Eve1972
Written on Jun 14, 2017
This cover is pretty nice. A good representation on the heroine. Good composition and interesting typography.
It's not often I get to venture out of ARC reading land but this one intrigued me and I do LOVE a good second chance love story. Although I personally wouldn't call this one a second chance love story as I never felt Lucas had romantic feelings towards Maddie until he came back to his hometown. A great friendship that he tossed aside when he became popular in high school, sure, but more than that, on his side at least no. So I think a better description for their story would be friends to lovers.
In any case, I enjoyed this one a lot. It was well written and fairly well paced. It did drag a bit for me here and there in the second half. No OW drama. A bit of OM drama. Maddie does have a boyfriend at the beginning of the story, and they do kiss, but they break up fairly quickly, and he is a jerk. There is a nice bit of angst and drama. Some interesting secondary characters. Some hot sex scenes. All wrapped up in a super sweet epilogue.
Both main characters were fairly likable. Lucas (22) was nearly perfect. He knew he hurt Maddie. He was aware that he was a jerk. He owned it and apologized for it. He was all about making Maddie his from the word go. Maddie (21) I enjoyed for the most part. She annoyed me a bit with a decision towards the end. But thankfully her father gave her the nudge she needed, and we didn't have to suffer through pages and pages of separation.
All in all a very enjoyable way to spend a couple hours. Two thumbs up from your truly.