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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Another winner from Lucy Lennox! This and prequel Winter Waites are a great start to another heartwarming gay romance series. I discovered Lennox last year, starting with the Made Marian series, and quickly devoured that and then the Wilde's series. In every book, she welcomes readers in with tales of friendship, families, and communities that embrace the protagonists and protect and defend them against thoughtless remarks from those who are supposed to love them and vicious attacks from threatened homophobes. This story is no exception. I'm looking forward to Truman and Sam's story in book 3.
A swoony steamy beautiful love story
Oh the feels in this book - one minute I was laughing, the next I was swooning, then gasping, and then I was crying. The way the main characters’ feelings for each other were portrayed was palpable and heart warming. Tiller Raine is a star football player who is also gay. Mikey Vining has been Tiller’s personal chef and assistant for five years. He’s also gay. Despite having feelings for each other neither one acts on it until they spend time out of state together because Tiller is injured. Thus the beautiful dance toward their HEA is finally started. There is a lot of past stuff and hurdles that they both have to unpack on the way and this is portrayed perfectly with witty dialogue, characters with depth, and an engaging storyline. This was a swoony, fun, sweet, steamy, heart warming story with low angst. I am adoring this wonderful town and this series. I cannot wait to read about the next Aster Valley couple.
Oh the feels in this book - one minute I was laughing, the next I was swooning, then gasping, and then I was crying. The way the main characters’ feelings for each other were portrayed was palpable and heart warming. Tiller Raine is a star football player who is also gay. Mikey Vining has been Tiller’s personal chef and assistant for five years. He’s also gay. Despite having feelings for each other neither one acts on it until they spend time out of state together because Tiller is injured. Thus the beautiful dance toward their HEA is finally started. There is a lot of past stuff and hurdles that they both have to unpack on the way and this is portrayed perfectly with witty dialogue, characters with depth, and an engaging storyline. This was a swoony, fun, sweet, steamy, heart warming story with low angst. I am adoring this wonderful town and this series. I cannot wait to read about the next Aster Valley couple.
After finishing the Made Marian and Wilde series, I was excited to start a new one by this author, but this first book disappointed me a little. I enjoyed very much the prequel, but I found this book a bit too slow, the end was too quick and I have the impression of “non-finished”. While at some points I had the impression of having too much details and not enough “action”, I craved for more story around the resolution. I really really did not like that epilogue was not about the MC but setting up the story for next book.
Sweet as pie little sports romance, friends/coworkers to lovers.
There was wonderful pining. So so much longinggggggggg
It was awesome.
This was super sexy, it was super cute and cuddly and it
Made me want to see a nutritionist
There was wonderful pining. So so much longinggggggggg
It was awesome.
This was super sexy, it was super cute and cuddly and it
Made me want to see a nutritionist
I love how this book developed! I really enjoyed how Mikey and Tiller were friends for so long and they both were fighting feelings for each other given their employee/boss situation. This was a great way to introduce all the characters that live in Aster Valley and how they each played a role in creating a welcome environment for Mikey and Tiller now that they plan to redevelop the ski resort. One thing that I think this book misses is some sort of argument with Mikey and his dad or even Tiller and Mikey’s dad, because I think that both Mikey and Tiller have so much resentment for how Mikey is treated and after him caring more about football than his own son, I really wanted an argument between them! Otherwise such a good book!
This is a fun first book in the Aster Valley series by Lucy Lennox. The characters are engaging, and although I knew the end result, I enjoyed every step along the way. By the end of the book, I wanted to live in Aster Valley Colorado as well.
4.5 stars
I really adored this. Tiller was a sweetie pie and Mikey totally adorable. I don't understand why Aster Valley seemed pretty idyllic, with the exception of the Stanners. It was exactly what I needed. Will definitely continue the series.
I really adored this. Tiller was a sweetie pie and Mikey totally adorable. I don't understand why
Spoiler
Coach was allowed to live, he was god-awful. That whole fucking family was worthless and I just don't understand why we couldn't get some satisfaction out of it.
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Loved the didn't-know-they-were-dating-but-are-literally-dating aspect of this book but I could not stand mikey's family and that kind of ruined it to me
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A