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Kendall Talbot is an award winning author, thrill seeker and hopelessromantic. She's travelled extensively, some 37 countries and counting and she'saddicted to experiences that make her scream Her stories reflect her sense ofadventure and her love affair with her very own hero. Kendall collects junky jewellery and expensive perfume, her favouritenight out is with great friends and a fabulous bottle of wine or two, and sherarely watches TV. She lives in Brisbane with her hubby, her two grown sons andher fluffy little dog, Josie McLuvin.
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Showing of reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I bought this when it was on sale, thinking that a good plane crash romance would hit the spot. After finishing it, I would say that the spot was not exactly hit, much in the same way that the destination spot was not exactly hit by the crashed airplane. Abigail has recently learned that her husband has been sleeping around on her. Then the plane crashes because of reasons, and Abigail and Mackenzie appear to be the only survivors.
Abigail is wearing five-inch heels, her nails are regularly manicured, and she does not leave the house without her makeup. Did I like her? I kept waiting for her to redeem herself somehow, and I waited some more. Mackenzie is quite resourceful. He was a chef back in the real world, and he can do magical things with their supply of beans, flour, vegetable oil, and random jungle plants. He makes pots and pans out of airplane parts and learns how to kill various animals. For her part, Abigail eats the food.
This story as a whole was kind of interesting, in the way that any survival story is interesting. But the writing style was overly narrative, a lot more telling than showing. It did keep the timeline of the story moving along, though. Because of the length of time, Abigail does eventually become a better person. She admits this to herself and to Mackenzie, and vows to never be that person again. Oh, and by the way, Mackenzie is bisexual. The scope of the story was pretty epic. Abigail spent a lot of time admiring her new muscular body.
They both became sort of super humans because of their ability to survive and even thrive. At least for the characters. I was just kind of glad it was over. C- This review was originally posted on Red Hot Books at: The horrors of the following few hours was shattering. With the help of fellow survivor Mackenzie Steel, Abigail prepared for rescue as best she could.
They built a fire so the smoke would be seen above the tree canopy; foraged for items which might be helpful and expected rescue within hours, if not a couple of days. But would they survive? I'm talking about me. They're sending me to Grandma Mulholland. Well, they have to follow--" "I can't live with her.
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View all 13 comments. Being a socialite is never a bad thing, if you can handle the pressure. But when it changes you into pure brat material let's face it no one is going to like you very much, you might even be disliked to the point where your husband cheats on you, and that is saying a lot. But as in most cases in life there is always something that happens to open up the gates and a chance to leave behind the brat and bring out the real woman.
In this read from author Kendall Talbot the opening of the gates happen Being a socialite is never a bad thing, if you can handle the pressure. In this read from author Kendall Talbot the opening of the gates happens for socialite Abi and leaves her with not only a chance to bring out the real her, but also a chance at survival in one of the most unlikely places and certainly not where she thought she would ever be. Abi travels with her husband but the plane crashes and Abi finds herself trapped with another survivor Mac. Mac has lost his partner in the crash and is very torn up about the loss, however as the fight for survival in the middle of nowhere grows so does the chemistry between Abi and Mac, only letting go of the past fully and looking towards the future is always easier said then done and first things first they need to get out of there alive.
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The character of Abi was fascinating to read , I have read others reads about socialites that are the typical brats but not written so intensely as by this author. Now as we all know there is always a reason behind the icy cold heart, either the pressure of being perfect, the pressure of never letting the true person you are shining through for fear of rejection, no matter the reason is always there.
I adored how the author let Abi unfold and eventually the true Abi shined through in vivid detail. The character of Mac was rather unconventional and not what I usually expect in a romantic read. However the author made him work. A tortured hero yes, yet a life so sad that the more I read about him the more I was thinking so sad or tortured just plain heartbreaking and I wanted to fix the man somehow. I loved how the author lets him also face his past but at the same time lets him stay focused, a lot of men of his type would completely go batty over the lost situation, yes worse than most woman would.
I simply adored how the author let Mac and Abi not only build each other up from broken to healing but that she also lets them both find inner strength they never knew they had and not only through each other but also through individual acts, they both change into stunning remarkable people. The backdrop settings were extremely well written by the author and I could with vivid detail picture the surroundings and after reading this book I have to get lost in Kakadu just to be able to truly see it all!
