A review by chulaisreadingromance
With Reservations by Mimi Flood

5.0

Mimi Mimi what are you doing to me?

This is what a Part 1 of a book is supposed to look like! It supposed to give you hope and fill you with anticipation for the happy ever after to come!

First, I have to say the setting was exactly what my mind was needing in this -10F Minnesota weather: A week of vacation in a secluded island in Belize with my best friends? Sign me up!

I want a bff like Dominique! She was a real queen, a beautiful queen that had so much going on and was so deserving of that break! I loved how she didn’t take shit from anyone and how sure she was about who she was despite her painful experiences. She was the sweetest and most supportive person to everyone around her. I loved how she was able to get out of her shell and give love a chance despite her past and the walla she built up.

Jesse was charming, flirty and sooo caring and protective! He paid so much attention to Dominique and noticed so much and it made me swoon how deep he let himself get captivated by her. Behind that arrogant facade, there was a smart, vulnerable and sensitive man with a gigantic capacity to love hard.

After a not so cute meet-cute, the set up in the island was the perfect environment for them to get closer and get to know each other. They had many intimate moments where they allowed themselves to be vulnerable and open up to each other in a deeper level, this made the physical attraction even harder to resist since the emotional attachment started without them even noticing. They found out they complemented each other more than they thought initially and I never had a doubt that they were good for each other in every way even if it seemed otherwise in the surface and I love how they wanted to work hard to make it all work despite the burdens and obstacles.

The emotions, the flirting and banter were so sweet, funny and sexy it built up the tension so perfectly and the results were absolutely H O T super romantic!

Part 2 can’t come soon enough! Jesse and Dominique are such a beautiful and explosive couple and they deserve to be together forever!

Thank you, Mimi for gifting me this ARC copy!