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selenamichaels's review against another edition
5.0
Y’all know what I’m about to say!
Where’s the next book! Lol! If you’re reading this review for spoilers that’s too bad so sad y’all know how I roll and I’m not telling you anything! Let’s get into it. BAY HAD TO WORK! That’s all you need to know. I’m sorry but I felt sorry for my Bay. I was like dang Missy, if you don’t want him can I have him? Now, I absolutely loved this one. I mean how could you not. Still so different and gave me something new to look into. Most of all it unlocked a new kink for me as well. As always I’m supremely blessed that I was chosen to arc read this. I’m sure I bothered Gemma all day long while getting flustered at work with those spicy scenes. But most of all, I fell in love with Cody. Yeah, I know I know I’m so fickle. I love Bay and I’m so happy for his happily ever after with Missy, but I very much want to see Cody’s story. The epilogue gave me life, mainly because I’m a suspense author and like to drive my readers crazy. One sentence and it was everything I needed it to be. I read that and was like where is it so I can one click. Lol, if you can’t handle the mountain men then I don’t know what you’re going to do when the jumpers come out. I hope these men get progressively worse until they’re burning the world down for their women. I would like to volunteer as tribute to the Barnett cult. That’s it. If you still haven’t gotten sold on this book, may I suggest a sweet romance instead then? Let us live! We love it and I want more, more, more! My fantasy harem involves a cody and bay sammich! Until next time!!!!
Where’s the next book! Lol! If you’re reading this review for spoilers that’s too bad so sad y’all know how I roll and I’m not telling you anything! Let’s get into it. BAY HAD TO WORK! That’s all you need to know. I’m sorry but I felt sorry for my Bay. I was like dang Missy, if you don’t want him can I have him? Now, I absolutely loved this one. I mean how could you not. Still so different and gave me something new to look into. Most of all it unlocked a new kink for me as well. As always I’m supremely blessed that I was chosen to arc read this. I’m sure I bothered Gemma all day long while getting flustered at work with those spicy scenes. But most of all, I fell in love with Cody. Yeah, I know I know I’m so fickle. I love Bay and I’m so happy for his happily ever after with Missy, but I very much want to see Cody’s story. The epilogue gave me life, mainly because I’m a suspense author and like to drive my readers crazy. One sentence and it was everything I needed it to be. I read that and was like where is it so I can one click. Lol, if you can’t handle the mountain men then I don’t know what you’re going to do when the jumpers come out. I hope these men get progressively worse until they’re burning the world down for their women. I would like to volunteer as tribute to the Barnett cult. That’s it. If you still haven’t gotten sold on this book, may I suggest a sweet romance instead then? Let us live! We love it and I want more, more, more! My fantasy harem involves a cody and bay sammich! Until next time!!!!
mrsbsbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Well. I know what I was getting into when I started this book and I was not disappointed at all.
Bay has not been looking for his woman as he has been quite happy on his own, however when Penn finds Missy sleeping in Alice's old RV and brings her into the garage, Bay suddenly knows that Missy is his woman.
However Bay is scared, especially when he find out the she is only 20 to his 40 something. The age gap bothers him and in the day that he gets to know her before he takes her to the bus station the next morning her realises who bad her life has been and he does not want to limit her.
Missy has not known love since her parents died when she was only a week old. Her grandmother raised her knowing she was just an obligation, the uncle she thought was nice, turned out to have an ultra motive and the boss for the job she works is friends with her nasty uncle.
Cody is a little star in this book and takes Missy under his wing when he finds out that Bay is going to send her away. He packs up his van and goes to collect her from her destination and takes her away so they can both have a fresh start, but that Missy is safe and Cody can open his business into another area.
Bay does see the error of his ways eventually and we get lots of Bay having to grovel as he still gets a lot wrong, but we do get the happy ever after we want and we get introduced to Codys woman right at the end.
I really love the over the top alpha male a-hole that we get in this series and cannot wait ti see how Cody fairs with his woman. I really hope we get a great epilogue for the family.
Bay has not been looking for his woman as he has been quite happy on his own, however when Penn finds Missy sleeping in Alice's old RV and brings her into the garage, Bay suddenly knows that Missy is his woman.