The dialogue was romantic, emotional, understanding, passionate, intense and humorous, yes all in one. I was kept on the edge of my seat not only rooting for these two to find happiness but also to get out of there! The survival elements used by the author was simply fascinating, I honestly cannot tell you what I found most captivating the blossoming relationship between Mac and Abi, them both changing, the power of death or the fight to survive or the descriptions of being lost, no wait I can, I loved it all!!
I'm taking away a message of when we reach a point of being truly lost and having to fight to get out alive, it is life trying to tell us we are on the wrong path and we need to take a detour before it is too late or we might find ourselves lost to the world forever. The read does start out a little slow but builds to one heck of a ride or is that flight, either way you will not be disappointed. Mystery, secrets, adventure, love and truth setting them free. I highly recommend this read for fans of romance but romance with more that just a few twists, the author delivered something new and fresh on each and every page.
A thrilling, captivating, deep, adventurous and and very memorable read. I enjoyed this book. I wasn't sure what to expect but it won the Ruby award in Australia for a readers choice and was offered free a month or so ago, and I thought: I thought the editing was really good. Description of Kakadu was good and I liked the growth in both characters after their plane crashes and they become the sole survivors.
I also liked the secondary plot to do with Charlie and his daughter. The pacing kept me turning the pages all the way through, and I finished it in a coup I enjoyed this book. The pacing kept me turning the pages all the way through, and I finished it in a couple of days with a nice warm fuzzy feeling.
Well done Kendall Talbot. This book had two things going for it shortly after I began reading it. First, I knew it would be a survivor story and second, I was going to see some amazing character development take place. At least, I was hoping like mad that I saw some character development because the heroine was not a very likeable lady in the beginning. It was all good and the reader is meant to despise the person at the beginning, sweat tears with her in the middle and adore her by the end. It was all the stuff that I w This book had two things going for it shortly after I began reading it.
It was all the stuff that I wasn't ready for that took it from a good story all the way to amazing. The story opens in the airport with Abigail and her husband, Spencer, departing on a trip of rugged adventure to Kakadu National Park. They are not what they seem because in truth they nearly loathe each other. Abigail not only has strained relations with her husband; she has them with her teenage daughter too.
Everything about the trip she is to take with Spencer has her worked up, but she is determined to go nonetheless. They board a small prop plane with a handful of other passengers and set forth. Somewhere over the jungles of Kakadu, the plane has trouble and they crash land. Mackenzie wakes up to a nightmare. He started out the trip with the man he loves for an adventure vacation and ends up being one of two survivors.
The woman, Abigail, is a selfish snobby Queen B. They have to not only learn to get along, but learn to survive. Burying their dead is only the beginning of their harrowing experiences when they realize that no one is coming for them right away. The plane sheered in half in the crash and they locate a third survivor, Charlie, who is barely hanging in there due to his injuries which he eventually succumbs to leaving behind the legacy of his field journal which will help them find edible plants and his letters to his family which tell a poignant story in their own right.
When days stretch into weeks and weeks into months, Abi and Mackenzie have become true survivors. They are remaking themselves especially Abi, but resources are running out and they must eventually discover if they can learn to survive the long trek back to civilization. The plot on this one has a few layers to it. Its an adventure, its a 'lose yourself to find yourself', and its a romance. I have to point out right away that I loved how this story is rough and gritty around the edges both in the backdrop and the characters.
This isn't a glossed over and watered down version of a story. It's very descriptive of what it might really be like, deprivations and emotional swings and all for someone who is lost and presumed dead in a jungle hundreds of miles from civilization. It is also the story of normal flawed people. Mackenzie has a past that he has kept buried only telling the man he was in a relationship with and Abigail- wow, yeah- Abi, this woman might have all the outward fixings of the good life, but her life was messed up.
I loved seeing her start out such a miserable selfish woman who Mackenzie would just assume drop kick off a cliff to someone who was a dependable partner. Mackenzie was like this awesome MacGuyver-like person who rocked the resourceful skills. He could find dinner and cook it.
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He could salvage things from their plane and turn it into a useful object. And he was someone with a strong enough character to take on Abigail in the beginning and give her chance after chance. Abigail wasn't as skilled as Mackenzie which caused her no end of frustration at first, but eventually she showed that she wasn't useless. I really enjoyed watching this two-some slowly come together not only as partners, but lovers.
