A review by schwrtzdnll28
Wicked Serve by Grace Reilly

5.0

The end of the Callahan’s had to come eventually and let me tell you Izzy and Nik were the PERFECT way to wrap up this sweet series. They are THE PERFECT grumpy/sunshine, secret summer fling turned relationship?? The fact that Nik and Cooper are rivals turned teammates?? Seeing Cooper and Seb be over protective older brothers?? But ALSO so understanding (of course Seb more than Cooper right away)??? Nik and Izzy have a special place in my heart and I’m sad to see them go but also SO GRATEFUL to have already read their story!!

Everything about this book made my heath ACHE. Nik and Tangy?? Seeing all the Callahan’s throughout the book?? Nik speaking Russian to Izzy? Nik exclusively calling Izzy ‘Isabelle’!? The way they’re able to comfort and care for each other??

I don’t even know how to talk about how much I love them??? They were sweet and fun and able to do vulnerable with each other (eventually). I am DESPERATE to have the whole summer in heavy detail. But every time they talked about it it was clear it was so easy between them. And then when they reconnected, even though they both were hurting, it was seamless. Even though they had to hide it from Cooper, even though they both needed to focus…it didn’t matter because they were meant to be!

Nik is the saddest broken boy but his sunshine girl makes his world bright and I LOVE THAT FOR THEM SO MUCH. Nik’s past is so heavy and still weighs him down. watching him struggle was so hard, but also watching him open up to Izzy, and then Cooper, and then eventually his mother was so rewarding. And he was able to do it because of Izzy, because he loved her and wanted to be better for her, for himself, for them. 

The end was PERFECT. It was the sweetest end for all the Callahan’s and everything I could have ever asked for 🥹

Thank you so much to Avon for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!