Perfect Kind of Trouble by Chelsea Fine
Series: Finding Fate #2
Published by Forever on June 3, 2014
Pages: 336
Format: eARC
Source: Netgalley, Publisher
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Sometimes when perfect falls apart, a little trouble fixes everything . . . 

Twenty-one-year-old Kayla Turner has lost everything. After spending most of her life taking care of her ailing mother, she just wants to spot a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. So when her late father-a man she barely knew-leaves her an inheritance, she finally breathes a sigh of relief . . . until she learns the inheritance comes with strings. Strings in the form of handsome playboy Daren Ackwood, her father's protégé. To see any of her inheritance, she's forced to team up with him. From his expensive car to those sexy dimples, Kayla's seen his type before. But Daren isn't who he seems to be . . .

Struggling to make amends for his family's mistakes, Daren has a life more Oliver Twist than Richie Rich these days. He's beyond grateful that James Turner included him in his will, but working with Turner's princess of a daughter to fulfill his cryptic last wish is making Daren wonder if being broke is really so bad. Still, she's just as beautiful as she is stubborn, and the more time he spends with Kayla, the less it feels right being without her. Soon Daren and Kayla begin to wonder if maybe the best gift Kayla's dad could have left them . . . was each other.

Perfect Kind of Trouble, the second book in the Finding Fate series, is the cute, fun new adult story that I expected with some twists thrown in.

Daren was introduced to readers in the first book in this series, Best Kind of Broken.  Kayla is a new addition, back in town after the death of her father.  Kayla only plans to drop in, go to the funeral, and sign off on the will but she soon learns that her father left her an inheritance but it comes with a catch; she has to be handcuffed to Daren while going on a scavenger hunt to find the money.  Things wouldn’t be so bad if Kayla wasn’t supremely attracted to Daren even though she can’t stand him.  Daren wouldn’t mind either except Kayla abandoned her father and he has no respect for her.  However, Kayla and Daren quickly find out that the things they think they know about each other aren’t exactly true.  Oh and the scavenger hunt they expected to last a few hours?  Yeah, try a few days instead.

Kayla and Daren are both majorly flawed characters.  One of Kayla’s  biggest flaws and my only real problem with the book was her vanity.  She never stopped talking about how guys treated her like an object and how women were intimidated by her beauty.  I know she hated that about herself but it really did make her seem vain.   Other than that though, she was smart, kind, caring, and witty.  I grew to like her once I learned to look past all the talk of her beauty and her body.  Daren was easier to like from the start since I did know a bit about him from the first book in the series.  He was cocky and full of himself but it was pretty obvious from the start that it was all a shield so people never saw the real him.  He’s a kind person with a big heart but no one to share it with.  Life definitely gave him lemons but he wasn’t quite sure how to make lemonade.  Kayla helped him figure it out.  They really helped each other figure a lot of things out.

The story was nothing special but it was really fun.  A scavenger hunt that could lead to a quarter or a couple thousand dollars?  Sign me up.  Sure, Kayla and Daren were handcuffed together the whole time but that just made it even more fun.  There was tons of madness and mayhem and some seriously funny moments.  The development of their relationship was also fun to see.  They started off thinking the worst of each other and really not getting along.  By the end, they definitely saw different sides to each other.  There was some serious chemistry between the two of them from the start and I loved watching it all play out.

Overall, Perfect Kind of Trouble is a solid second novel in the Finding Fate series.  This book also introduces the two main characters from the next book and I look forward to reading their story next!

What others are saying about Perfect Kind of Trouble:

Bookworm Coalition’s review: “I loved the first book, Best Kind of Broken, and it seems Chelsea Fine has another great addition to what’s shaping up to be a fantastic series.”

Book Angel Booktopia’s review: “I am utterly smitten with this series and the characters Chelsea has created.”

Bitter Sweet Book Love’s review: “It’s realistic and honest and just a bit messy and I couldn’t get enough of it.”