Review of Out of Your Mind:Garret's Control

Out of Your Mind: Garret's Control by Diane Hernandez
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is the follow up book to Out of Your Mind: Daisy's Choice. It answered all my questions and MORE!
I would love to live inside Author Diane Hernandez mind while she writes her books.

Garret's story was a harder read for me than Daisy's story oh but to me it was so much better. Diane got down and dirty with these two characters and we got to see the inter workings of their lives. Why Garret has all his issues and need for strict control. We see Daisy change in ways that is not good and see why she changes. Both struggle with mental illnesses that if treated can lead to healthy lives but if left untreated.... We also see what Alzheimer's disease does not only to the effected person but to the carer as well.

There is a strong theme through this book of control and touches on almost abuse but not quite. Be aware if you have abuse issues in your past that this could be a trigger for you. This book is a VERY GOOD READ AND I look forward to more books from this author in the coming months. She is very talented and has a magical way with words. If you have not read Daisy's Choice you need to read that first then Garret's Control.

OH how I wish the Art work described in these books were real because I can picture them in my mind. I would love to see them with my eyes.

Amazon Out of Your Mind: Garret's Control: http://tiny.cc/okiy2x
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Her first book
The Naked Chef http://tiny.cc/vhiy2x

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Review of Out of Your Mind, Daisy's Choice

This is indeed a darker book than The Naked Chef was.
The Book starts off with Daisy ending up in a small town in Ca off the highway. She is stopping off for some food and looking for a job. A job and place to live while she could eat and still send money home to take care of her mom who was in special care. Of course she meets Lupe. Who feeds her and introduces her to Garrett Brinkley an artist that she knows all about from school.

Daisy ends up working at his house and art gallery and ends up in his life.

Garrett and Daisy are as different as night and day. She is young and bright. He is older and dark. She is an aspiring art major and he is the dark brooding artist who has a phobia about people. They both need each other. He needs her a whole lot more than she needs him but she  is drawn to him. Tied to him in such a way that is really not healthy.

When I read it the first time and I read the book twice... I saw deep dark controlling issues with Garrett. At first to me he was abusive. The second time I read the book I looked deeper and did NOT see that in as much as I saw this fear of people and being alone, unable to be loved.

These two people are drawn to each other. They have been brought together by some force as you would that brings out the not so much good in in but "better" in  him and in Daisy she is letter to grow up.

This is a good read and one that I will read more than the two times that I have. Looking forward to more of Garrett's story and more from Diane Hernandez. She has shown she is a very talented writer.

My Review of The Naked Chef by Diane Hernandez

Amazon: The Naked Chef

The first time I read this book was in  mid May of this year. Yes, you read that correct I said the first time. I have this thing called short term memory loss so I like to re-read books when an author puts out another book. Sometimes it is because it is a series of books and other times it is simply because I really like the style of the writing and it helps me to get back into their head set. Also, with this author I wanted to really read this as if I was Reggie, the chef and see if I saw things differently than I did the first time I read the book. Would my review change or would it be the same?

 My original review on Goodreads can be located HERE if you would like to read it. I can tell you I will be doing a little editing to my review with a note that it is from my second time to read it of course.

I am one of those Readers who reviews but will not give a story away, Just not my thing, Don't like to read reviews that tell me the whole story line so I do not do it myself. I love the fact that this book could be my family (well my children or my husband's family). Latina all the way, It is like taking our kitchen and Sunday's and placing it into her book. 

The Naked Chef has everything I could want in a great book. It has a strong woman and an Alpha male. *YES you CAN have both* with romance, some mystery and a whole bunch of Heat.

I still came to the same conclusion at the end of the book that I am hoping that  Chef Reggie and Talent Scout Tracy Thompson have a second book in the future and also I want to see Tanner's story too. 

While you are waiting for more from CHEF Reggie

 Diane Hernandez has a new book that just 

released and will be my Saturday Reading!

This books looks so promising and will be tomorrow's review. 

I wanted you to be able to read long with me so

Just click on the title below to go to Amazon

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Out Of Your Mind Daisy's Choice

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