Mackenzie finds love for a second time and Abi learns what love is for her first time. They were really great together. I probably should point out that ever once in a while the story would slip away from Abi and Mack's perspectives to what was going on with Abi's daughter back home.
This was also a story of growth and survival in its own way. Truthfully, I know my review doesn't do the story justice. I would encourage those who would a enjoy survival-style adventure romance that is a little on the spicy side pairing a bi-sexual man and an older woman to give this a try. My thanks to the author for sending me a copy of her book in exchange for my honest review thoughts.
I have never watched the TV show Survivor or Lost nor read a book called On the Island, I saw the mentioned a lot in other reviews so when I picked this book up, I wasn't set on comparing it to anything. I just wanted to get lost in a story Frankly, I'm surprised I liked it as much as I did, because I don't normally dig male POV, but I really really liked this hero and in the end, it worked. I devoured this in two days because I could not put it down.
Once you get immerse I have never watched the TV show Survivor or Lost nor read a book called On the Island, I saw the mentioned a lot in other reviews so when I picked this book up, I wasn't set on comparing it to anything. Once you get immersed in the story, you're not going to want to stop. It's just too exciting. It's not the kind of book you pick up occasionally and just read bit by bit. It had a rough start. We meet a cast of really unlikable people on a plane The author doesn't gloss over the details of surviving in the wilderness.
She gives us the perfect blend of MacGuyver-style surviving--turning airplane bathroom cubicles into bathtubs, making hammocks of parachutes, bras becoming slingshots; foraging for food and learning to hunt--crocodile eggs, caterpillars, frogs; and enough life-threatening, heart pounding moments--I really felt as though I was in the cave and panic was clutching at my throat as they each tried to find their way out.
And the description--not too much, not too little. The romance was really well done--slow, as it should be, considering what they've gone through and the losses they've faced. There was character growth the heroine becoming a better person, the hero healing from his childhood , bonding, tears and humorous banter. The sex is excellent. I was slightly worried about how it would be as the characters aren't in a position to bathe regularly, but the author kept it short, sweet, and didn't have them doing anything that seemed disgusting in their situation.
I also really really appreciated the side story of the man's letters to his daughter. Also of note is the moral about love--that love doesn't discriminate. Some fabulous words came from the hero about that. I wish now that I'd highlighted them, but I was so eager at all moments to find out what happened next I confess I doubted they would make it. I loved this story of adventure, surviving, and love. My only quibble and I'm just being nit-picky is I could have done without the heroine's bratty teenage daughter.
I didn't feel she was relevant to the story and her attitude in the end So since she WAS in the story, some more character development there was needed. I just didn't buy it--her easy acceptance of the twist of events, because she came across as just a pure demon spawn to me in the beginning and middle. But this story was not only a wild ride; it also made me think about how we need to just forget what others think of us and just And hey, guess what, I contacted the author and she agreed to share her how-to guide for turning your bra into a slingshot.
Come find out how! Kendall Talbot does a really good job of re-creating the conditions Abigail and Mackenzie had to survive in. Not sure how I would cope in the same situation and I am not spoilt and rolling in money as Abigail is. But she survived, and as she survived she grew as a character so that the Abigail that appears on the first page is totally different to the Abi that appears on the last. In fact, for me, how they survive is what makes the book, making it more action and adventure rather than just a romance.
Abigail complains about everything, she wears make-up and inappropriate clothing and just did not get the concept of rationing water. However as days turn into months there is real growth, such as using her bra as a slingshot, and towards the end she is slaughtering a snake for dinner. Snake was a step up from baked beans — all I could think of was that the result of so much bean eating in the beginning probably broke down the shyness barriers as they both dashed for the nearest tree and trumpeted in the gloom of the rainforest!!
My only gripe is that there is more than one mention of a kookaburra laughing. While the NT does have a kookaburra it is a Blue-winged Kookaburra and does not laugh. The main focus for me was the survival aspect and the adventure which was very good. This is a debut novel and I am looking forwards to more from this author. This book has the worst heroine I've read in a long time! She's a selfish, spoiled socialite who forgets about her own daughter for days after a plane crash and gets angry with a dead person. There's a lot of gore and awfulness in the beginning.