However Bay is scared, especially when he find out the she is only 20 to his 40 something. The age gap bothers him and in the day that he gets to know her before he takes her to the bus station the next morning her realises who bad her life has been and he does not want to limit her.
Missy has not known love since her parents died when she was only a week old. Her grandmother raised her knowing she was just an obligation, the uncle she thought was nice, turned out to have an ultra motive and the boss for the job she works is friends with her nasty uncle.
Cody is a little star in this book and takes Missy under his wing when he finds out that Bay is going to send her away. He packs up his van and goes to collect her from her destination and takes her away so they can both have a fresh start, but that Missy is safe and Cody can open his business into another area.
Bay does see the error of his ways eventually and we get lots of Bay having to grovel as he still gets a lot wrong, but we do get the happy ever after we want and we get introduced to Codys woman right at the end.
I really love the over the top alpha male a-hole that we get in this series and cannot wait ti see how Cody fairs with his woman. I really hope we get a great epilogue for the family.
mev_angela's review against another edition
challenging
dark
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
3.0
samikeena's review against another edition
4.0
-4 stars-
I don’t really know how to review these books? I enjoy them as they are all a HEA comfort read. You get a super alpha possessive man who lives in a small town in a house with all of his brothers (in the same house) that I have a hard time picturing in my mind because it must look a bit ridiculous with all those expansions. There’s something very satisfying about a man who loves you completely at first sight and will do anything to keep you (and breed you? Maybe that one’s just me), spoil you, and take care of you. I recommend this as a comfort read, don’t take it too seriously *eye roll*, or fall for the reviews taking it too seriously either. it’s just a story. If you have a heart and ovaries, it should just make you happy and giddy.
apply review above too all books in the series.
Ok if you’re still reading this, I do have something to add on this specific book.
The names…
The names of the babies.
The nickname for the FMC “Imp”.
ick, ick, ick
If someone called me “imp” I’d punch them in the throat. That’s not cute. I think each FMC having their own special little nickname is creative and that’s great, but in the next series about the firefighter crew—which I’ll shamelessly be reading— I really hope that is toned down and brought back to this planet earth.
I don’t really know how to review these books? I enjoy them as they are all a HEA comfort read. You get a super alpha possessive man who lives in a small town in a house with all of his brothers (in the same house) that I have a hard time picturing in my mind because it must look a bit ridiculous with all those expansions. There’s something very satisfying about a man who loves you completely at first sight and will do anything to keep you (and breed you? Maybe that one’s just me), spoil you, and take care of you. I recommend this as a comfort read, don’t take it too seriously *eye roll*, or fall for the reviews taking it too seriously either. it’s just a story. If you have a heart and ovaries, it should just make you happy and giddy.
apply review above too all books in the series.
Ok if you’re still reading this, I do have something to add on this specific book.
The names…
The names of the babies.
The nickname for the FMC “Imp”.
ick, ick, ick
If someone called me “imp” I’d punch them in the throat. That’s not cute. I think each FMC having their own special little nickname is creative and that’s great, but in the next series about the firefighter crew—which I’ll shamelessly be reading— I really hope that is toned down and brought back to this planet earth.
beccsi's review against another edition
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
lanabooks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Bay was such an asshole but for some reason I still love him for it
hmmreads's review against another edition
3.0
2.75 - 3 stars
I'm kinda disappointed with how the story went. I was ready for the OTT alpha man we were warned in the foreword but Bay's character was all over the place. The book has some funny lines in there with Bay commenting how his huge family living in one space sounded like a cult.
So Missy was breaking and entering into an RV at the brother's garage because she was seeking refuge for the night, away from her predatory second cousin, Ernie. Ernie was quite one-dimensional, he was after her inheritance and he was as slimy as an antagonist could be. Bay took one look of her and he knew she was the one for him, as per his family's "curse" of being able to identify their soulmates lol. Bay was horrified at how young she was and how she might be homeless haha. He drove her to her workplace in the morning andoffered forced her to stay with him while she got her situation sorted out.
