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Crashing into Her by Mia Sosa
4.0
She sighs. "I don't know what to do with my feelings."
"Neither do I."
She throws her head back, leaving her delectable, kissable neck exposed for my viewing pleasure. "What's the point of honesty if we remain in the same place we've been since Day One?"
"If you think we're in the same place as Day One, then you are being dishonest with yourself again."
I'm happy to report that I feel Mia Sosa has offered up her strongest book in this series yet. she's had the bones since the beginning- [b:Acting on Impulse|33783458|Acting on Impulse (Love on Cue, #1)|Mia Sosa|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1497562743s/33783458.jpg|54668892] stumbled with some weird, direct humor at the audience but a sweet, breezy couple that did a good job fleshing out secondary relationships. [b:Pretending He's Mine|35068784|Pretending He's Mine (Love on Cue, #2)|Mia Sosa|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503100424s/35068784.jpg|56364211] definitely was a huge stumble, with internal lust and no real conflict. This book feels like a cleaned up version of both of them, with a more understandable yet very low angst conflict. (Frankly, the conflict isn't entirely convincing, but it's not to Eva either)
Eva is Tori's best friend and Anthony her cousin. After the wedding, the two have a quick one-night stand and go their separate ways. When Eva ends up in LA with Tori to teach classes at her fitness center, she begins to cross paths with Anthony a fair bit. And this is where the set up smacked of a couple other romances. There's nothing new here, but there is something refreshing. There's strong nods to Puerto Rican flavor and family, Eva is black and often--in an upbeat and understandable way--makes mention of being the exhaustion of being the 'only' in a room. That is, culture and race don't take a back seat here. They also aren't preachy, and I found the internal and external dialogue on it easy to buy. Hurricane Maria came up, and while portions of that conversation did get a tad didactic, it isn't anything I wouldn't hear people discuss in my regular life.
So the main barrier is Anthony. He's honestly unavailable. He's designed it that way, it's not necessarily convincing, but it doesn't really get hung up on that. Because while he is emotionally unavailable, their lust exists, and their intimacy--real intimacy--begins to build. In romance, this tends to be one of my favorite romance trajectories. Thankfully, the cousin angle was a sneezable non-factor. Tori and Eva have plenty of conversations that aren't about Anthony and Carter, there's a lot of stunt & fitness talk, and appreciation of food.
Ultimately, this is a very uncomplicated, straightforward, easy read. I'm happy to watch and continue to read Sosa's development as an author, and am looking forward to the time when the romance development seems as well-rounded as the characters. 3.5
"Neither do I."
She throws her head back, leaving her delectable, kissable neck exposed for my viewing pleasure. "What's the point of honesty if we remain in the same place we've been since Day One?"
"If you think we're in the same place as Day One, then you are being dishonest with yourself again."
I'm happy to report that I feel Mia Sosa has offered up her strongest book in this series yet. she's had the bones since the beginning- [b:Acting on Impulse|33783458|Acting on Impulse (Love on Cue, #1)|Mia Sosa|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1497562743s/33783458.jpg|54668892] stumbled with some weird, direct humor at the audience but a sweet, breezy couple that did a good job fleshing out secondary relationships. [b:Pretending He's Mine|35068784|Pretending He's Mine (Love on Cue, #2)|Mia Sosa|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503100424s/35068784.jpg|56364211] definitely was a huge stumble, with internal lust and no real conflict. This book feels like a cleaned up version of both of them, with a more understandable yet very low angst conflict. (Frankly, the conflict isn't entirely convincing, but it's not to Eva either)
Eva is Tori's best friend and Anthony her cousin. After the wedding, the two have a quick one-night stand and go their separate ways. When Eva ends up in LA with Tori to teach classes at her fitness center, she begins to cross paths with Anthony a fair bit. And this is where the set up smacked of a couple other romances. There's nothing new here, but there is something refreshing. There's strong nods to Puerto Rican flavor and family, Eva is black and often--in an upbeat and understandable way--makes mention of being the exhaustion of being the 'only' in a room. That is, culture and race don't take a back seat here. They also aren't preachy, and I found the internal and external dialogue on it easy to buy. Hurricane Maria came up, and while portions of that conversation did get a tad didactic, it isn't anything I wouldn't hear people discuss in my regular life.
So the main barrier is Anthony. He's honestly unavailable. He's designed it that way, it's not necessarily convincing, but it doesn't really get hung up on that. Because while he is emotionally unavailable, their lust exists, and their intimacy--real intimacy--begins to build. In romance, this tends to be one of my favorite romance trajectories. Thankfully, the cousin angle was a sneezable non-factor. Tori and Eva have plenty of conversations that aren't about Anthony and Carter, there's a lot of stunt & fitness talk, and appreciation of food.
Ultimately, this is a very uncomplicated, straightforward, easy read. I'm happy to watch and continue to read Sosa's development as an author, and am looking forward to the time when the romance development seems as well-rounded as the characters. 3.5