Kate Canterbary

I avoided all adult responsibilities, powering through this funny, spicy read in a single day. I usually don’t like a MC who’s a teacher because it’s usually all wrong. But I loved Shay (and her relationship with the pirate-swearing kindergartner) and her hot, farmer grumpy man who’s been secretly pining for her since high school. This was funny (loved their snarky internal monologues) and spicy (right on the cusp of dirty) with the perfect anticipatory build up. Plus, it has all the other tropes that I love in a rom-com: big city to small town, marriage of convenience, second-chance love, and did I mention a hot, alpha brooding farmer? This was just what I needed after a lackluster historical fiction.… (meer)

Re-read 05/2022

Thus concludes my re-read of The Walshes (not counting the novellas this time around).

When I first read this series, Riley's book was my favorite and upon re-read that still stands. What an adorable, goofball, sexy, hot mess of a man. He is deeper than his appearance and more mature and sensitive to his surroundings than his siblings give him credit for. There is angst and a bit of EEEK! nervousness activated when the book starts but STAY WITH ME it is worth it get let that eeek-ness unfold >>>>> The book begins with Riley having a sex dream about Lauren, who he has been in love with since first meeting her. This became known in the last book and is explored more in this book. FYI Riley never acts out on this longing for Lauren so do not fret too much. I think this longing makes sense and contextualizes Riley's depth and shows us how emotionally intelligent he really is. . . something he is never really given credit for Alex, Riley's love interest, is a doctor who is still recovering from a break-up that messed up not only her personal life, but her professional one as well. The good doctor, Nick Acevedo, gets Riley and Alex together so they can fake date their way out of the rut they're both in.

This was such a rewarding re-read.

CW: the Walsh family has a history of mental, physical abuse (and SA) from their deceased father. They also watched their mother die. Each sibling has their own way of living with that trauma so please take care of yourself!… (meer)