Knox seems to have a knack of creating just such characters this time too. Overall - 4 stars - When I read the first in this series, I found that the characters weren't particularly nice, but they fit with each other and brought out the best in each other. Madly is actually pretty apt for Allie's craziness.Ĭover - 3 stars - A pretty woman in a sweet embrace, but nothing in particular to draw the eye. Title - 3.5 stars - This goes with the theme begun with the first book in the series of a one-word title with "LY" at the end. And I loved getting back with May and especially Ben (who is just the same grouchy bear that he was in the first book).
They are absolutely perfect for each other. But inside he's loving and intense and emotional, wanting to do the right thing.
He feels strongly, but he is careful and methodical and a proper English gentleman. She wants to do the right thing, but she feels that she often makes mistakes because she acts rather than thinking things through first. This quote says it all, to me: "One downside to letting her mouth run the show was that it said the most insane things, and then her brain had to hear them." She's cute and silly, but she's very passionate about things, especially her family. Allie gets herself into crazy situations, then she has to figure out how to extricate herself.
As with the first book in this series, I totally loved the interaction between the characters and seriously wanted them to get together.Ĭharacters - 4.5 stars - This is where the story really shone for me. Writing - 5 stars - This book captured my attention from the first page. It's really enlightening, and the things they say make so much sense. And the one who added it will explain what they were thinking when they did.
And every now and then, when one of them needs it, they decide to do something on the list. But many of them are sweet, like a 30-second hug. Even when they're just starting to get to know each other, they make a list of all the sex-related things they've always wanted to do, or have needed, or whatever. When she randomly enlists the help of Winston in a bar (I had to laugh when she said, "Hey, wet guy, over here!" since he had just come in from the rain.), she makes him feel alive and excited to spice up what has become his routine and unsatisfying life. But because she's an action person, she jumps right in. She wants to "fix" their family, and she has taken this step to somehow do so, but she hasn't figured out a plan or even what the right conclusion should be. Plot - 4 stars - Allie has impulsively come to New York to follow her mother, whom she suspects of having an affair.
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