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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
Loved Max and Lia's sweet and sexy friends to lovers story.
The Right Kind of Reckless is a really well done, friends to lovers, sister of your best friend book. What set this apart in this genre for me was that Max and Lia truly cared for each other, it wasn't just a case of pure unadulterated lust. Over the years, they've cultivated a relationship based on hidden feelings and going out with other people in hopes of denying their feelings for each other.
Max has a player, commitment-phobe reputation and he finally gets to a point where he is done with all of that because of how he feels about Lia.
Lia is a fun character. She does her own thing and makes no apologies for it. Max knows her better than almost anyone, he knows her past and its effect on her.
I enjoyed Max and Lia's story. They both had a fair amount of choices to make as far what they wanted to do with their lives and how (and if) they could incorporate each into their futures. Oh, and did I mention that Lia's brother is Max's best friend and he's bit gruff and protective? Yeah, that makes for a lot of interesting situations between Max and Collin.
*Copy for review provided by publisher
The Right Kind of Reckless is a really well done, friends to lovers, sister of your best friend book. What set this apart in this genre for me was that Max and Lia truly cared for each other, it wasn't just a case of pure unadulterated lust. Over the years, they've cultivated a relationship based on hidden feelings and going out with other people in hopes of denying their feelings for each other.
Max has a player, commitment-phobe reputation and he finally gets to a point where he is done with all of that because of how he feels about Lia.
Lia is a fun character. She does her own thing and makes no apologies for it. Max knows her better than almost anyone, he knows her past and its effect on her.
I enjoyed Max and Lia's story. They both had a fair amount of choices to make as far what they wanted to do with their lives and how (and if) they could incorporate each into their futures. Oh, and did I mention that Lia's brother is Max's best friend and he's bit gruff and protective? Yeah, that makes for a lot of interesting situations between Max and Collin.
*Copy for review provided by publisher
The Right Kind of Reckless (Reckless Hearts) by Heather Van Fleet
What a man! Max is a better man than he gives himself credit for. He lives by a code. Fights for the people he loves and is a stand up guy with a bit of baggage of his own. Yet it's a cocky, smart mouthed, hard as nails, bad girl that speaks to his soul. Confidence is a shield Lia wears to hide the scared woman within. Behind the tattoos and piercings lies a damaged girl struggling to keep her head above water and her heart intact. Only one man has ever been able to see beyond the shield and navigate the treacherous road to her heart. Is risking her heart worth exposing her secrets? Ms. Van Fleet holds nothing back. The Right Kind of Reckless is an emotional journey into the abyss. A tale of heartbreaking secrets, reckless love and long over do healing. These characters target the heart but embed themselves much deeper.
What a man! Max is a better man than he gives himself credit for. He lives by a code. Fights for the people he loves and is a stand up guy with a bit of baggage of his own. Yet it's a cocky, smart mouthed, hard as nails, bad girl that speaks to his soul. Confidence is a shield Lia wears to hide the scared woman within. Behind the tattoos and piercings lies a damaged girl struggling to keep her head above water and her heart intact. Only one man has ever been able to see beyond the shield and navigate the treacherous road to her heart. Is risking her heart worth exposing her secrets? Ms. Van Fleet holds nothing back. The Right Kind of Reckless is an emotional journey into the abyss. A tale of heartbreaking secrets, reckless love and long over do healing. These characters target the heart but embed themselves much deeper.
Second book in the Restless Hearts series. Collin’s sister, Lia, who we saw as a flighty, hardcore girl, in the first book, is shown here as a broken girl who was attacked by the “nice” guy she was dating in college and almost raped. Before that incident, she was a nice, sweet and shy girl. After the incident, she dropped out from college, hid in her parent’s house for a while, then went out to work menial jobs. She changed her personality and her appearance. Now she sports a lot of piercings and tattoos and hot pink hair. She assumed a new personality, snarky and hardass, but deep inside remains the same sweet girl. She just keeps her hidden very deep. She’s always loved Max but kept her distance because he’s her brother’s best friend. Likewise, Max has always been in love with her, but kept his distance, interacting only as best buds, so as not break the bro code.
During the book, we see Max acting as her protector various times, as she works in a bar. She protests and tries to keep him away, because she gets jealous when he flirts with other girls. There is a lot of back and forth between them as their attraction runs hot and they do the impossible to resist.
Meanwhile, Lia has been finishing her studies, paying for them from the couple of jobs she has, as a barista in Java Java and a bartender in a Jimney’s. Her plans are to get a teaching job, which means moving from her little town where jobs are scarce. As she and Max get closer, her professional plans complicate matters.
Max was also dealing with his meaningless life. He, Collin, and Gavin had enlisted in the Marines and finished their round of duty. Now Max doesn’t know what he wants to do. He had inherited a big chunk of money from his father’s life insurance, so he had no immediate need for money, and was working at odd jobs, not keeping the jobs for long. He was accusing Lia of living an aimless life and she accused him of the same.
