WHAT. A. RIDE.

Ever since I picked up the Fletcher University series, I was eager to be finally able to read this installement because the blurb already sounded so intriguing and promising. And as I made progress with Burning Bridges and Sinking Ships , my excitement just got higher and higher.

While I wasn‘t so sure what to think of Lenny during the first installement, she really grew on me in Carla & Mitch‘s story, and Creed has been a favorite of mine all along. But it wasn‘t just the two as individuals that spiked my interest but them being best friends. Generally the trope friends to lovers doesn‘t excite me as much, especially in Fantasy books the enemies-to-lovers trope just always feels superior. But Hiding Hurricanes ‘s execution of the friends-to-lovers trope was just so amazingly done that I start to enjoy the trope as a whole a lot more, especially in this subgenre.

Lenny‘s and Creed‘s friendship is one to be admired. Their little moments, the chats, their little games, and the way the communicate is something that I do not only enjoyed in this book, but remind me of my own friendships. It was the sass and unconditional support that made their bromance so special, and most definitely put a new level of tension between them as it was their friendship who blinded both from each other‘s feelings. And I was living for it.

However, the cherry on the top of this story that made this story so delicious was Lenny‘s secret. Her whole past no one knows about combined with her secret job as a the most popular and beloved stripper in town - Daisy - turned this book in a story that was filled with tension and the all time present question Will he find out? .

The premise of the story is just so new, pure and exciting that I couldn‘t stop myself from binging this book. Lenny has been in love with her best friend Creed from the very beginning, but hides her feelings as she is afraid of putting their friendship in danger. Creed, on the other hand, has his own secrets and hides his own feelings, and finds distraction and interest in Daisy , who is Lenny but he doesn‘t know that. After visiting the local strip club several nights, one incident changes the friendship between them as him and Daisy kiss, and Lenny‘s secret is in danger - as much as her feelings become even more chaotic.

There is no way for me to express how much I enjoyed this ride of feels without spoiling the book but let me say this: THIS RIDE WAS PHENOMENAL. I can‘t imagine this premise to have worked for any other characters as it did for Lenny and Creed, and I enjoyed every single moment between them. No matter if it was Lenny or her alter ego, Daisy, in the scene.

However, there were some things that I wished were differently. And that‘s the ending. It felt rushed, and to some extent I wished certain things were revealed differently, or for the author to take more time to develop certain points. But this seems to be a common thing that bothers me in this genre, the only exception being Sinking Ships as that ending was perfect. But even if the ending didn‘t satisfy me as much as I wished it would be, I see it as a very subjective opinion of mine, and just enjoyed the book in total so so much. For a fact, while I can imagine myself rereading NA books at some point in the future, this was the first time that I immediately had the urge to go back to the beginning and reread it, and that alone speaks volumes.

I LOVED THIS ONE.