Missy ended up getting fired and Bay took her to the mountain where his huge family lived. Bay was actually very interesting and appealing in the first few chapters. He said that his brothers' cavemen act for their women was essentially borderline criminal and that he didn't want to turn into a caveman himself because of a woman. Bay also had a problem with her age since she's 22 and he's 42, he didn't want to tie her to him while she was still young. Missy was notified about the family curse, she believed in it based on the other wives' anecdotes and was a bit disappointed that Bay rejected her. Oh, Missy was pretty cool too in the beginning, she didn't completely blindy dismiss the possibility of stranger Bay being a criminal when he "kidnapped" her to the mountain home.
After they reached the mountain home was when shit started to go downhill, in my opinion. The story went in circles and became messy. The family had a whole "you're being dumb" convo with Bay but he still decided to let Missy go. He dropped her off at a bus station and gave her some money to start her new life, just as she planned. Cody, who was the only other single brother in the family followed her to the bus stop and they went to Vermont together, with Cody citing that he just felt like Missy was supposed to be in his life.
Bay was almost instantly regretful and went back to get Missy but she already left with Cody. Cody informed the family where they were and Bay assumed that Missy was fucking his brother instead. So Bay gave up on going after her and wallowed in self-pity for like three months. After the writing was going in circles circles, he got his shit together, went after her and declared his want for her. Missy was apprehensive because she knew she wasn't the type of woman he wanted because she was, in his words, "... young, broke, needy." HAHAH.
Anyways, Bay forced her to accept their relationship and they then had sex. After Bay's declaration, his character went downhill. I would expect him to be a idk stoic, aggressive, cool caveman given his not-cheerful and serious personality. But during sex, he was smirking every other sentence that it was just making me have secondhand embarrassment so hard.
Idk, man. I just think his smirking cocky-joyfulness wasn't working with his personality.
After this I lost interest pretty quickly and skimmed a lot. The book was just unnecessarily too long. Missy decided they should get to know each other to see if they'd still want to be together after. Bay went caveman mode, probably because he hadn't technically own her yet, and got into fights with Cody. Bay was getting jealous of Cody and then one day found her cuddling with Cody after she confided in him. Bay had a massive fit and they separated, I think? Can't remember. The family stepped in and chided him, then they got back together again. Everyone decided to move back to the mountain and Bay proposed to Missy. Oh, she also got pregnant.
The Ernie thing. Cody sorted out stuff with lawyers and I guess Missy got her inheritance back (it was a million dollars, ofc haha sure). Part of this book being too long was Missy having to explain her Ernie situation at least three times over and over again. She explained it to us, to Cody (albeit briefly), then to Bay more extensively but reciting what we already know again. Too many pages were spent on Missy and Cody too. I guess what I'm trying to say is the book needs to be edited way down.
I'm kinda disappointed with how the story went. I was ready for the OTT alpha man we were warned in the foreword but Bay's character was all over the place. The book has some funny lines in there with Bay commenting how his huge family living in one space sounded like a cult.
So Missy was breaking and entering into an RV at the brother's garage because she was seeking refuge for the night, away from her predatory second cousin, Ernie. Ernie was quite one-dimensional, he was after her inheritance and he was as slimy as an antagonist could be. Bay took one look of her and he knew she was the one for him, as per his family's "curse" of being able to identify their soulmates lol. Bay was horrified at how young she was and how she might be homeless haha. He drove her to her workplace in the morning and
Missy ended up getting fired and Bay took her to the mountain where his huge family lived. Bay was actually very interesting and appealing in the first few chapters. He said that his brothers' cavemen act for their women was essentially borderline criminal and that he didn't want to turn into a caveman himself because of a woman. Bay also had a problem with her age since she's 22 and he's 42, he didn't want to tie her to him while she was still young. Missy was notified about the family curse, she believed in it based on the other wives' anecdotes and was a bit disappointed that Bay rejected her. Oh, Missy was pretty cool too in the beginning, she didn't completely blindy dismiss the possibility of stranger Bay being a criminal when he "kidnapped" her to the mountain home.
