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My Review:Title: Hooked on Trouble
Author: Kelly Siskind
Series: Over the Top #3
Published by: Forever Yours
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Format: eARC
Pages: 340
Genres: Contemporary, Romance
Source: NetGalley
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2017 Contemporary Romance Reading Challenge, Lenoreo's 2017 New Release Challenge, Lenoreo’s 2017 Netgalley and Edelweiss Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:Reality bites. Hard.
The last time Raven did "real" was sixteen months ago, when she spent one unforgettable night with the tattooed, impossibly sexy Nico, and then he disappeared the next day. Since then, she's kept her guard up and her feelings to herself. She doesn't have time for relationship drama when she's busy searching for her long lost sister.
Nico hasn't stopped thinking about Raven---her sultry curves, inked skin, or the fact that he ditched her after their night together. Now that they're living in the same city, he knows this is his chance to make things right. What better way to prove to Raven he's for real than helping her find her sister? But when the lines between right and wrong start to blur, putting his job on the line, Nico has to decide if the risk is worth the ultimate reward.
I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
4 stars — This review is going to suffer b/c I wasn’t able to immerse myself in this book like I normally would…it actually took me an unprecedented week to read, and it had NOTHING to do with the story. But as such, I don’t have my thoughts all nicely gathered as I normally do. So bear with me.
I find I’m really loving Ms. Siskind’s writing and characters. While I’ve only read book 2 in this series of hers, I still feel like I can say that with confidence. What’s funny to me is that I just finished reading my review for that book, and I gave it the same number of stars, but it wasn’t because I was as in love with Nico as I was with Sawyer. I just enjoyed the story, and thought it was a solid romance with a lot of depth, and flawed characters that seem to grow over the course of the book. There were little things that left me a bit unsatisfied, but nothing egregious, you know? So it’s kind of funny to give it the same star rating, but for this one it was just an overall feel, whereas for book 2 it was a balance of one amazing character and one meh character. Annnnndddd you really didn’t want to hear all that, did you?
ANYWAYS. So both Nico and Raven were actually super cool characters, but in kind of opposite ways. They are both so damaged by troubling childhoods, but it shaped them into completely different individuals. But I kind of still understood what drew them to each other. It’s like they balanced each other off, you know? Raven is kind of jaded, and edgy, and standoffish, and not exactly a rule follower. Whereas Nico is very soft, and gentle, and goes all in, and is ALL ABOUT THE RULES. They’re sort of extremes on their own. And it was interesting to see how that all kind of clashes and results in the ultimate climax of their relationship. I wasn’t expecting it, and yet looking back I kind of should have, you know? I was initially a bit put off by both of their mistakes, but in the end I was happy with how it played out…it felt true to both of their characters, even if it made me temporarily mad at them. But it made the learning feel more authentic I guess. Like neither changed, but they both learned to compromise. Nicely done Ms. Siskind, props.
I will say that although I enjoyed their banter, I did miss the lightheartedness that came with Sawyer’s ridiculous personality. That boy shone even in this book in his little appearances. I LOVED seeing the group all together, they really made me laugh and I wished they really existed somewhere out in the world. That epilogue was basically ALL OF THE THINGS. And now I want to read book one even more, I need to figure out how to squeeze it in. *SIGH*
So yeah, solid final book in the series. Dealt with some difficult issues on both their ends, but in the end I was missing falling deeply in love with the MCs to really push it over the top (*groan* pun not intended) for me. Will be watching for more from Ms. Siskind in the future, especially since she gives good Canadianness.
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