Ford and Bell were cute together, and their story was well written but it really bothered me that this was a "dead sister's boyfriend" sort of trope. I think this was a little bland, and could have been better but this trope was just not for me. I'm giving it four stars though because I love anything Catherine Cowles writes, but this just wasn't my vibe.

I wasn't sure what to expect with this book, because JP and Kelsey's story (the second book) was really underwhelming. We really didn't know much about Breaker from the other two books in this series, so that mystery was quite appealing and led me to have excitement for his story. I absolutely loved Breaker and Lia's story. It was so fun to see them in the prologue and how they first met, striking up a friendship over nerdy things, and then continuing that deep connection over their likes into their present relationship. You could absolutely tell just how meant for each other they really were, and how the people they tried to date (instead of each other) were just never going to measure up, and were never going to take the place of the unbreakable bond they had. This is such a great take on the friends to lovers trope, because Breaker had truly convinced himself that he and Lia were "just friends"... until he was on the verge of losing her to another man. It was heartwarming to read *that* scene where he finally SEES her and realizes what everyone else has been telling him all along: that he is in love with his best friend. However, I loved how he never, ever got in the way of Lia's relationship and how much he supported her and loved her through it, even when he disagreed or didn't like things. He is the true definition of a loyal best friend and the way he stood up for her made my heart swell. Their journey from friendship to a blossoming, new relationship to actually falling in love and getting a happily ever after was such a beautiful one. I loved seeing all of the characters from the previous books come together and it was like coming home to family once again. 

At least this novella was better than the majority of the other books in the series. We were introduced to Landon in the last book and have had glimpses of Aubrey throughout this series, so I was excited to finally get to their story. Landon and Aubrey were so cute together and had great chemistry that was easy to see, even in a shorter book like this one. I really think this could have been a full length book and been even better than what we got to see. However, I still really liked it. Also, I was LIVING for the prologue and epilogue from Charlie's point of view and I seriously cannot wait for the next generation series and for her to get her own love story! 

I am not so quick to forget exactly how Sofia acted and how she treated others in the first book of the series. Moreover, I do not think she had much growth at all in her very own book, and remained relatively the same, just maybe slightly softer due to falling in love and getting a HEA. There's a lot more to unpack here as well. First of all, we have a Native American for a MMC but the way he was portrayed was just... not good. Like, anyone reading this could tell this was not a good representation of Native Americans. The beginning where Sofia is a child was off, because it was very clear and adult was trying to write as a child and it just did not come out right. Sofia is also a grown woman and does not know how to do basic things in life? She is seriously a spoiled brat and it's hard to read a book where a character like her is supposed to be redeemed. Nope. 

Another ugh from me... while I had high hopes this series would get better as we go along, I don't think it is at all. I seriously cannot believe this is the same person who wrothe masterpiece that is Juniper Hill. Like, that can't be right. But it is. Anyway, Kaine was just horrible all around, throwing tantrums and being a total jerk just because he was tortured and sad and had bad things happen to him. Newsflash, this is not an excuse for you to mistreat people. It's just not. His anger would have had me running for me the hills, but somehow Piper thinks it's her duty on earth to "fix him". Insert eye roll here. And Piper... she did not deserve to be Kaine's punching bag. And "magic sperm"? Can we not? So many things I can say about this book but I'll just leave it at that. Read at your own risk. 

Ugh. Devney Perry writes some of my favorite books, and she also writes some of my least favorite books. This? This is one of my least favorites. See, there is a difference between the main character being just timid and shy, and then her just being a straight up doormat who doesn't recognize when she is being mistreated and that she deserves better. He doesn't even notice her and doesn't even acknowledge her existence and yet she is so in love with him and is convinced she will marry him? This was so one sided, which makes it so hard to believe that things were actually genuinely mutual when they do actually get together. I just really didn't like this and felt like it had such potential and really missed the mark. Let's hope for better books as we continue through this series.