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A review by agrippinaes
Fifth Avenue Fling by Rosa Lucas
4.0
Rosa Lucas has a knack for writing books that I can’t stop reading. Her writing is funny and engaging; it is clunky at times but I find it so readable. Her books are an entertaining combination of humour and angst, and I think she handles this quite well in this one. Clodagh is a really fun heroine; bold when she needed to be but also vulnerable and funny.
Killian was harder to like, but I warmed to him. He definitely needed to tone down some of his behaviour but I did like his protectiveness. The author has a way of writing men that are so infuriating that I feel like physically fighting them on behalf of their love interest – whilst still making me like them by the end? It’s a talent.
The chemistry between them is good and the sex scenes are well-written and hot, but my favourite thing were the angsty bits. There were parts of this that made my stomach knot and I just kept on turning the page to find out what would happen. Her vulnerabilities came to the fore in a way that was really enjoyable to read alongside his protectiveness. I also liked how she developed a relationship with Teagan; there were some really sweet parts and I liked how Clodagh took her cues from Teagan and asked her how she felt about it all.
I did have some issues; the ending didn’t quite have the oomph I wanted, the angst started out well but the drama sort of fizzled out and the grovel wasn’t very satisfactory to me. Also – there was a major issue with Killian’s character in how he ran his business, but his realisations about that came far too late and felt very rushed. It felt very unearned when he finally began making changes to how he worked.
But on the whole it was an entertaining romance novel and Rosa Lucas covered its tropes well. I had a lot of fun reading it and I hope to see more in this series.
Content Notes: Hate-to-love, opposites attract, grumpy/sunshine, nanny, boss/employee, forced proximity, single parent, age gap.
Warnings:
Other:, OM drama , OW drama .
Killian was harder to like, but I warmed to him. He definitely needed to tone down some of his behaviour but I did like his protectiveness. The author has a way of writing men that are so infuriating that I feel like physically fighting them on behalf of their love interest – whilst still making me like them by the end? It’s a talent.
The chemistry between them is good and the sex scenes are well-written and hot, but my favourite thing were the angsty bits. There were parts of this that made my stomach knot and I just kept on turning the page to find out what would happen. Her vulnerabilities came to the fore in a way that was really enjoyable to read alongside his protectiveness. I also liked how she developed a relationship with Teagan; there were some really sweet parts and I liked how Clodagh took her cues from Teagan and asked her how she felt about it all.
I did have some issues; the ending didn’t quite have the oomph I wanted, the angst started out well but the drama sort of fizzled out and the grovel wasn’t very satisfactory to me. Also – there was a major issue with Killian’s character in how he ran his business, but his realisations about that came far too late and felt very rushed. It felt very unearned when he finally began making changes to how he worked.
But on the whole it was an entertaining romance novel and Rosa Lucas covered its tropes well. I had a lot of fun reading it and I hope to see more in this series.
Content Notes: Hate-to-love, opposites attract, grumpy/sunshine, nanny, boss/employee, forced proximity, single parent, age gap.
Warnings:
Spoiler
Death of a spouse / partner (in past), violence death of a spouse / partner (in past), murder (in past), absent parent, attempted sexual assault (on-page), harassment, sexual harassment, mild violence, bullying.Other: