After reading Royal Pain I was so anxious to get Garrett’s book – he was bound to be dealing with a lot after his kidnapping and Wolff delivered.

Although I was a little surprised that Garrett’s dad didn’t show up more. We get some conversations about him and a couple with him but he never actually appears. And with how much of an a** he is to his kids, creating a LOT of issues along the way, I would have expected more. Not that his actions don’t have consequences that are in play here – they are and often – but I wanted more like we got with Kian’s book.

Instead, Garrett is mostly (and totally understandably) dealing with the fallout from his months spent being tortured and his recovery afterward. He’s been struggling and it takes meeting an in-your-face rule breaker to throw him off his game and out of his head. As a bit of her free spirit rubs off on him, Garrett starts to really feel again … which also opens him up to the possibilities of finally coming to terms with what has happened to him in the last year. It won’t be pretty but it is definitely needed.

I found Lola to be fun and sassy. She’s got a big personality but she’s not overwhelming and I never found her to be overdone. Instead she’s brash, but caring. And totally not intimidated by Garrett’s title. She definitely doesn’t let him get away with too much and instead helps him find his way back to the land of the living.

I will say that I got annoyed at the both a couple of times as they spent too much time beating themselves up for the exact same thing. Something would happen and they’d both start taking responsibility and offering verbose apologies. Before kissing and making up of course. It wasn’t horrible but I would find myself thinking “ugh, get over yourself” a time or two :)

While I don’t think the daddy issues (for either of them) were properly resolved, I am pleased with the way Wolff handled Garrett’s issues. He’s good at bottling things up and hiding behind his princely mask, but he was never going to get better until he finally opened up about his feelings. It took someone coming in from the outside who could give him the care & understanding he needed and I’m glad Wolff gave him Lola for that.

*** I voluntarily read a Review Copy of this book. All opinions stated are solely my own and no one else’s. ***