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A review by lenoreo
Luca by Brenda Rothert
4.0
https://celebrityreaders.com/2019/04/25/luca-by-brenda-rothert/
I received a free copy through InkSlinger PR in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
4 stars — This was a strange one for me, b/c I loved both Luca and Abby’s individual stories, and their eventual together story, but it took me a bit to be invested in their romance…but I was still satisfied in the end.
I was so intrigued by Luca and his situation when we met him in Anton’s book, and he didn’t disappoint. He was a hero who was so easy to fall in love with. He was kind, honourable, easy-going, with a deliciously dirty mouth. I LOVED the way he was with his nieces and nephews. From the first chapter in his POV, I was hooked by him. I felt his grief, his struggle, his concern over how well he was doing raising these kids. He was what I love in heroes: a GENUINELY good guy. And while I’m usually not a big kid person, you couldn’t help but fall in love with Cora, Jack & Emerson. They were unique, delightful, but also realistically kids (so not delightful all the time). I loved the family he had created with them.
Abby took me a bit longer to glom onto, because we got her story in bits and pieces. The Abby we first meet I had nothing in common with, and while I liked her, I didn’t connect with her as well. But as we got to know what made her tick, I did empathize with her past and how that had shaped her. I particularly LOVED her friendship with Percy. I sincerely hope we see more of Percy in this series, because she was easy to love.
As for Luca and Abby together…well, they were hard to become invested in at the beginning, since they started as a genuine one night stand. Sure, the steamy chemistry was good, but I find I tend to be less invested if I don’t get the feelings first. I actually didn’t really feel the growth of their feelings for one another…it just sort of happened. It wasn’t believable for me. BUT, if I just accepted that part, I loved where their relationship went once they sort of stepped things up. It’s kind of a conundrum, but I decided to just go with the flow.
As I mentioned above, there were some great secondary characters in this one, from the kids and Percy to Luca’s teammates.
I think normally the misstep in the relationship would have had me marking this one a 3.5 stars or lower, but I really loved the individual stories, so I decided to go with my gut. Luca’s story alone was worth the time reading. Can’t wait to see who Victor’s going to match up with!
I received a free copy through InkSlinger PR in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
4 stars — This was a strange one for me, b/c I loved both Luca and Abby’s individual stories, and their eventual together story, but it took me a bit to be invested in their romance…but I was still satisfied in the end.
I was so intrigued by Luca and his situation when we met him in Anton’s book, and he didn’t disappoint. He was a hero who was so easy to fall in love with. He was kind, honourable, easy-going, with a deliciously dirty mouth. I LOVED the way he was with his nieces and nephews. From the first chapter in his POV, I was hooked by him. I felt his grief, his struggle, his concern over how well he was doing raising these kids. He was what I love in heroes: a GENUINELY good guy. And while I’m usually not a big kid person, you couldn’t help but fall in love with Cora, Jack & Emerson. They were unique, delightful, but also realistically kids (so not delightful all the time). I loved the family he had created with them.
Abby took me a bit longer to glom onto, because we got her story in bits and pieces. The Abby we first meet I had nothing in common with, and while I liked her, I didn’t connect with her as well. But as we got to know what made her tick, I did empathize with her past and how that had shaped her. I particularly LOVED her friendship with Percy. I sincerely hope we see more of Percy in this series, because she was easy to love.
As for Luca and Abby together…well, they were hard to become invested in at the beginning, since they started as a genuine one night stand. Sure, the steamy chemistry was good, but I find I tend to be less invested if I don’t get the feelings first. I actually didn’t really feel the growth of their feelings for one another…it just sort of happened. It wasn’t believable for me. BUT, if I just accepted that part, I loved where their relationship went once they sort of stepped things up. It’s kind of a conundrum, but I decided to just go with the flow.
As I mentioned above, there were some great secondary characters in this one, from the kids and Percy to Luca’s teammates.
I think normally the misstep in the relationship would have had me marking this one a 3.5 stars or lower, but I really loved the individual stories, so I decided to go with my gut. Luca’s story alone was worth the time reading. Can’t wait to see who Victor’s going to match up with!