couldn’t put it down despite my problem with the whole cousins thingy and really looking for the next book. For one I’m hoping for a happier outcome for Faye and Kyler and also a lot of things left unsettled, open at the end. A lot of secrets and lies are yet to play out.