Ana Nimity's Reviews > Saints Like Him

I'm a long-time fan of Aimee Nicole Walker, reaching back to her Curl Up and Dye series and beyond. I loved the first two books in this series and was eager for Cash's story, which is a sweet friends-to-lovers romance.

The mystery-suspense subplot in Saints Like Him is part of an arc from the first two books, so you probably should read them in order. There are things that happen in this book that will spoil the suspense from the first two. They're excellent reads and I highly recommend them.

In Saints Like Him, the two MCs started out as a hookup 12 years prior to the beginning of this book and they stayed friends. Each had caught feelings for the other, but neither said anything for fear of losing the friendship. When FBI agent Nick hits a bump in his career, he heads to Cash's ranch. I won't completely rehash the blurb here, but I'll say it doesn't take long for the two to fully connect and much of the romance storyline is their exploration of what that means for them as a couple. Those readers who don't like angst in the relationship will appreciate that there's little of it here, or at least I didn't think there was.

What tension there is in the story mainly comes from outside, the cult-like group that plagued the previous books. For me, the reason I didn't give five stars, the two storylines didn't overlap enough throughout the book to give it a cohesive feel. It's still a thoroughly enjoyable book, though, don't get me wrong. The writing is excellent, there's plenty of steam, and I love the two main characters as well as the rest of the supporting cast, but when the story was focused on the lovely romance between Cash and Nick, or the antics of the rest of the cast, I didn't feel the tension of that outside threat. I almost felt like I was reading two books at the same time. I enjoyed them both, but I would have liked a bit more crossover between the two stories.

There is quite a bit of foreshadowing about the next book in the series, but that doesn't take away from this book, which ends in a HEA for this couple and a HFN with no cliffhanger for the rest of the crew who have not yet been paired up.