I liked in this book that the rest of the gang appear again as strong secondary characters. Lia’s brother Collin and his girlfriend, Addie, Collin’s adorable little daughter Chloe, and Gavin. Also Collin’s and Lia’s parents, and Max’s family appear less frequently. I like the strong family and friends group, their constant support to each other. What we saw as flighty in Lia was really that she was studying and working and was scattered in several directions. She was very devoted to her little niece. There was a lot of introspection and growing up for both Max and Lia.
What didn’t work for me was the constant back and forth between Lia and Max, which made the book drag a little halfway through.
During the book, we see Max acting as her protector various times, as she works in a bar. She protests and tries to keep him away, because she gets jealous when he flirts with other girls. There is a lot of back and forth between them as their attraction runs hot and they do the impossible to resist.
Meanwhile, Lia has been finishing her studies, paying for them from the couple of jobs she has, as a barista in Java Java and a bartender in a Jimney’s. Her plans are to get a teaching job, which means moving from her little town where jobs are scarce. As she and Max get closer, her professional plans complicate matters.
Max was also dealing with his meaningless life. He, Collin, and Gavin had enlisted in the Marines and finished their round of duty. Now Max doesn’t know what he wants to do. He had inherited a big chunk of money from his father’s life insurance, so he had no immediate need for money, and was working at odd jobs, not keeping the jobs for long. He was accusing Lia of living an aimless life and she accused him of the same.
I liked in this book that the rest of the gang appear again as strong secondary characters. Lia’s brother Collin and his girlfriend, Addie, Collin’s adorable little daughter Chloe, and Gavin. Also Collin’s and Lia’s parents, and Max’s family appear less frequently. I like the strong family and friends group, their constant support to each other. What we saw as flighty in Lia was really that she was studying and working and was scattered in several directions. She was very devoted to her little niece. There was a lot of introspection and growing up for both Max and Lia.
What didn’t work for me was the constant back and forth between Lia and Max, which made the book drag a little halfway through.
*received an arc in exchange for an honest review**
4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The second book in Heather Van Fleet’s Reckless Heart series focuses on Max’s story. I have not read the first in this series but the author does such a great job of giving you a touch base on what’s going on that I never felt like I was lost. Max and Lia will grab your attention with their back and forth relationship and will keep you on your toes.
Max has always felt something for Lia since he met her 5 years ago. But he has always put aside his feelings because of his relationship with Collin, her brother. As he continues to look out for her he can’t keep denying his feelings and when he finally acts on them, he wonders did he just make a mistake.
Lia has been attracted to Max since day one but after her experience in college, she has always felt a little broken and wonders would he ever really feel anything for her. All the time the spend together has her going back and forth on if he might actually feel something for her and when he makes a move she wonders if it means more.
As Lia and Max navigate their relationship without letting others know, they still continue to have some doubts. They not only begin to worry about what Collin will say but when an opportunity comes up for Lia, they are about to test their relationship further. Will they be able to finally break down all of their walls for each other?
This book is a good fit for readers who enjoy emotional contemporary romance stories about forbidden love and the struggle to resist temptation, while also appreciating lighthearted moments and a slow-burning relationship.
After reading Reckless Hearts, I was already intrigued by Max and happy to figure out what was up with him and Lia, the little sister of Max's best friend--and therefore off limits. Their long simmering love for each other sets the stage for a ton of great romantic tension that sizzles once the pair starts to figure things out. But then they a long road of complications to navigate before they can wind up in the same destination. This is a really sweet romance with a lot of steam, and I couldn't put it down.
So good! Lia and Max have been friends for a long time, but the explosive chemistry causes more than a few changes! I loved watching them figure things out one step at a time - so much fun!!! A great read - and I can't wait for Gavin's story next!!
This book really touched my heart because of the relationship between the two characters. It comes across so clearly how much Max cares about Lia. Even when they're not getting along, he is protective of her (in a good way) and wants her to be happy and safe. This quote, "And no matter what, I would always be there for her, if only as a friend." demonstrates all the reasons why Max won me over. So often in romance novels, there's so much conflict or sexually-infused bickering that you get the idea that the people want each other, but maybe not that they're actually good for each other. In this one, Max and Lia ARE good for each other, they bring out the best in each other and inspire each other to go after their dreams. That's the kind of relationship I want to read more of, because that's the kind of love this world needs. Five stars.
Marines do it better and I think it's the first time I've read one and I loved it. Loving a girl that he knows he can't have is testing him and hasn't stopped for years. Falling for Lia on that fateful night, he loves her personality, pink hair and tatts. He saw the girl she changed from this shy girl to this take no crap woman. He was a great combination of protectiveness and loyal, Evan though sometimes he had good intentions it sometimes was a bit messy. But the bond that these two had and the push and pull is something I loved. They complemented each other in the ways and had to get to know each other again in a different light.
Final Rating: 4/5 Stars
Final Rating: 4/5 Stars