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3.69 AVERAGE

slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Absolutely brilliant read!

Oh bast!! I loved this first in the series book. Sebastian & Dru had me feeling all of the feels!! I can't wait to fall more in love with the rest of the badd brothers!!
emotional funny lighthearted 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

Great book! Hot chemistry among main characters. Crazy & unrealistic but fantastic storyline. Beautifully written.

Dru and Sebastian (Bast) Badd (and he probably is a Motherf*cker because I'm sure some of those tourists he's banged in the past must have been mothers..)
But seriously, I did not find this an unsafe read.
I listened to this on audio in one day, it was 'That' entertaining. Tyler Dunn and Summer Roberts take turns reading the MCs' alternating POV's. Been meaning to try this author for ages.
Dru runs away from her wedding when she catches her Groom schtuping one of the brides maids (the one she especially dislikes of course) 10min before she is to walk down the aisle. So she gets hammered with her cop father and his buddies and then catches the first plane outta town. Didn't ask where it was going only to find out he's going to small town Alaska.
Stranded in Alaska she stumbles into the first bar which happens to belong to Sebastian Badd, the local bad-boy man-ho. Except he's not so bad at heart. Contrary to what they intimate in the blurb, he just gives her a place to stay and helps her out. Of course eventually they end up being pretty HOT together! Lots of sexy times but not so much that they interfere with the story.
Bast had just had a meeting with his dad's (recently passed away) lawyer to discuss his will. All 8 Badd brothers (that's right 8!!!) have to come work in the bar and live in the town for a whole year or they won't get their inheritance. So over the course of the tale, brothers randomly arrive from all over the planet.
I enjoyed the way Dru and Bast fall in love. It's quick (just a week or two) but sweet. The brothers are there to interfere when needed. Dru was a great character. She's honest and takes no cr*p and can kick ass when needed.
I found the first chapter the hardest because of how Dru finds out her fiancee is a cheater.
Safety info
Spoiler Although Bast is a man ho, it was mostly with fly by night tourists. There is only one scene with an OW and although it was icky, it wasn't much and I forgot about 5 min later. A hookup from before tries to talk him into seconds. She gets as far as undoing his zipper but he shoves her away. I don't remember much mention about his history after the first couple chapters. Dru herself has a broad sexual history from before her jerky boyfriend

I liked the way Dru thought and responded. The author doesn't drag out misunderstandings and was fair to all the characters.
My only beef with the story was that the epilogue was taken over by the brother Zane as an opener to his story which I guess comes next.

amyann23's review

2.5
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny sad fast-paced

I'm not sure how many books are in this series - there are 8 brothers, but the youngest is still a teen. Maybe the stories will progress through the years until he's older. But even then, he'll still be young. I'm getting ahead of myself.
Dru finds her almost husband getting down and dirty with another mere minutes before their wedding. Not knowing what to do she winds up hopping on a seaplane bound for Alaska and finds herself in Sabastian Badd's bar.
Sabastian is everything Dru didn't know she was missing and more. Their insta chemistry is sorta believable, and the world-wind romance is fine when you can believe in love at first sight - not that either character calls it that.

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Method: Ebook

Rating: 5/5 stars

H rating: 5/5 - oh Sebastian...you incredible lovely and fictitious behemoth of pure alpha hotness..you were awesome.

h rating: 5/5 - Dru you freaking badass. I love her! Understood her hesitation and even her reaction to the ex stopping by, loved her ability to set her man at ease when needed and her take no shit attitude was and is my biggest goal in life to have too.

Drama: 3/5 - minimal drama, nothing too crazy.

Thoughts: So happy to have decided to re-read and then read the rest of this series. It's been on my TBR for a while now and I'm finally doing it!

You know the books you start reading and the next time you look up and to check what time it is you realize you are almost done with the story? Yes? Well that was this book for me. I got caught up in the whirlwind that was the BADD boys, and lord knows I want more. Thank goodness they're so damn many of them. I can't wait to see where the wedding night romp takes the next adventure to. Hook. Line. Sinker.