I've read several books by this author in the past and enjoyed them. It's been a few years, so I don't remember specifics about those stories, but I do remember them being fun and easy with couples I could root for.

Unfortunately, that wasn't my experience with this book. I haven't read any of the other books in this series, so maybe that had something to do with it, but it feels like she is just trying to recycle her previous series.

I didn't really care for the protagonists in this book at all. Ronan was broody and melodramatic and Natalie was quirky and melodramatic...so lots of melodrama going on here. Now, I get why Ronan would be upset with his mother after finding out the truth about his parentage, but at the same time, his reaction did feel over-the-top. And I'm still trying to figure out how long ago it was that he found out, because he's acting like it just happened, but it was at least enough time for him to relocate, have his brothers relocate, find love, get married, etc.

And maybe I could've bought the melodrama if it hadn't been fixed in the course of the last twenty pages. He goes from mad at the world and proclaiming that he will never love to forgiving everyone and getting his HEA.

Natalie was okay, but for all the optimism and peppiness we are supposed to see, she is, in reality, totally extra. Everything that happens evokes an extreme emotion out of Natalie, and it manifests in her being completely judgmental toward Ronan. Every time he expresses his feelings about his mom, she throws it in his face that he is lucky he even HAS a mom, because she has NOBODY!! NOOOBODYYYYY!!!

The obstacles keeping them apart felt so incredibly weak. It's not quite as bad as the miscommunication trope (all problems could be solved if the protagonists just used their words), but it was almost as bad. If Ronan either one of them would act like an adult rather than a sulky teen, they could've gotten out of their own way by page 50 and admitted their feelings.

Also, the love scenes were just lackluster. I didn't feel any chemistry between them at all. They seemed like better friends than romantic partners. Seriously...why did they like each other? I'm still not sure.

And then there's the Baby App. What purpose did it serve? Seriously? There was no point to it whatsoever. The book could have completely left that out and it would've been the same exact book. Completely unnecessary.

At the end of the day, I just didn't really care about this story. It meandered for about 300 pages, hastily tied it all up in the last twenty, then ended abruptly. Not her best.

P.S.

having all of Ronan's sisters-in-law pregnant at the same time was cringe-inducing. I don't have a problem with romance sequels showing prior couples expecting a baby, but when it's like FIVE couples all expecting at once? No. Just Stop.