4.06 AVERAGE

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fictionallysam's review

5.0

This was the book I’ve been waiting all year for. Piper Rayne continues the Bailey family’s story with Savannah Bailey in their new contemporary romance. Taking place where the previous installment left off, we see the aftermath of Savannah and Liam’s wedding “love” connection. Determined to move past it, Savannah refuses to acknowledge that anything happened, however Liam has other plans.

Que my swoon.

I absolutely love, love, LOVED this novel–so much so that I binged it as soon as it hit my kindle and didn’t stop reading until I hit the acknowledgements. Savannah is a character that I related so much to throughout the series, and getting a chance to see the life of the family and their dynamic through her eyes just made that connection and relatability that much stronger. As for Liam…I swear these romance authors are making me fall more and more in love with men that are inked. Smart, funny, and determined as ever to get the girl he has loved for most of his life to finally realize her feelings for him. Liam had me fanning myself and smiling like I was told I won a years supply of burritos from my favorite Mexican food truck.

I absolutely loved how the author duo made both Liam and Savannah so real and intricately complex without compromising their signature comedic elements and lighthearted tonality. Deep, rich, romantic, and fun, Falling for My Brother’s Best Friend is an 11 star read that I can’t recommend enough. If you love contemporary romantic comedies with a flare of nosy towns, cock blocking grandmothers, and a panty dropping hero with a dash of independent women–this book is seriously for you!

Huge thank you to the author and Wildfire Marketing Solutions for sending me an ARC for my honest review! Quotations taken from an uncorrected proof and may change upon final publication. Graphics used with permission and are not my own.

ctrann's review

4.0

Really loved the passion between Liam and Savannah. These two brought the heat.

Savannah was quite uptight and was good at shutting off her emotions. She inherited her family’s company at only 20 years old, after her parents passed away. She had to put her own life on hold and take care of a lot of other people. Now at 31 it’s hard for her to let loose and do something for herself. Liam, who has loved Savannah since he was a kid, knows that there is a fun carefree Savannah hiding behind the uptight veneer put in place for the public to see, and he helps her find that person.

This family is a doozy. They are all up in each other’s business all the time and even though I loved reading about how close they were, that grandma really needed to mind her own business sometimes. Yikes!!

No no no this didn’t do it for me at all. There were many scenes where I was rolling my eyes. This might have benefited more from being a novella since the pacing was so weird.
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bookworm_kathy's review

4.0

This series never fails to keep me entertained. The Bailey family is filled with so many wonderful stories. Savannah and Liam's love story is unique and heartfelt. I love just how deeply Liam feels for Savannah. He is the best person to bring out the fun, playful carefree side of Savannah. She brings out the best in him too. Honestly these two make my romance loving heart so happy!
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bookswithbibi's review

5.0

4.5 stars

"He doesn't see what I do when I look in the mirror. He searches for traces of that girl who flirted with him when she shouldn't have. The one who drew his attention because she was the older sister of his best friends. The one shiny apple in a pile of bruised and rotten ones. That's what he's attracted to, not the version who's thinking spreadsheets and quarterly reports and what I need to do to make sure all my younger siblings are okay".

I really enjoyed this book for two main things: brother's best friend (my fave trope) and reverse age gap - I really liked that she fell for her younger brother's best friend. What I really appreciated was the struggles Savannah faced as the oldest sister and as the person running the family business. She had a lot of responsibility thrust upon her at a young age after the death of her parents, and this changed her from a fun young woman to a more serious businesswoman.

I thought Liam was really sweet and patient. I liked that he had been attentive for years and that he slowly showed Savannah a side of her she thought was long gone. I would've liked a bit more from the Bailey family as a whole and having them understand Sav in a different way.

I loved Liam and Savannah both together and as individual characters and this is one of my favourites (if not the favourite) from Piper Rayne.

kathy2012west's review

4.0

5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Excellent - Highly Recommended
4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - A good, solid read
3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - An okay read
2 ⭐️⭐️ - Meh
1 ⭐️ - Not my cup of tea

missy1978's review

5.0

This is the one I've been waiting for!

Enemies to lovers. Older woman/younger man. Secret affair...what's not to love? Oh yeah a tattooed MMC, it just doesn't get better!

booksreaderandcoffee's review

5.0

The most anticipated story of the series!!

I was so so excited to see Liam and Savannah's story, we had all this hints from the previous books and it definitely didn't disappoint.

I just loved their story, the way Liam helped Savannah find herself just by creating a relaxing and quiet space. He was just so dreamy. Their chemistry was off the charts and their casual intimacy was truly the sweetest.

The ending was such a teaser, I am very curious to see the answer in the next one.

stacyrolfe's review

5.0

Savannah and Liams book is by far my favorite of all of the Bailey and Greene books. She comes out her shell, his let's go of his past. I love this book so much!!! And poor denver hahah
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tastywordgasms_tanya's review

5.0

Falling for My Brother’s Best Friend is the 4th book in The Bailey’s series. Well I don’t think I looked very closely that this was the 4th book and I missed #2 and #3. I think you can read the books out of order but it would probably still be better to read them in order.

This was Savannah Bailey and Liam Kelly’s story. Liam is Denver Bailey’s best friend. Savannah is having to stay with Liam her landlord while her apartment is being repaired and they have both secretly want each other. Savannah doesn’t want to want him because Liam is younger than her & her younger brothers best friend.

I loved their story and I love these Bailey’s!!! I can’t wait to read more about them!

There are nine Baileys and they are Austin, Savannah, Brooklyn, Rome & Denver (twins), Juno, Kingston, Phoenix and Sedona (twins). I am looking forward to getting to know all these Baileys. So far we have gotten to read Austin, Brooklyn, Rome and Savannah’s story.

I can’t wait for the next Bailey’s story in Demise of a Self-Centered Playboy. Oh and I will go back and read #2 and #3 books in this series!

This is what I know so far as to who belongs to which book.
#1 Lessons From a one night Stand is Austin and Holly’s story
#2 Advice from a Jilted Bride – Brooklyn and Wyatt
#3 Birth of a Baby Daddy – Rome and Harley
#4 Falling for my Brother’s Best Friend - Liam and Savannah

I can’t wait to read more from these 2 ladies Piper and Rayne!