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anniekayefic's review against another edition
Didn’t give it much of a chance, I’ll admit, but meh. Couldn’t get interested in another enemies to lovers trope.
papercranestitches's review against another edition
5.0
Yes! Yes! Yes!
This book gave me all the complicated feels that made the characters burrow right into my heart. I love the Rainbow Cove universe and all of the characters who live inside of it. I need Logan and Curtis' book, like, yesterday!
Side note: the covers for this series are cheesy AF.
This book gave me all the complicated feels that made the characters burrow right into my heart. I love the Rainbow Cove universe and all of the characters who live inside of it. I need Logan and Curtis' book, like, yesterday!
Side note: the covers for this series are cheesy AF.
elliebelle_'s review against another edition
DNF @ 44%
We have not one, but two self-sacrificing and self-effacing MCs and I find that hard enough to deal with on a good day. There's nothing I'm finding interesting enough about this story that makes me want to push through it any further.
We have not one, but two self-sacrificing and self-effacing MCs and I find that hard enough to deal with on a good day. There's nothing I'm finding interesting enough about this story that makes me want to push through it any further.
bfdbookblog's review against another edition
5.0
Seriously…it’s like Ms. Albert has a window into my heart…she always writes the sweetest books and her characters say and do the sweetest things that make my heart happy. And even with this being a closet story that I’ve started shying away from because of the hurt and angst, I loved it. While there was some hurt between Nash and Mason, there was a lot of sweet and healing too. This is a great start to what stands to be another fantastic series.
Oh man, Nash broke my heart a bit. It’s always the stoic ones that claim not to need anything or anyone that fall the hardest. He suffers from the ‘don’t know what you’ve been missing until you’ve had it and lost it’ problem. He’s been living in the shadow of and for the ghost of a man that wasn’t exactly a great father. He’s closed himself off from everyone and basically survives for his job and his father’s legacy. He really only has one ‘friend’ until Mason breaks through his tough exterior and boy does Mason break through. Nash is not only in the closet, he’s also a closet romantic and so endearingly sweet and child-like I want to hug him. I really love his jealous, possessive side!
Mason struggles with familial pressures as well only his get a lot nastier. His family truly is a mess and pretty worthless. Mason has worked hard to prove his worth and people still don’t trust him. He’s feisty and sees through Nash’s tough exterior to the man he could be with the right man by his side. Nash correctly labels him as ‘trouble’ and Mason fully lives up to that assessment when it comes to Nash. He is the perfect person to show Nash how to truly live. I absolutely love him and Nash together.
The idea Mason and his group of friends have for Rainbow Cove is fun and I can’t wait to see what else they bring to town. There are several great characters we meet in this book and I can't wait to read about all of them!
Nash said something that pretty much sums up how I feel about folks being ashamed of their sexuality or feeling the need to hide. It’s a bit spoiler-ish so I’m hiding the quote. Read at your own risk.
Oh man, Nash broke my heart a bit. It’s always the stoic ones that claim not to need anything or anyone that fall the hardest. He suffers from the ‘don’t know what you’ve been missing until you’ve had it and lost it’ problem. He’s been living in the shadow of and for the ghost of a man that wasn’t exactly a great father. He’s closed himself off from everyone and basically survives for his job and his father’s legacy. He really only has one ‘friend’ until Mason breaks through his tough exterior and boy does Mason break through. Nash is not only in the closet, he’s also a closet romantic and so endearingly sweet and child-like I want to hug him. I really love his jealous, possessive side!
Mason struggles with familial pressures as well only his get a lot nastier. His family truly is a mess and pretty worthless. Mason has worked hard to prove his worth and people still don’t trust him. He’s feisty and sees through Nash’s tough exterior to the man he could be with the right man by his side. Nash correctly labels him as ‘trouble’ and Mason fully lives up to that assessment when it comes to Nash. He is the perfect person to show Nash how to truly live. I absolutely love him and Nash together.
The idea Mason and his group of friends have for Rainbow Cove is fun and I can’t wait to see what else they bring to town. There are several great characters we meet in this book and I can't wait to read about all of them!
Nash said something that pretty much sums up how I feel about folks being ashamed of their sexuality or feeling the need to hide. It’s a bit spoiler-ish so I’m hiding the quote. Read at your own risk.
Spoiler
I’d spent years being concerned that Marta and people like her might turn away from me, and now that it had finally happened, I was surprised by how little I actually cared. What mattered was what Mason and I had together, not what a few narrow-minded people thought. I only wished I’d been able to come around to that way of thinking sooner. The people who truly loved me would accept me for who I was, not some mythic ideal of the local police chief that even my father hadn’t been able to fulfill. Sure, he’d been the quintessential officer, but at what price?tltravis's review against another edition
5.0
Sometimes moving forward
Means stepping back into your past. Being older and wiser allows you the ability to step things how they truly are and not accept others mistakes anymore.
Great story, can't wait for book 2!
Means stepping back into your past. Being older and wiser allows you the ability to step things how they truly are and not accept others mistakes anymore.
Great story, can't wait for book 2!
nina_readsbooks's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
lloyd130's review against another edition
5.0
Exactly what I wanted. Reminded me why I like Anna Beth Albert so much. Easy to read and easy to love. Sweet sweet romance with just the right amount of angst, conflict and spice. Totally the reason I keep coming back to this genre. Contemporary love and relationship building between individual, independent adults. Sigh.
ilyarozanov123's review against another edition
2.0
It had too much of the family drama for me, and I also wasn’t big on Nash’s whole closeted-for-40-years thing. I did like his and Mason’s relationship, but unfortunately the book started to drag for me.