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A review by mlcarl
Once Upon a Wild Fling by Lauren Blakely
4.0
So I guess I never finished a review for this when I read it… like eight weeks ago. Whoops. I just have a bunch of random notes of things I liked and comments about how hard it is to talk about this book with giving a huge spoiler right off the bat. So this review will be brief, to say the least.
I loved the first two books in this series and this was a perfect ending to a great trio. Once Upon a Wild Fling tells the story of the last (and youngest) brother from the Heartbreakers. Miles has definitely been burned when it comes to love and his son is the most important person in his life, so when it comes to needing a plus one for an event, it makes sense to ask his friend (and business manager’s sister…) Roxy to be his. Roxy’s in the perfect position to fill this void, she’s also in need of some plus ones and has absolutely written off relationships. But they’re both too wildly attracted to each other for it to stay platonic and before long, they’ve become friends with benefits. Benefits that are starting to include things that feel like real relationship stuff. But neither Roxy nor Miles are sure that a real relationship is really what they want, especially when they have to consider the feelings of Roxy’s brother and Miles’ son.
I adored both Roxy and Miles, equally enjoying each of their POVs and loving being in both of their heads. I feel like too much detail of Roxy’s story could be considered spoiler territory, but suffice it to say, I was intrigued and liked exploring a twist on a relatively common romance trope. There was a lot of laughs and a lot of, as the kids say, feels, as the relationship between Miles and Roxy developed into something more than just friends and then friends with benefits. The drama existed, but it wasn’t drawn out or overblown and overall, felt like the right fit for the story. As with the previous books in the trio, the romance aspect was great, but the expanded world of all the characters’ friends and family and the exploration of familial love in addition to the romantic love was truly what made this book great.
I loved the first two books in this series and this was a perfect ending to a great trio. Once Upon a Wild Fling tells the story of the last (and youngest) brother from the Heartbreakers. Miles has definitely been burned when it comes to love and his son is the most important person in his life, so when it comes to needing a plus one for an event, it makes sense to ask his friend (and business manager’s sister…) Roxy to be his. Roxy’s in the perfect position to fill this void, she’s also in need of some plus ones and has absolutely written off relationships. But they’re both too wildly attracted to each other for it to stay platonic and before long, they’ve become friends with benefits. Benefits that are starting to include things that feel like real relationship stuff. But neither Roxy nor Miles are sure that a real relationship is really what they want, especially when they have to consider the feelings of Roxy’s brother and Miles’ son.
I adored both Roxy and Miles, equally enjoying each of their POVs and loving being in both of their heads. I feel like too much detail of Roxy’s story could be considered spoiler territory, but suffice it to say, I was intrigued and liked exploring a twist on a relatively common romance trope. There was a lot of laughs and a lot of, as the kids say, feels, as the relationship between Miles and Roxy developed into something more than just friends and then friends with benefits. The drama existed, but it wasn’t drawn out or overblown and overall, felt like the right fit for the story. As with the previous books in the trio, the romance aspect was great, but the expanded world of all the characters’ friends and family and the exploration of familial love in addition to the romantic love was truly what made this book great.