After they reached the mountain home was when shit started to go downhill, in my opinion. The story went in circles and became messy. The family had a whole "you're being dumb" convo with Bay but he still decided to let Missy go. He dropped her off at a bus station and gave her some money to start her new life, just as she planned. Cody, who was the only other single brother in the family followed her to the bus stop and they went to Vermont together, with Cody citing that he just felt like Missy was supposed to be in his life.
Bay was almost instantly regretful and went back to get Missy but she already left with Cody. Cody informed the family where they were and Bay assumed that Missy was fucking his brother instead. So Bay gave up on going after her and wallowed in self-pity for like three months. After the writing was going in circles circles, he got his shit together, went after her and declared his want for her. Missy was apprehensive because she knew she wasn't the type of woman he wanted because she was, in his words, "... young, broke, needy." HAHAH.
Anyways, Bay forced her to accept their relationship and they then had sex. After Bay's declaration, his character went downhill. I would expect him to be a idk stoic, aggressive, cool caveman given his not-cheerful and serious personality. But during sex, he was smirking every other sentence that it was just making me have secondhand embarrassment so hard.
“Condom,” I pant.
“Not happening,” he smirks, pressing his lips to mine as he pushes forward and impales me fully on his enormous cock.
I scream into his mouth as pain, sudden and awful, rushes through me. It subsides quickly into a raw burn and an uncomfortable fullness. “Condom,” I pant again, my voice ragged as he releases my lips.
“Never, I’m never putting anything between me and this cunt.”
“Bay, I’m not on any birth control.” Apparently, he doesn’t see this as a big problem like I do, because instead of being worried, he smirks.
“Bay,” I cry, wiggling beneath him and pushing at his chest in an attempt to get him to move and put on a condom. Smirking, he gathers my wrists together with frightening ease, pinning them to the bed above my head and holding them there with just one of his hands.
Idk, man. I just think his smirking cocky-joyfulness wasn't working with his personality.
After this I lost interest pretty quickly and skimmed a lot. The book was just unnecessarily too long. Missy decided they should get to know each other to see if they'd still want to be together after. Bay went caveman mode, probably because he hadn't technically own her yet, and got into fights with Cody. Bay was getting jealous of Cody and then one day found her cuddling with Cody after she confided in him. Bay had a massive fit and they separated, I think? Can't remember. The family stepped in and chided him, then they got back together again. Everyone decided to move back to the mountain and Bay proposed to Missy. Oh, she also got pregnant.
The Ernie thing. Cody sorted out stuff with lawyers and I guess Missy got her inheritance back (it was a million dollars, ofc haha sure). Part of this book being too long was Missy having to explain her Ernie situation at least three times over and over again. She explained it to us, to Cody (albeit briefly), then to Bay more extensively but reciting what we already know again. Too many pages were spent on Missy and Cody too. I guess what I'm trying to say is the book needs to be edited way down.
readsbyholliex's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
I loved this one. Bay was definitely set in his ways and didn’t think the fate/curse his brothers fell into would affect him. And man could he have not been more wrong, the way he fell for Missy was fast and he fought it hard. Their story was a roller coaster ride of emotions. Missy was strong and brave and she’s one of my favorites, I especially loved her friendship with Cody. Bay and Missy had to work through a lot of things; but in the end they knew they were meant for one another.
tee_tee_lou_lou's review against another edition
4.0
Bay and Missy where super cute, slightly dysfunctional (mostly on Bay's part) but also absolutely everything!
I wanted to slap Bay upside the heads at least a handful of times during this book but boy did this man lose his sane mind when it came to Missy but he didn't give up and does what he can to make his mistakes right so I forgive him.
Missy, well she was a softy.
Honestly one of my favourite things about this book was actually Cody and Missy's friendship, it was so freaking cute and added the kind of dynamic that makes for my favourite kind of male jealousy (the hot male best friend
I wanted to slap Bay upside the heads at least a handful of times during this book but boy did this man lose his sane mind when it came to Missy but he didn't give up and does what he can to make his mistakes right so I forgive him.
Missy, well she was a softy.
Honestly one of my favourite things about this book was actually Cody and Missy's friendship, it was so freaking cute and added the kind of dynamic that makes for my favourite kind of male jealousy (the hot male best friend
caitlinkenn29's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5