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A review by justbookedup
Wood You Rather? by Daphne Elliot
5.0
Fake dating never looked so good between an anxious, control freak lumbersuit (lumberjack turned finance bro turned back into a lumberjack) and a sassy private investigator. That's the premise of Wood You Rather, third book of the Lovewell Lumberjacks series, that revolves around the second oldest brother Pascal as he hires a private investigator, Parker, to help dig into the murder of his father. While this book is a standalone, I highly recommend reading the first two to get the background of the murder mystery that evolves across all the books.
Qᴜɪᴄᴋ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴠɪᴇᴡ: ᴘᴀꜱᴄᴀʟ ʜɪʀᴇꜱ ᴘᴀʀᴋᴇʀ, ᴀ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴘ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʜɪꜱ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ, ᴛᴏ ᴅɪɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɪʟʟᴇɢᴀʟ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ʀᴏᴀᴅꜱ ʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ'ꜱ ʙᴜꜱɪɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴏᴡɴꜱ. ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴡᴇʟʟ, ᴍᴀɪɴᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɴᴏꜱʏ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ, ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴘᴀʀᴋᴇʀ'ꜱ ᴛʀᴜᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ, ʜᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴘᴀꜱᴄᴀʟ'ꜱ ɢɪʀʟꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ. ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴀ ᴊᴏʙ, ʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʜᴇʀ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀ ʀᴇꜱᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴏᴘᴘᴏꜱɪᴛᴇ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀꜱ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴛᴛʀᴀᴄᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. ᴀꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀʟʟ ꜰᴀᴋᴇ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘꜱ, ɪᴛ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴇᴘᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ɢᴇᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴠᴇꜱᴛɪɢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ...
This third book is so cute. I really loved getting to know Pascal and understand him so much better. In the previous books, he was kind of a short tempered a-hole to Remy. Now we understand why he is the way he is. This story is a lot more mystery solving than romance at times but I was invested. Parker is the messy, pop song singing siren who is the fun to Pascal's classical music, everything in order grump. Their banter is top tier and when they get spicy, I loved how he became a "good boy".
This story was exciting, sexy, heartwarming and if you are already deep into this series, you'll get the answers you're looking for when it comes to Frank Gagnon's murder. Such a great read and I am on my way to dive into the 4th and final book of this series.
Tropes & Elements:
✨ Fake Dating
Qᴜɪᴄᴋ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴠɪᴇᴡ: ᴘᴀꜱᴄᴀʟ ʜɪʀᴇꜱ ᴘᴀʀᴋᴇʀ, ᴀ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴘ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʜɪꜱ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ, ᴛᴏ ᴅɪɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɪʟʟᴇɢᴀʟ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ʀᴏᴀᴅꜱ ʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ'ꜱ ʙᴜꜱɪɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴏᴡɴꜱ. ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴡᴇʟʟ, ᴍᴀɪɴᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɴᴏꜱʏ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ, ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴘᴀʀᴋᴇʀ'ꜱ ᴛʀᴜᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ, ʜᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴘᴀꜱᴄᴀʟ'ꜱ ɢɪʀʟꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ. ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴀ ᴊᴏʙ, ʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʜᴇʀ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀ ʀᴇꜱᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴏᴘᴘᴏꜱɪᴛᴇ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀꜱ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴛᴛʀᴀᴄᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. ᴀꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀʟʟ ꜰᴀᴋᴇ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘꜱ, ɪᴛ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴇᴘᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ɢᴇᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴠᴇꜱᴛɪɢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ...
This third book is so cute. I really loved getting to know Pascal and understand him so much better. In the previous books, he was kind of a short tempered a-hole to Remy. Now we understand why he is the way he is. This story is a lot more mystery solving than romance at times but I was invested. Parker is the messy, pop song singing siren who is the fun to Pascal's classical music, everything in order grump. Their banter is top tier and when they get spicy, I loved how he became a "good boy".
This story was exciting, sexy, heartwarming and if you are already deep into this series, you'll get the answers you're looking for when it comes to Frank Gagnon's murder. Such a great read and I am on my way to dive into the 4th and final book of this series.
Tropes & Elements:
✨ Fake Dating