8 reviews for:

A Hard Time

Jordan Marie

3.98 AVERAGE


Hilarious

I love this series. I have since I discovered it in 2018. Ever since then I've waited with bated breathe for the next visit to the Lucas clan and everyone's favourite Ida Sue. This was fantastic and exactly what I needed after a very stressful week. Congrats Jordan, you knocked it it the park. Again.

3.5 stars

I make no excuses at how much I love Ida Sue and her crazy girls named after flowers and boys named after colors. The humor and hijinks of these characters are the best part of this series. That being said, I have been waiting for Marigold's story . I had high expectations. Even with a cute couple of scenes, this book was not my favorite. It felt rushed. It felt like a novella which disappointed me and made me feel cheated.

That being said, I'm Still a huge fan of this author.

I keep doing this to myself

Either my feelings about Jordan Marie's writing have changed or there's been a gradual decline. And I'm not just talking about grammatical errors, although seriously if you need an editor to do a quick read through for typos, I'm happy to do it. The repetition of inner dialogue was annoying, given how short the story is and antics that once made me laugh seem to be getting more and more absurd as the series goes on. I'm also annoyed when the cover model looks nothing how the person is described in the book. Don't get me wrong, he's delicious, but nothing about him reminds me of a young Lenny Kravitz. I could also go on about a strong alpha being different from a predator or stalker, but also don't think that should have to be said.

Lucas Family - Mary finally falls

Marigold "Mary" Lucas has no use for love or marriage or anything else that comes with it. She's got plans to travel and she doesn't want anything or anyone to get in the way of those plans. Most especially not player (in ever sense of the word) Slater Daniels.

Slater Daniels, all star catcher and playboy extraordinaire has had his eye on Mary and thinks she might be the one to make him change his playboy ways. Unfortunately, he crashes and burns when he accuses her of being a groupie and trying to sleep with her own brother, who happens to be his coach.

As with every Lucas family book we get love and humor and hamburger (IYKYK) and Ida Sue. While the Lucas family, and Ida Sue in particular, are all crazy and chaotic, they're also deeply devoted to each other and support each other to the ends of the earth.

Slater and Mary have choices to make and plans to figure out. Will these two be able to have a happily ever after together? Will they scratch an itch and move on? Will they tame each other and make a life together? To answer these questions you'll have to read the book.

While this is book 9 in the series, you do NOT have to read the other books to read this one. This work is a complete stand alone. I do highly recommend reading all the other books in this series though so you'll have a deeper love and understanding of this wonderfully crazy and chaotic family. This series is awesome and amazing and seriously one of my favorite families ever.

Another hit out of the park! Haha get it?

This story is focused on Marigold, the baby of the family and Slater’s story. They couldn’t have grown up more different, but yet both complimented each other so well.

The banter in this book was top tier and one of my favourites out of any book written thus far. Marigold definitely gave Slater a run for his money and met him head on since page 1. However, Slater was so determined, yet patient. I love that about the men in her books, they push, yet know when to give their women enough time to think it through before they’re reminding them just how well they are together and this book delivers just that.

If you want a smooth read with minimal angst, this is for you. The one liners Jordan slides in there and our believed Ida and Jan, it’s makes for fantastic read.

Once I opened it up, I legitimately couldn’t put it down.
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