stacey_is_sassy
Written on Jan 29, 2018
I have had my eye on this story for years and when I saw it available on the Romance Package, I couldn't stop myself from giving it a try.
New Zealand is a country I have visited and loved. With them being so close to Australia we're practically neighbours. I found it somewhat comforting to recognise the lingo and places mentioned. Having the hero playing Rugby Union was also something familiar and I loved the discussions comparing Rugby Union and Rugby League. New Zealand and Australia have a kind of sibling relationship. We'll bag each other out to each other, but heaven forbid, you attack a Kiwi to an Aussie, and you've got a fight on your hands.
I really liked Drew but Hannah was a little annoying, unfortunately. She needed to trust Drew and her instincts. Hannah has played parent to her brother and sister since her father passed away when she was a kid herself. Their mother didn't do her job and it was Hannah's only choice to step up. Now that her siblings are adults, Hannah's struggling to cut the purse strings. The holiday to New Zealand is to take a break from her stressful job and to not always be "on-call" to her siblings. My frustrations were that it seemed to take a little too long for her to realise how much she was being taken advantage of. It all comes good in the end and I was left satisfied.
The narrator was AMAZING with accents. Her American and Kiwi accents left me bamboozled as to what country she originated from. Kiwi accents are not easy and she does a fantastic Aussie accent too. Only one little complaint, I couldn't tell when the characters changed from male to female. I was convinced that Emory was a chick for the first couple of chapters.
Really happy to have found this one in the Romance Package and I will definitely be looking to go on in the series.