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leslie_nochez's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It’s really cute but I think it’s important to read the first 2 books to get a better connection with the characters
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction
nursestern's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The final in this series by Asher left little to be desired in a finale book. I loved Cal’s character development through the series and Lana’s character was sweet. The pay off for all of the main characters over the series completing their tasks was unexpected.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Sexual content
Minor: Death and Death of parent
marygg3's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I knew this would be my favorite one!
Cal is everything and we must protect him at all costs.
The smut? Top tier, God level, 5🌶 hot!
The struggle that Cal had to go through? Oh my God! So much growth, so much hardship, so much strength.
Lana got on my nerves sometimes when she kept assuming the worst, but I do see where she's coming from. My boy didn't make it easy on her.
Cami is the best thing that ever happened to this world.
The other two brothers are beautiful and I lived for their cameos, Iris is a goddess and Zahra deserves all the good things in this world. Plus, puppy-eyed Rowan and Declan have my heart.
The conclusion to everything with Seth was beyond satisfactory.
I'd never read something with the single-parent trope before and now nothing will ever compare.
The banter, the sweetness, the heart-wrenching moments that had me kicking and crying and giggling like and idiot.
Let's just say, this book gave me life. Will read everything Lauren Asher graces this world by writing. At this point, I'd expect to have hearts in my eyes at the sight of her grocery shopping list.
Cal is everything and we must protect him at all costs.
The smut? Top tier, God level, 5🌶 hot!
The struggle that Cal had to go through? Oh my God! So much growth, so much hardship, so much strength.
Lana got on my nerves sometimes when she kept assuming the worst, but I do see where she's coming from. My boy didn't make it easy on her.
Cami is the best thing that ever happened to this world.
The other two brothers are beautiful and I lived for their cameos, Iris is a goddess and Zahra deserves all the good things in this world. Plus, puppy-eyed Rowan and Declan have my heart.
The conclusion to everything with Seth was beyond satisfactory.
I'd never read something with the single-parent trope before and now nothing will ever compare.
The banter, the sweetness, the heart-wrenching moments that had me kicking and crying and giggling like and idiot.
Let's just say, this book gave me life. Will read everything Lauren Asher graces this world by writing. At this point, I'd expect to have hearts in my eyes at the sight of her grocery shopping list.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism and Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
underscorelozz_'s review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism and Sexual content
rachelelsya's review against another edition
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Happy to finish this series. It was fun and what an experience to read this series. Honestly, the plot is not that bad, really spiced up my romance taste lol. Callahan story was more faster than his brothers ngl. Maybe bc he and Lana already know each other before. But it was fun. It is a struggle to see how Cal struggles because of himself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent
kiwij96's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This is a hefty read, emotionally, with the main theme of the story being addiction. However, it was handled and written sensitively and realistically by the author. For an almost 600 page book, this felt like way less. It was such an easy read with great pacing, generally great plot, and great characters.
Acouple of gripes would include a few grammatical errors and minor inconsistencies, and also that Cami felt like this idealistic, spoilt 5 year old written by someone who has never met a 5 year old. Also the way that Cal just barged back into his ex's life and just demanded she sell her home as if it didn't matter, bullying her into selling it until she agreed, and then when she had doubts about it he would get pissy and say "I thought this is what you wanted". However, if these things didn't exist then the book wouldn't have been as enjoyable as I found it.
Definitely a rollercoaster of a book. But definitely definitely not for people who may have triggers around addiction, specifically drugs and alcohol.
Acouple of gripes would include a few grammatical errors and minor inconsistencies, and also that Cami felt like this idealistic, spoilt 5 year old written by someone who has never met a 5 year old. Also the way that Cal just barged back into his ex's life and just demanded she sell her home as if it didn't matter, bullying her into selling it until she agreed, and then when she had doubts about it he would get pissy and say "I thought this is what you wanted". However, if these things didn't exist then the book wouldn't have been as enjoyable as I found it.
Definitely a rollercoaster of a book. But definitely definitely not for people who may have triggers around addiction, specifically drugs and alcohol.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
vavocado's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism
blissfullyhannah's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
i’m in love with this book omg. cal is the strongest guy ever and i’m so proud of him. i was rooting for him the whole time. the part where he was drinking at cami’s birthday because he was so nervous and alana wouldn’t even give him a chance to explain (kind of understandable but i hate the miscommunication trope so fucking much,) made me so sad for him/spoiler> alana did kind of piss me off sometimes but otherwise it was so cute seeing them together. however, declan is my favorite of the brothers, maybe i’m just a sucker for a grumpy man.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
cielosiluminado's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
2nd read:
even on my second read, this book broke my heart and sowed it back together
1st read:
I'M NOT CRYING,YOU'RE CRYING YOU NEED TO READ IT TO UNDERSTAND!!!!
even on my second read, this book broke my heart and sowed it back together
1st read:
I'M NOT CRYING,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
Minor: Grief and Death of parent
cassidysreads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
2/5 stars.
Truly disappointed by this one. I devoured the first two, but this one just didn't hit quite like the others. At least I won't have to hear about tongues being heavy anymore.
