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A review by bookdrgn
My Unexpected Forever by Heidi McLaughlin
4.0
Harrison has fallen for Liam and Josie's best friend Katelyn.
Katelyn is still mourning the loss of her husband and fighting her interest in Harrison.
Harrison is a good protagonist. He is a great, steady and capable father to Quinn, his son thrust upon him by his mother who had drugged and raped Harrison.
Katelyn is struggling and sometimes difficult to like as a heroine. Her daughters aren't coping with Mason's death, especially Peyton who was closer to him that Katelyn. Elle seems to be doing better than her twin but she latches onto Harrison quickly, which suggests she probably isn't coping as well as Katelyn thinks she is. Peyton takes a while to warm up to Harrison and it isn't until he helps her through an issue at school that she smiles a happy smile.
Sam, the bands former manager, is predictably lurking in the background and making waves.
It was not that much of a surprise that Sam orchestrated Harrison's drugging and rape. I had hoped she would have faced more consequences than a restraining order and paying restitution. She should have gone to jail alone with the woman who perpetrated this against Harrison.
Katelyn believed Sam and Alicia's lie too quickly to be realistic. She and Harrison were moving along in their budding relationship quite well, too well for Katelyn to simply blindly believe a doctored photo and made up story. But she did.
I'm not a fan of the wall punching these guys do when they are facing emotional turmoil. I did enjoy Harrison showing his emotion and crying, it's not something often seen with romance protagonists.
Quinn was a great character, I sometimes forgot he was only eight years old. He seems like a boy who really wants a Mom and was hoping Katelyn would take the job. He is protective of the twins and comes across very well rounded for a kid whose spent a lot of time on tour with the band.
I enjoyed this instalment in the Beaumont series.
Katelyn is still mourning the loss of her husband and fighting her interest in Harrison.
Harrison is a good protagonist. He is a great, steady and capable father to Quinn, his son thrust upon him by his mother who had drugged and raped Harrison.
Katelyn is struggling and sometimes difficult to like as a heroine. Her daughters aren't coping with Mason's death, especially Peyton who was closer to him that Katelyn. Elle seems to be doing better than her twin but she latches onto Harrison quickly, which suggests she probably isn't coping as well as Katelyn thinks she is. Peyton takes a while to warm up to Harrison and it isn't until he helps her through an issue at school that she smiles a happy smile.
Sam, the bands former manager, is predictably lurking in the background and making waves.
It was not that much of a surprise that Sam orchestrated Harrison's drugging and rape. I had hoped she would have faced more consequences than a restraining order and paying restitution. She should have gone to jail alone with the woman who perpetrated this against Harrison.
Katelyn believed Sam and Alicia's lie too quickly to be realistic. She and Harrison were moving along in their budding relationship quite well, too well for Katelyn to simply blindly believe a doctored photo and made up story. But she did.
I'm not a fan of the wall punching these guys do when they are facing emotional turmoil. I did enjoy Harrison showing his emotion and crying, it's not something often seen with romance protagonists.
Quinn was a great character, I sometimes forgot he was only eight years old. He seems like a boy who really wants a Mom and was hoping Katelyn would take the job. He is protective of the twins and comes across very well rounded for a kid whose spent a lot of time on tour with the band.
I enjoyed this instalment in the Beaumont series.