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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
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:
Complicated
I totally admit when Natasha Madison comes out with a book, I'm going to love it. I am an absolute fangirl, I admit it. So when I finished this and didn't automatically give it 5 stars, I was confused. I loved the story and I adore visiting with both of these families, but something was off with this one.
I knew that this was going to be messy to start as we had all the signs of that in the last book. (When no one in the Stone-Grant-etc family likes anything about you, you know you're a douche. And Zoey's ex is a major douche.) Maybe it was the lack of insanity regarding Zoey's ex -like, I really want to know WHY he kept after her to get back together and why he just dropped it. I know I'm not supposed to care and just hate him because, but still. I also kinda was hoping that in the times that Gabriel visited her in New York they'd run into him and he'd see that she was pregnant. But I acknowledge that that would be insane and wasn't at all necessary, so Natasha made the right choice in not making things that messy. ๐คฃ
I knew that this was going to be messy to start as we had all the signs of that in the last book. (When no one in the Stone-Grant-etc family likes anything about you, you know you're a douche. And Zoey's ex is a major douche.) Maybe it was the lack of insanity regarding Zoey's ex -
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Iโve read 3 of the 4 books in this series and itโs always great when old characters from previous books show up in the new books. Good to check in with old favorites. In this book Zara is all ready to get married and after finding her perfect dress she finds her fiancรฉ in a delicate situation with his coworker. So she decides itโs time to leave town and go off and regroup. Well her first night there she visits the local bar and ends up spending the night with Gabriel. Now itโs few days later when she discovers Gabriel is the cousin of her sister in law. Gabriel is really so smitten with her. He wants to get to know her and spend lots more time together. Sheโs adamant that sheโs only there for a short period of time so letโs have fun and then Iโm leaving. However, after leaving she finds out that there are ramifications from their intimate moments. Now is this city girl willing to go back and commit to this cowboy or will these two with their large meddling families try to find a middle ground they both can agree too. Great fast paced romantic story with wonderful main and secondary characters. A terrific read even if you havenโt read the other books in this series.
Zara and Gabrielโs story was another great addition to this series and they both were incredibly likable characters. After Zara finds her fiancรฉ cheating on her and finds out itโs been a continuous thing, she packs her stuff and heads south together away for a while and well deserved rest. While she is there isnโt prepared for all that is Gabriel because he storms into her life like a fierce wrecking ball, knowing exactly what he wants and thatโs her, but there is a few things that stand in the way. Gabriel is amazing, a single dad that coparents with his ex like a champ and what I loved most was how he didnโt allow Zara to get inside her head and talk herself out of anything. While these two have some real great times together they are I for a surprise. This story was a sweet one that brings all the crews together once again and I love them but I will say again that with all the next generations and same names being continually used like all the Zaraโs/Zoeyโs/Matthews/Matts/etc it can get a tad confusing so I suggest reading the others or keeping the family trees on hand.
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Meant for Gabriel by Natasha Madison
5/5 โจ๐
* * * SPOILERS * *
โ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต,โ ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด, โ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.โ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. โ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.โ
๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด. ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ.
First off, Zaraโs parents and Matty: I love them so much and how protective they are over her when they found out what Daniel did to her. I felt so bad when she walked in on her ex and to find out he was doing it since they were together?! What a douche.
The Christmas gifts that Gabriel and Zara were so sweet. The boots and the hat. Too adorable. Even when they werenโt even near each other, they would wear it as a hint of closeness to one another.
I about flipped my shit when Gabriel showed up on her doorstep after she left lol the pregnancy tests and on Valentineโs Day.
I loved all the side characters but I loved how Colson won her heart too. It was so sweet how she wanted to do things for him. So sweet.
Zaraโs personality had been cracking up so much. She was definitely perfect for Gabriel. Her snarkiness was perfect because she just didnโt care. I loved the whole family.
The baby reveal was so cute because they both deep down wanted that little girl.
All in all, this book was so good. I need to now read the next book and the first three books in this series!
