When I saw there was a new release in this series I was surprised because the last book came out over two years ago so I forgot there was another bookWhen I saw there was a new release in this series I was surprised because the last book came out over two years ago so I forgot there was another book coming. Also although I really liked book 1, books 2 and 3 were just okay for me so I wasn’t sure if I would care about this release especially since I had to remind myself about who the characters were and everything, but as soon as I read the blurb I was in.
Dex is a single dad to a 13 year old girl and owns his own tattoo shop. Nora is a chronically single sex column writer who enjoys her life alone, casual flings and has no intentions to ever settle down. She’s very sex and the city vibes, attracted typically to the polished suit wearing bros that are only interested in arm candy so she wasn’t expecting to fall for the tattooed single dad next door who isn’t her type at all.
Obviously books 1-3 were all about Nora’s best friends finding their partners and settling down so now Nora is the last man standing and decided living the city life by herself was getting old so she bought her first house and is adjusting to suburban life. It was honestly really cute seeing her meet her neighbors and develop a friendship with Riley, Dex’s daughter, who was desperately in need of some more female friendship/guidance. Nora definitely tricked herself into thinking she wasn’t as deeply enmeshed in Dex and Riley’s lives as she thought she was trying to have the best of both worlds: casual sex with Dex and a fulfilling friendship with them both without the commitment of an actual relationship. It was a nice spin to have the woman be the more commitment-phobe of the two although Dex had his reservations as well he was definitely quicker to come around. Also I liked that the drama (it was pretty low angst) was all focused on them and their issues/relationship rather than conniving exes or family members etc stirring up insane unnecessary drama.
I flew through this when recently (for quite a long time, honestly) getting lost in a book is a struggle so I’m calling that a win and I really enjoyed this one. I’m not super surprised because this hit a ton of my favorite tropes: single dad, cute kid, tattoo artist, etc. so I’m glad it delivered. Also it kind of seems like the author might have been setting up the possibility of a book for Nora’s player step brother Jensen? I could be down to read about him. Overall though I was pleasantly surprised by this and I think I’ll check out some more books by this author that have been languishing in my TBR....more
Original rating (2018): 4 stars First re-read: 12/18/2019 and fuck it I'm upgrading from 4 to 5 stars. That shit was so good, exactly what I needed to Original rating (2018): 4 stars First re-read: 12/18/2019 and fuck it I'm upgrading from 4 to 5 stars. That shit was so good, exactly what I needed to read after quite the book funk. Second re-read (2020) Third re-read (2022): Aw man, after reading this book 4 times I was expecting nothing but greatness. I feel a little crazy that I somehow didn't enjoy this as much, but yeah it wasn't hitting at five stars for me this time around ...more
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