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Entice by Ava Harrison
4.0

This is my first book that I read by Ava Harrison and while I enjoyed Gray and River's story this is cleary a book in a series and I am missing some details. Or the author just decided to gloss over on some details. Gray was best friends with River's dad, Tyler, and apparently there was a falling out 8 years prior. No explanation as to why they had a falling out though. I suspect something to do with his sister (after investigating her book is Deceit so maybe that will give me the details but the timeline doesn't seem to add up to me - another story for another day). Tyler and Gray meet up to discuss a business deal and Tyler brings River along. Gray doesn't recognize her at first but instantly wants to take her to his room. Once he realizes who River is the struggle begins. He wants her but he is 15 years older than her, her dad is/was his best friend and he has this fear that he will die young and abandon those he loves. River has had secret crush on Gray since she was 12 (she turns 21 during their tale) and does her best to get under his skin when they reconnect. She has abandonment issues that I won't get into so I don't spoil anything so she convinces herself that she can't get to close to anyone - even Gray. Spoiler alert - they both epically fail on the whole not falling in love thing.

While I really enjoyed this book I think a few things fell a little flat. There were a couple plot points that were integral to the story but they were glossed over and not developed well enough. Her mom and Larry. I would have liked to see more of these two woven into the story a bit more. But overall this was a good read and I will have to go back and read the others so that maybe all my questions will be answered.