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This is my review for the series as a whole and not just this particular book.
I picked up the Calendar Girl series by Audrey Carlan earlier this year on a whim. The concept of a woman being an escort for year and working with a new client every month was intriguing. And honestly, I think the series worked best when it stuck to that format. Reading about Mia traveling from one place to the next meeting new people whether they became lovers or good friends was interesting. Mia was this authentic character who was thrust into the most ridiculous and over the top situations and seeing how that all worked out was fun to read.
While I assumed from the first book that Mia would end up with Wes, I am not a fan of how that story worked out per say. Yes, I love that they end up together; the happy ending is what every romantic wants. What I did not like was the whole plot line of Wes being captured, tortured, having PTSD, and all of the fall of from that. The last four books of the series revolved around that story and how Mia and Wes cope. That's fine and all, but I would have preferred if that happened after Mia's year of being an escort. I know the idea was to have the characters evolve from where they started in January, but it made for a more boring story. I mean, by December I was so over reading about how happy and completely in love Mia and Wes were. I understand that it's being shown how much the two of them have grown and changed together, but that perfect happy ending felt rushed and forced to me. Again, I wish the year would have stuck to Mia being an escort and having adventures all over the country and then once that year was up she could have gotten together with Wes.
One thing I did appreciate about the series is that when Mia finally meets her Mom again, she doesn't automatically forgive her. When everything else in the series was coming up hugs and puppies I was a little worried that Mia would forgive her mother because her siblings want to and they'd be one big happy family. The fact that Mia remains angry and tells her Mom right now it's not going to happen made that experience feel more authentic and true to who Mia is as a character.
Overall I think it's an ok series. I would reread the first 6-7 months, but after that I'm good.
I picked up the Calendar Girl series by Audrey Carlan earlier this year on a whim. The concept of a woman being an escort for year and working with a new client every month was intriguing. And honestly, I think the series worked best when it stuck to that format. Reading about Mia traveling from one place to the next meeting new people whether they became lovers or good friends was interesting. Mia was this authentic character who was thrust into the most ridiculous and over the top situations and seeing how that all worked out was fun to read.
While I assumed from the first book that Mia would end up with Wes, I am not a fan of how that story worked out per say. Yes, I love that they end up together; the happy ending is what every romantic wants. What I did not like was the whole plot line of Wes being captured, tortured, having PTSD, and all of the fall of from that. The last four books of the series revolved around that story and how Mia and Wes cope. That's fine and all, but I would have preferred if that happened after Mia's year of being an escort. I know the idea was to have the characters evolve from where they started in January, but it made for a more boring story. I mean, by December I was so over reading about how happy and completely in love Mia and Wes were. I understand that it's being shown how much the two of them have grown and changed together, but that perfect happy ending felt rushed and forced to me. Again, I wish the year would have stuck to Mia being an escort and having adventures all over the country and then once that year was up she could have gotten together with Wes.
One thing I did appreciate about the series is that when Mia finally meets her Mom again, she doesn't automatically forgive her. When everything else in the series was coming up hugs and puppies I was a little worried that Mia would forgive her mother because her siblings want to and they'd be one big happy family. The fact that Mia remains angry and tells her Mom right now it's not going to happen made that experience feel more authentic and true to who Mia is as a character.
Overall I think it's an ok series. I would reread the first 6-7 months, but after that I'm good.