By: Tessa Bailey
“I’d spit on a man for calling you pretty. You’re extraordinary. The first and last of your kind.”
Sig, a hockey player, is on his way to see his father when his truck breaks down. He goes into a country club to get help and meets Chloe. For him, it was basically love at first sight. After spending some time together, they both have to part ways with a promise to see each other later that night. What they didn’t expect was to wind up at the same place because their parents are marrying each other. With Chloe off to Boston with Sig, he vows to take care of her, but only be her best friend. They can’t be making waves with both of their careers and family standing. Lines are a bit blurry as it seems they were meant to be more.
Honest review alert! I feel like I may be in the minority with this book. I’ve seen so many great reviews, but I really struggled with it. It was like within moments of meeting Chloe, Sig was SO into her, knew that she was it for him. The instalove was intense, his obsession was intense. And even though Bailey was telling us that weeks and months were passing by, it didn’t FEEL that way because the characters didn’t seem to change or grow in any way. So the obsession felt a bit icky to me, and then I just never got rid of the ick feeling while I was reading the book. I think that sort of ruined the whole book for me.
Chloe was raised with a silver spoon in her mouth. But I feel like Bailey was really over the top with this – I mean, if you get a dog, what adult doesn’t know that you have to get dog food? I could see her not knowing how to do the laundry and not knowing how to cook intricate meals, but how did she not realize that things cost money? Honestly, she was just really spoiled and it was kind of annoying. Sig didn’t help this either and I just wanted to shake him and say, “Wake up and stop spoiling her; she needs to learn how to be a human!”
The whole “we want to but we shouldn’t” and/or “we want to but we can’t” was said or implied sooooooo often, it could be a game! I’ve liked other Bailey books, this one just didn’t really work for me. BUT, like I always say, others loved it! So, just because it didn’t work for me, doesn’t mean that you may not enjoy it.
Publish date: Feb 4, 2025
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