Melissa's Reviews > Random & Rare

I read Lock & Key four years ago, and if I’m honest I never had the intention of continuing this series. Not that I didn’t like L&K or this writer, but because when I read it I was coming off a 3 year binge of reading MC books and I was burnt out! Then there is also the fact that before Grace and Miller got involved she was married to Dig who died. I wasn’t too keen on reading about Dig & Grace in this prequel. I generally like my love stories between one man and one woman, even if one or both has loved and lost before.

That’s until my interest in another Cat Porter book Dagger in the Sea sparked my interest. Before diving into it, some of my favorite book friends (Kim, Korrie, Cass, & Tina) encouraged me to finish the Lock & Key series because they all connect in a way.

I then decided to give it ago! I spent 7-9 hours clearing my mind on all the reasons I never picked this series back up and started with a fresh open mind.

Dig and Grace’s story immediately drew me in. It consumed me, I read each word slowly letting it all sink in. We learned so much of the past in Dig’s view point that was missing in L&K and the fact that it is not a retelling of L&K like I previously believed made it even better! Random & Rare is a beautiful, sweet, soul shattering, epic tale of how one woman’s young fierce love is everything to one man and how she is able to love again years after tragedy struck.

I really love how Cat Porter told this story. It was different, perhaps that’s the reason I fell so hard for it that I felt it deep in my bones. It’s a story I will cherish for a lifetime and will ever forget.

5+ stars