I really liked the hero, however, as well as the strong writing and well-researched setting. I love survival stories. If you don't, or prefer nice heroines, you might want to skip. The hero is bisexual, This book has the worst heroine I've read in a long time! The hero is bisexual, and younger. He loses his partner in the crash and he's a good-hearted interesting person. She went from terrible to perfect over time and it wasn't the most compelling transformation.
But all in all an enjoyable jungle adventure with a sweet hero. Review with quote s goes live at I bought this when it was on sale, thinking that a good plane crash romance would hit the spot. After finishing it, I would say that the spot was not exactly hit, much in the same way that the destination spot was not exactly hit by the crashed airplane. Abigail has recently learned that her husband has been sleeping around on her. Then the plane crashes because of reasons, and Abigail and Mackenzie appear to be the only survivors. Abigail is wearing five-inch heels, her nails are regularly manicured, and she does not leave the house without her makeup.
Did I like her? I kept waiting for her to redeem herself somehow, and I waited some more. Mackenzie is quite resourceful. He was a chef back in the real world, and he can do magical things with their supply of beans, flour, vegetable oil, and random jungle plants.
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He makes pots and pans out of airplane parts and learns how to kill various animals. For her part, Abigail eats the food. This story as a whole was kind of interesting, in the way that any survival story is interesting. But the writing style was overly narrative, a lot more telling than showing. It did keep the timeline of the story moving along, though.
Mackenzie and Abigail are lost in the jungle for over a year, and reading about every monotonous — or even suspenseful — day would have made for a long book. Because of the length of time, Abigail does eventually become a better person. She admits this to herself and to Mackenzie, and vows to never be that person again. Oh, and by the way, Mackenzie is bisexual. The scope of the story was pretty epic. Abigail spent a lot of time admiring her new muscular body. They both became sort of super humans because of their ability to survive and even thrive.
At least for the characters. I was just kind of glad it was over. C- This review was originally posted on Red Hot Books at: This novel defied my expectations at every turn. But somehow it all worked. The author skilfully managed to endear me to a heroine who I initially despised. At the outset, Abigail Mulholland is a selfish, immature woman whom I could not relate to at all. I was glad the story pushed forward from the first week following the crash until a couple of months later as they continue to survive in the wilderness. This allows the romantic development to be believable following a period of grief over the loss of their loved ones.
I was empathetic toward Mackenzie and his difficult childhood and even more challenging adolescence. He evolved from a man who had depended on his ex-partner to a man that exuberated masculinity, sensitivity and perseverance. While the start of their journey placed them at worlds apart, this unlikely duo form a strong emotional bond and passionate relationship.
I also loved the Aussie jungle setting! After their tourist plane crashes, Abigail Mulholland and Mackenzie Steel struggle to survive in the middle of the Australian bush. She's lost her cheating husband in the crash; he's lost a gay lover he adored. Reading the first 10 or 15 pages of this book was a chore. I'm American, so I have no idea where Kakadu is or even the location the plane was departing from, so felt lost. I wanted to know what country, general geography, etc. Also, Abigail was about the most selfish jerk I've ever seen i After their tourist plane crashes, Abigail Mulholland and Mackenzie Steel struggle to survive in the middle of the Australian bush.
Also, Abigail was about the most selfish jerk I've ever seen in a read and that and the locational chaos almost made me put the book done. Once the crash happened, the author really got in her groove.
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Wondering how they'd survive their predicament kept me reading. It was really fun to see a character who seemed to have no potential grow, although occasionally it bugged me how rarely Abi thought about her daughter, who at the outset seemed to be every bit as spoiled and bratty as Abi and would have no one to care for her. Once I got into the book, I found it hard to put it down. I felt like the author very skillfully crafted the release of important information about the characters and the difficulties they had to endure to survive.
I also enjoyed reading how they grew to love each other over time - they became best friends first, then lovers, it was so different from what I normally see in romance and it worked for me. I'm glad I stuck with the story - it was a great read. Pardon the poor grammar, but Lost in Kakadu is not like many books I have read. Pour them out onto a plate and give them to me to devour. Lost in Kakadu is just incredible! The rest of this review, and the rest of my reviews can be found at My Written Romance.
Jan 21, Erin Brooks rated it it was amazing. Lost in love Abi was supposed to go on the trip and ferret out the truth about. Never to bury him! Mack went on this trip for adventure with his best friend, but lost him when.