A review by sweetdreams_sunshine
Only Mine by Susan Mallery
3.0
I certainly had mixed feelings about this book. After reading the first trilogy/three books in this series I fell in love with the Hendrix triplets. Dakota's story is the first and it certainly an eventful ride. I really enjoyed Dakota, however Finn, her love interest was my least favorite main male character thus far. I'm going to break down my thoughts on this book in pros & cons because I feel that is easiest.
Pros:
- I really enjoyed the chemistry between Dakota & Finn, especially at the beginning.
- I enjoyed the continuing matriarchal theme of this series and how the small town managed to work together.
- I really liked and enjoyed the idea of the reality show. I love how realistic Mallery made it and didn't just make it seem glamorous.
- The Hendrix sisters interactions were so much fun and I really loved their relationship.
- Denise Hendrix is a freaking awesome mother (and character). Need I say more?
- I loved Dakota's sense of family and her strength.
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- The resolution between Finn & Sasha was great.
- Finn did have great character development.
Cons:
- Although I understood and related to Finn at times there were several things that irritated me about him, including how often he lost his temper & just reacted without thinking and the fact that he definitely was at least a bit misogynist.
- Mallery chose to take some predictable resolutions like rather than keeping the story more interesting.
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- Finn's reaction to Dakota telling him that she's pregnant. Him saying that she tricked him was so infuriating and immature.
- I had absolutely no feelings at all about Aurelia and Stephen's relationship. It didn't help that I didn't particularly like either character either.
- I would have liked to see more of Ethan and Liz considering they are Dakota's family. Also a mention of her other brothers would have been great too.
In the end the good outweighed the bad, as I truly enjoyed the first three quarters of the book. So I will give it three stars.
Pros:
- I really enjoyed the chemistry between Dakota & Finn, especially at the beginning.
- I enjoyed the continuing matriarchal theme of this series and how the small town managed to work together.
- I really liked and enjoyed the idea of the reality show. I love how realistic Mallery made it and didn't just make it seem glamorous.
- The Hendrix sisters interactions were so much fun and I really loved their relationship.
- Denise Hendrix is a freaking awesome mother (and character). Need I say more?
- I loved Dakota's sense of family and her strength.
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It made me really happy when Dakota adopted Hannah.Spoiler
- The resolution between Finn & Sasha was great.
- Finn did have great character development.
Cons:
- Although I understood and related to Finn at times there were several things that irritated me about him, including how often he lost his temper & just reacted without thinking and the fact that he definitely was at least a bit misogynist.
- Mallery chose to take some predictable resolutions like
Spoiler
Finn buying the air strip-
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Dakota's pregnancy. While I was certainly happy for her I feel that it provided unneeded drama and was too fluffy. It would have been awesome enough with just Dakota adopting Hannah, without the added pregnancy.- Finn's reaction to Dakota telling him that she's pregnant. Him saying that she tricked him was so infuriating and immature.
- I had absolutely no feelings at all about Aurelia and Stephen's relationship. It didn't help that I didn't particularly like either character either.
- I would have liked to see more of Ethan and Liz considering they are Dakota's family. Also a mention of her other brothers would have been great too.
In the end the good outweighed the bad, as I truly enjoyed the first three quarters of the book. So I will give it three stars.