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Cali Boy by Charli Meadows
3.5

Aww, this was so sweet. Finn’s protectiveness and the way he always wanted to take care of Ollie was just lovely. I was definitely swooning a lot, and I adored how soft Finn was for his Sunshine.

This book incorporates quite a few tropes, among which: grumpy/sunshine, stepbrothers, and hurt/comfort. None of these played a super big role, but the fact that they were there was nice anyway. 

I do have to say that I much preferred the first half of this book over the second. The tension and building connection we saw at the beginning was awesome, and thus, once they actually gave in to their ‘desires’ it became a little more boring and I also thought there was a bit too much sex. 

Overall, I thought this book was super cute and Ollie and Finn are honestly adorable together. I truly liked both of them and their relationship was great. Their communication was always rock-solid and there is pretty much no angst between them. They trust each other, support each other and love each other: it’s as simple as that.