A review by hollyreadsromance
Close Knit by Denise Stone, Kels Stone

4.0

Anything Kels and Denise write is easy to love! I can already tell this new series is going to be absolutely fantastic and I cannot wait to get to know the rest of the Hastings siblings!! I loved this so much, there is something about a sunshine girl and a grumpy guy that makes my heart so HAPPY. Especially when she calls him a grumpy eclair!! And like always Kels and Denise were able to delicately balance all the cute fun things with mental health struggle that real people deal with on a daily basis in such a caring way!!

Daphne has my heart. I loved her and her Yes Year and her knitting and her lavender hair!! She is such a sweet sunshine girl and exactly what Cameron needed in his life. I really liked seeing how she dealt with her anxiety. it wasn’t pretty when it was trying to take over, but she did the things that she knew would help her and while that also wasn’t easy she knew she had to it.

And Cameron! He was struggling so much, and he didn’t think he was good enough or needed any help. It was rough watching him struggle in all of the areas of his life. I did like that for the most part him and Daphne were easy. Even as they were just friends with underlying FEELINGS. They understood each other and they were really able to be themselves with each other. I also appreciated how his mental health was written. By the end when he was able to get some help and get some answers, I could almost feel the relief like he did!

The family that the football team created was also SO SWEET. Both Cameron and Daphne needed that, and it was so seamless for everyone to become a family (even though Cameron resisted for a LONG time!). 

I cannot wait to get back to this series!!

Thanks so much to Kels and Denise Stone & Valentine PR for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!