I received a copy of this book and this is my honest review.
hopeful
medium-paced
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Meant for Gabriel is a small town, single dad, surprise pregnancy romance and I loved it.
After catching her fiancรฉ cheating, Zara calls off her wedding and decides to visit her sister in law's home town in the south, so she could get away from the drama.There she meets Gabriel and what should have been a one night stand turned into so much more.
The attraction and chemistry between these two was intense and undeniable and the steamy scenes were scorching hot throughout the story.
Gabriel was an absolute dream, and had me swooning with his charm, mannerly ways and dedication to his son and family.
I loved the back and forth banter between him and Zara. Her sassy attitude had me highly amused yet no matter how hard she tried to push him away he was persistent and just pulled harder.
I easily fell in love with these two and rooted for them throughout the story. This was a highly entertaining tale and I would definitely recommend it.
After catching her fiancรฉ cheating, Zara calls off her wedding and decides to visit her sister in law's home town in the south, so she could get away from the drama.There she meets Gabriel and what should have been a one night stand turned into so much more.
The attraction and chemistry between these two was intense and undeniable and the steamy scenes were scorching hot throughout the story.
Gabriel was an absolute dream, and had me swooning with his charm, mannerly ways and dedication to his son and family.
I loved the back and forth banter between him and Zara. Her sassy attitude had me highly amused yet no matter how hard she tried to push him away he was persistent and just pulled harder.
I easily fell in love with these two and rooted for them throughout the story. This was a highly entertaining tale and I would definitely recommend it.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I did not think I could be swooned all over again after Meant for Love, but here I am, swooning over this dirty talkinโ cowboy, and Iโm here for it.
I absolutely loved Gabriel & Zaraโs chemistry. Their banter was so much fun. Gabriel and Zara had an undeniable connection. I loved reading their story. Watching it all unfold. You need to go read this book - itโs just so good!
I absolutely loved Gabriel & Zaraโs chemistry. Their banter was so much fun. Gabriel and Zara had an undeniable connection. I loved reading their story. Watching it all unfold. You need to go read this book - itโs just so good!
This is the sweetest he falls first love story. Gabriel knows from the get go heโs going to have a hard time letting Zara leave when her time down south is up. I love when the MC falls first. Zara goes back to NYC, but she leaves her heart with Gabriel. But fate has different plans for them.
I always love kids in stories, especially with single dads. Colson is an amazing kid, and I can never get enough of the kidโs perspective on things. Always out of the mouths of babes.
I swear every book in this series I read makes me itch to go back and read all of Natashaโs backlist. Every outing with Gabrielโs family brings more and more names that I need to know their stories.
Thank you to The Author Agency for my ARC of this book.
Overall: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธยฝ
Couple: Gabriel & Zara
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โBe quiet, Sweetheart.โ He nips my earlobe. โNo one gets to hear you moan my name but me.โ
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Ride a cowboy and whatever else the saying is, is exactly what Zara did, and deserved every minute of it after what her ex did. These two were complete opposites but made sense, and watching them fall was quite enjoyable. Gabriel is a single dad, and I loved his relationship with his son and his ex-wife. He was very much in control and didn't let Zara talk herself out of anything. Then they get quite a big surprise, I thought it was cute the way it went down. The only thing that bothered me about their story is that they literally just stopped communicating when they really needed to, I wanted to shake both of them. I was happy after they got their heads back on right, and found their happiness in each other.
Couple: Gabriel & Zara
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โBe quiet, Sweetheart.โ He nips my earlobe. โNo one gets to hear you moan my name but me.โ
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Ride a cowboy and whatever else the saying is, is exactly what Zara did, and deserved every minute of it after what her ex did. These two were complete opposites but made sense, and watching them fall was quite enjoyable. Gabriel is a single dad, and I loved his relationship with his son and his ex-wife. He was very much in control and didn't let Zara talk herself out of anything. Then they get quite a big surprise, I thought it was cute the way it went down. The only thing that bothered me about their story is that they literally just stopped communicating when they really needed to, I wanted to shake both of them. I was happy after they got their heads back on right, and found their happiness in each other.