To save myself the trouble of talking to much about this book, I'll just mention my major problems with it and cover them briefly: first problem is Alana herself. For a book that's supposed to be about grown adults, it's embarrassing how childish she is. So much of the miscommunication between these two is because Alana assumes without asking. She fills in the blanks and takes it as hard facts. All I wanted was for her to be a grown woman and address her problems to the pertaining parties like an actual adult. I also found her personality to be lacking. The baking hobby felt like an afterthought to make her seem like a real person, but then that's all that she really had going for her.
Second problem: the sex scenes. Nope. Dom/sub behavior never will be my thing. And no, I do not want to read a description about the cum flooding out of her mouth because swallowing it twice wasn't enough to get rid of it. Disgusting.
Third problem: the "loving yourself first in order to love others" message in this book. It's a big trend that even I bought into several years ago and with time I've learned loving yourself only leads to pride, disappointment, or both. None of which are healthy. I'm not going to delve into it because this is not the place, but know this: if the self is the main cause behind our anxieties, depression, and insecurities, then the self is not the solution to eventual happiness.
Fourth problem: The town. If small towns were in any way like this one, I'd want nothing to do with them. The townspeople are about as childish as Alana. Continuously berating and judging Cal for the way he handled his relationship with Alana that happened SIX YEARS AGO. I'm sorry, did I miss the part where Alana and Cal were polyamorous with the entire town? In what world was it ever their business to bully a man on behalf of the broken-hearted Lana from -- again, I must reiterate -- six years ago?
Fifth, and final problem: it's all-encompassing, but the couple just wasn't it for me and the story was longer than it needed to be. Being a second chance romance, I think it would have been beneficial to see how Cal and Lana fell in love initially so that we could connect that to their present day romance. But alas, we only got small flashbacks that didn't quite show their falling in love in the past. We also didn't really get to understand why Cal left her six years ago in the first place, nor did we get much detail about her sister. It just felt like a lot of shots not taken. Which was a bit underwhelming.
With all the major problems (of which I've realized I've spoken much about despite my best efforts to be short and sweet) and the weird grammar and editing errors throughout, I really hope this isn't a representation of Asher's future works and that it's just a fluke. I truly loved The Fine Print and Terms and Conditions, and I would hate to see things follow the same path as this book. Because this book was perfectly mediocre in every way and we have FAR too much of that on the market already.
Here's to hoping the next series surpasses this book!
<u>My ranking of the series just for fun</u>
Terms and Conditions ~ 5/5 stars
The Fine Print ~ 4/5 stars
Final Offer ~ 2/5 stars
Truly disappointed by this one. I devoured the first two, but this one just didn't hit quite like the others. At least I won't have to hear about tongues being heavy anymore.
To save myself the trouble of talking to much about this book, I'll just mention my major problems with it and cover them briefly: first problem is Alana herself. For a book that's supposed to be about grown adults, it's embarrassing how childish she is. So much of the miscommunication between these two is because Alana assumes without asking. She fills in the blanks and takes it as hard facts. All I wanted was for her to be a grown woman and address her problems to the pertaining parties like an actual adult. I also found her personality to be lacking. The baking hobby felt like an afterthought to make her seem like a real person, but then that's all that she really had going for her.
Second problem: the sex scenes. Nope. Dom/sub behavior never will be my thing. And no, I do not want to read a description about the cum flooding out of her mouth because swallowing it twice wasn't enough to get rid of it. Disgusting.
Third problem: the "loving yourself first in order to love others" message in this book. It's a big trend that even I bought into several years ago and with time I've learned loving yourself only leads to pride, disappointment, or both. None of which are healthy. I'm not going to delve into it because this is not the place, but know this: if the self is the main cause behind our anxieties, depression, and insecurities, then the self is not the solution to eventual happiness.
Fourth problem: The town. If small towns were in any way like this one, I'd want nothing to do with them. The townspeople are about as childish as Alana. Continuously berating and judging Cal for the way he handled his relationship with Alana that happened SIX YEARS AGO. I'm sorry, did I miss the part where Alana and Cal were polyamorous with the entire town? In what world was it ever their business to bully a man on behalf of the broken-hearted Lana from -- again, I must reiterate -- six years ago?
Fifth, and final problem: it's all-encompassing, but the couple just wasn't it for me and the story was longer than it needed to be. Being a second chance romance, I think it would have been beneficial to see how Cal and Lana fell in love initially so that we could connect that to their present day romance. But alas, we only got small flashbacks that didn't quite show their falling in love in the past. We also didn't really get to understand why Cal left her six years ago in the first place, nor did we get much detail about her sister. It just felt like a lot of shots not taken. Which was a bit underwhelming.
With all the major problems (of which I've realized I've spoken much about despite my best efforts to be short and sweet) and the weird grammar and editing errors throughout, I really hope this isn't a representation of Asher's future works and that it's just a fluke. I truly loved The Fine Print and Terms and Conditions, and I would hate to see things follow the same path as this book. Because this book was perfectly mediocre in every way and we have FAR too much of that on the market already.
Here's to hoping the next series surpasses this book!
<u>My ranking of the series just for fun</u>
Terms and Conditions ~ 5/5 stars
The Fine Print ~ 4/5 stars
Final Offer ~ 2/5 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Minor: Drug use