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My Review:Title: Baby Makes Three
Author: Nicole Elliot
Published by: Your Book Boyfriend Press
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Pages: 216
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Reading Challenges: CC's Goodreads Reading Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:Billionaire. Playboy. Her brother's best friend. And her baby's daddy?
The last time I saw Joanna she was just a kid, following me around like a puppy dog. But now that she's all grown up, those curves make me want to get behind her. Make her moan my name. Her over-protective brother would never let it happen. But I like a challenge. It can be our little secret. Until her abusive ex-boyfriend shows up in town and ruins everything. If he even tries to lay a finger on her... he'll regret it. I'll do anything to protect my new family. No matter what.
Baby Makes Three is a super steamy secret baby romance. It has a HEA and NO Cliffhanger. There are a few bonus books for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!
This book was a bit all over the place. The conversations were stilted and left unfinished in a lot of places. I didn’t believe the romance. It was lust plain and simple. And the origin story for the female character whose name I can’t remember? (That’s telling, isn’t it?) Done in poor taste. If you are gonna have a violent background, fricking own it! Don’t use it for shock value and don’t do it halfway! It was quite honestly pitiful. And unbelievable to boot. When you leave a domestic situation and he calls you at work, don’t ignore that! And these situations happened way too often for her to just ignore. It got annoying real quick. The past violence could have been left out and the story wouldn’t have changed that much, so in my opinion it was all fluff.
She was too proud to accept the help that was offered and I found her reasoning to be immature and unreasonable. She didn’t seem to care what happened to her which made it hard for me to care about her.
But I think I could look past that (maybe) if the brother wasn’t a grade A douchebag. Victim blaming? Really? What century are we in? Come on! I didn’t believe he cared for her genuinely, I think he just felt an obligaiton to take care of her as if she was always needing him. And he did the bare minimum in helping her so yeah, douchebag galore. It wasn’t a healthy sibling relationship.
The love interest isn’t even worth mentioning, all he wanted was a good lay. This cover has absolutley nothing to do with the story either. It was the tropiest book I’ve read all year I think. And I love a good trope!
This one sounds like a huge letdown. By the blurb, it sounds like it could possibly be cute. Obviously, it wasn’t. I’ll skip this one for sure. Thank you for putting your opinion out there!