A review by sarahcophagus
Best of Luck by Kate Clayborn

4.0

What I love about all of the main characters in this series is how real and fleshed out they feel. Both of the MCs have a lot of issues that they are working through and this book doesn’t give them any shortcuts to get to where they need to go: Greer’s complicated history with asking for help followed receiving too much help out of guilt, and Alex seeking therapy to deal with his childhood trauma and panic attacks. Alex and Greer complimented each other well. And the third act conflict fit really well with this story:

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Alex, who is a problem solver and protective caregiver for his sister by default, tries to protect Greer too much and offers to give up too much for her when she’s sick of her loved one’s overprotectiveness. Which makes Greer push him away. I thought this was a really good conflict that both characters had to find a workable compromise and grow from

. My only big hangup in this book was with Alex’s therapist, who is a non active, but former longtime therapist of Greer’s that really helped her when she felt her pain was invisible. Greer doesn’t tell Alex this right away that she used to see his therapist, which is very shady especially since Alex talks to his therapist a lot about Greer. At one point the therapist even gives “not your therapist” advice to Alex regarding Greer. It got my hackles up that a conversation like that could even possibly happen. It would have gone monumentally smoother for me had Alex found a therapist with no personal connection or investment in the woman he was interested in romantically.