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I enjoyed book 1, I adored book 2 and book 3 fell somewhere in between. Unfortunately book 4 has the dubious honour of being my least favourite of the series, hampered by the fact that I know things could have been much better.

What works so well in 2 and 3 particularly is the evolution of the relationships. It just makes sense that these crazy kids should be together. With Ben and Lizzy I just didn't get the same feeling, and without the baby drama I wasn't sure what was holding them together.

I still have a lot of time for Kylie Scott and I look forward to her next series, I'm just a little sad that Stage Dive went out with a whimper and not a bang.

sophienocturne's review against another edition

2.0

I’m not into unexpected pregnancy as a trope but I’d read all the other Stage Dive books so I had to read this one too. If you enjoy reading about that then you’ll probably like this more than I did. But anyway, I think Lizzy was immature and seemed to be hoping that keeping the baby would make Ben love her. It felt kinda similar to Lead, with the heroine having to persuade the hero to love her, and I’m really not into that dynamic so wasn’t rooting for their relationship at all. It also felt like she was giving up everything to be his baby momma, and frankly I wanted her to grow a pair.

Oh and Martha’s back, acting cartoonishly evil, then appears again to totally ruin the epilogue for me. There’s no way in hell I’m reading her novella as I couldn’t care less about her.

Honestly I wish I’d stopped reading this series after the first book as the rest haven’t been as good and David and Evelyn’s personalities don’t feel the same in the other instalments.

bookaddict1975's review against another edition

4.0

🎧 Audio Review 🎧

I loved this story. Ben is the quiet one and I love the quiet ones ;) His story is less fun than the others but it's sweet and sexy and made me smile a lot. A lot of people think he was a jerk but I didn't really think so. I think he had his plan and it just took him a long time to deal with that plan changing. I don't think he was every really mean, just clueless really. Lizzy may be the young one but she sure doesn't act it! She knows what she wants and goes for it, she gets a lot more than she expected but just dives right in and handles it. I loved that she stood up for herself and didn't let anyone including Ben take advantage of her. Great end to the series but I'm sad, I'd love a second book on each couple and how they handle married life and growing together!

Andi Arndt was awesome as always <3

ufcasey's review against another edition

4.0

LOVE. So sad that this is the end of this series. The best series in NA by far. Go check them out (in order) now if you haven't already!

hhsol's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

buecher1234's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny 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: Complicated

cassie_06's review against another edition

2.0

I enjoyed this series, but this ending didn't do it for me. The romance felt rushed and forced. Our main character, Liz, would go from a head strong woman to a meek girl so quick I got whiplash. I want to give this 3 stars because I enjoyed the series as a whole, but this individual book isn't worth that IMO.