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A review by gwensreading
Be Your Anything by Jillian Liota
4.0
I received an ARC from the author and I am happy to give my honest opinion.
I'm not a huge fan of New Adult romances but I love everything Jillian Liota writes. I was eager to get this book as it's a continuation of the Hermosa Beach books and I wanted to see how the gang was doing.
We met Lucas and Lennon in the first book. Lucas is Hannah's brother and I wasn't a huge fan of him in the first book. He brought her to California to connect as siblings but then kind of abandoned her. The ending of the book did redeem him a bit for me and he did try really hard to bond with her in this book.
Lennon moves home to assume a role in the family business. Honestly, I really loved seeing a working woman in this book. The other characters, like in their friend group, felt shallow and Lennon worked hard to be successful. She had such a great character arc in coming into herself and standing up for herself.
Here's a trigger warning: Lucas is in an open relationship with his girlfriend and is in a consistent sexual relationship with Lennon. This felt a lot like cheating and wasn't my favorite part of the book. I did "allow" it because I knew where Lucas and his girlfriend were coming from but it was pretty uncomfortable. It was also the major source of angst/drama for the book and the resolution of it felt easy (but not easy to the characters - it was a really tough choice).
Overall I would recommend this after reading the first book in the series. I can't wait to see how these characters grow and what happens next.
I'm not a huge fan of New Adult romances but I love everything Jillian Liota writes. I was eager to get this book as it's a continuation of the Hermosa Beach books and I wanted to see how the gang was doing.
We met Lucas and Lennon in the first book. Lucas is Hannah's brother and I wasn't a huge fan of him in the first book. He brought her to California to connect as siblings but then kind of abandoned her. The ending of the book did redeem him a bit for me and he did try really hard to bond with her in this book.
Lennon moves home to assume a role in the family business. Honestly, I really loved seeing a working woman in this book. The other characters, like in their friend group, felt shallow and Lennon worked hard to be successful. She had such a great character arc in coming into herself and standing up for herself.
Here's a trigger warning: Lucas is in an open relationship with his girlfriend and is in a consistent sexual relationship with Lennon. This felt a lot like cheating and wasn't my favorite part of the book. I did "allow" it because I knew where Lucas and his girlfriend were coming from but it was pretty uncomfortable. It was also the major source of angst/drama for the book and the resolution of it felt easy (but not easy to the characters - it was a really tough choice).
Overall I would recommend this after reading the first book in the series. I can't wait to see how these characters grow and what happens next.