A review by kenna25
Going All In by Kate Campfield

4.0

Holly and Maddox fall in love in an unconventional way. They had met before and planned a date for a later time. Holly was meeting her dad for dinner and had some surprise guests and one of them was Maddox who will become her step brother. Maddox did not want to give up on Holly. While Holly was looking for a date for her dad’s wedding since wanted anyone but Maddox! 

Holly’s mother died and Maddox’s father died so they were able to connect with loss. Their parents had been talking for two years but no one knew about it. So when they announced they were getting married and on Christmas Eve it hit Holly hard. Christmas was a special memory for Holly and her mother. Holly has also had bad relationships before so her walls were up even more. 

Holly did not want to pursue a relationship with Maddox. While Maddox had over plans, he got her fathers permission to go after her, which was really sweet. Holly was running out of time and dates for the wedding. During the reception and celebration there were some things that came up and Maddox knew where Holly was and knew how to support her. Holly realized that the bet did not matter anymore because she was all in with Maddox. It took her some time to realize she was in love with Maddox but he did not push her, he let her go at her own pace. 

Holly and Maddox worked really well together. Maddox was so thoughtful. Holly was so caring and she took her job (social worker) very seriously. The other characters in the story were great too. I am excited to read more of this series!