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Reserved (Love Story #4)
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A wonderful love story and so much more.
I am an idiot! Why? Because I’ve had this book in my library for several months and just now got around to reading it. I read books 2 and 3 in this series and enjoyed them; they were both 4 star reads for me. But this one raised the bar and I can’t stop thinking about it; I will have a book hangover for a while. The story has all of my favorite elements rolled into one romance – friends to lovers, second chances, a brother’s best friend, redemption of a man-whore, family relationships – and it’s not at all overdone.
Each book in this series stands alone (no cliffhangers!) but the characters from other stories make an appearance and there are family relationships between the main characters of each story.
Makenna’s husband died 5 years ago and she has to be a rock for the sake of her 5 year-old daughter. She’s organized and keeps things running smoothly at her brother’s restaurant, The Yard.
Travis is a chef at The Yard and her brother’s best friend. He’ll never measure up in his family’s eyes – they think he’s just a cook – so he stopped trying a long time ago. After a bad breakup he decided that playing the field was safer – until Makenna.
These two MCs (main characters) have been dancing around each other for a couple of years. Makenna is afraid to upset the balance she has found in her life since her husband died and Travis doesn’t want to suffer the pain of another failed relationship. But things between the two of them are changing…
Ms. Ewen’s storytelling in this book was captivating. Her writing is rich and descriptive and flowed wonderfully – I didn’t want to put it down. I know some people don’t like to read books that make you cry but I do and this one had me balling my eyes out in places. Reserved is a perfect example that a book doesn’t have to be full of explicit sex and coarse language to be great. (That’s not to say that there are no curse words at all – the f-bomb is there 5 times but the book is nearly 300 pages long so I consider that minor.) I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this story to just about anyone unless they are totally out of touch with modern times. (I should note that I have nothing against books with explicit sex and coarse language – I read a lot of them – but I know some people do and that’s why I mention that this one is pretty clean.)
Bravo to Ms. Ewen for penning a wonderful story. I look forward to reading the next book in this series.
ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my review.
I am an idiot! Why? Because I’ve had this book in my library for several months and just now got around to reading it. I read books 2 and 3 in this series and enjoyed them; they were both 4 star reads for me. But this one raised the bar and I can’t stop thinking about it; I will have a book hangover for a while. The story has all of my favorite elements rolled into one romance – friends to lovers, second chances, a brother’s best friend, redemption of a man-whore, family relationships – and it’s not at all overdone.
Each book in this series stands alone (no cliffhangers!) but the characters from other stories make an appearance and there are family relationships between the main characters of each story.
Makenna’s husband died 5 years ago and she has to be a rock for the sake of her 5 year-old daughter. She’s organized and keeps things running smoothly at her brother’s restaurant, The Yard.
Travis is a chef at The Yard and her brother’s best friend. He’ll never measure up in his family’s eyes – they think he’s just a cook – so he stopped trying a long time ago. After a bad breakup he decided that playing the field was safer – until Makenna.
These two MCs (main characters) have been dancing around each other for a couple of years. Makenna is afraid to upset the balance she has found in her life since her husband died and Travis doesn’t want to suffer the pain of another failed relationship. But things between the two of them are changing…
Ms. Ewen’s storytelling in this book was captivating. Her writing is rich and descriptive and flowed wonderfully – I didn’t want to put it down. I know some people don’t like to read books that make you cry but I do and this one had me balling my eyes out in places. Reserved is a perfect example that a book doesn’t have to be full of explicit sex and coarse language to be great. (That’s not to say that there are no curse words at all – the f-bomb is there 5 times but the book is nearly 300 pages long so I consider that minor.) I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this story to just about anyone unless they are totally out of touch with modern times. (I should note that I have nothing against books with explicit sex and coarse language – I read a lot of them – but I know some people do and that’s why I mention that this one is pretty clean.)
Bravo to Ms. Ewen for penning a wonderful story. I look forward to reading the next book in this series.
ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my review.
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