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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
After reading Can't Help Falling in Love (the 5th book in this series), I had to go back and get the Bowie brothers' stories! Keep on Loving You introduces us to Calamity Falls and the Bowies, beginning with Fin, the youngest brother.
I very much enjoyed Fin's story. Especially how hard he loved, and how hard he tried to live up to his brothers. As the youngest daughter in my family, I was always trying to keep up with my older sisters, and I really empathized with Fin's desire to feel like he was a part of them. I also really liked Callie, athough there were times when I wanted to knock some sense into her (she was the queen of second, third, and fourth chances), although I could tell how much she loved Fin, and felt that he was worth the other shots.
I'm going to keep going with this series!
I very much enjoyed Fin's story. Especially how hard he loved, and how hard he tried to live up to his brothers. As the youngest daughter in my family, I was always trying to keep up with my older sisters, and I really empathized with Fin's desire to feel like he was a part of them. I also really liked Callie, athough there were times when I wanted to knock some sense into her (she was the queen of second, third, and fourth chances), although I could tell how much she loved Fin, and felt that he was worth the other shots.
I'm going to keep going with this series!
Fin is definitely NOT #WorldsWorstBoyfriend
This book had me waffling between love and not love. Fin and Callie were childhood sweethearts who had an epic crash and burn six years ago when Fin waited until moments before they were to leave for NYC for college to let Callie know he wasn’t going and was going off with his brothers. Devastated, she left without him. Then she saw him tagged on social media by multiple women, and blocked him completely out of her life. Six years go by, and they’re finally in the same place together for her brothers wedding. Callie brings her snooty Upper East Side boyfriend, while Fin makes it clear at the rehearsal dinner that he is still in love with Callie. The man-bracelet wearing snob dumps Callie in true jerk fashion, and Callie finds herself not only without a boyfriend, but kicked out of their apartment, and now with no fellowship as his family is on the board. Meanwhile, Fin finds he has become an internet sensation as a meme declaring him undeservedly the #WorldWorstBoyfriend. While he’s committed to winning back his girl, she’s desperate to win back the fellowship and uses the media frenzy from his meme as her opportunity.
Things I loved:
- how much Fin loved Callie. He was head over heels for that girl. For six years, he chased his adventure and his brothers, but never so much as kissed another girl. “In my mind, we never broke up.” It was refreshing to see a non manwh0re lead. He really thought if he gave her time, she’d come home and they’d be fine.
- I loved how the town folk came together to help Callie out. Lots of awesome community and supportive characters. Everyone became so invested in her project.
- Callie standing up to the snob’s mother and laying out the truth. Mic. Drop.
Things I didn’t like:
- lack of communication? I’m not sure really. I get that their breakup happened when they were still mostly babies themselves. But six years later and it was like this merry go round of the same situation. Also- six years? Really. He waited six years to make a move. Maybe because she has just finished school? Not sure. I also felt like I had to keep remind of myself that they were still only 23 years old, so their immaturity wasn’t too far fetched.
- I felt like her family was sort of crappy at times. Her mom and her brother both told her harshly to grow up already, and her brother was pretty crappy about her helping with his son while he was on his honeymoon. It seemed out of place and unnecessary. Supposedly she had mostly cut them all out of her life too, so it wasn’t as if they were tired of dealing with her drama over her heartbreak. Not if they hardly ever saw her. And if it was more of a “get over it already because we are tired of being cut out over it” they could have been less jerky about it or actually said something along those lines. It was odd.
- not gonna lie, Callie’s obsession with he fellowship annoyed me. Yes, it was definitely wrong for her to be cut out of the opportunity because of her ex’s family. I could definitely see wanting some retribution for that. But in reality, she would have found herself working alongside that jerky ex and his family. She went on and on about how it was going to take ten years for her to get experience, and she really thought dealing with them that long was plausible? Yikes. Calling them out on their shenanigans and then moving on herself with a much better option. She would have moments where she realized she was sad about missing her family and not even knowing her nephew, then went right back to saying she needed to be in New York for 10 more years. It wasn’t even really a job she enjoyed, so it was frustrating.
- while it’s sad that her sports career is over, I would have liked to see some blowback over the whole #WorldsWorstBoyfriend thing. She literally went on talk shows and led the public to believe Fin abandoned her. That was crappy.
Overall, the writing was great. The story was good. I liked that Fin finally had a necessary discussion with his brothers, and got his head on straight. These two were definitely meant to be together, and I’m glad they finally made it work.
This book had me waffling between love and not love. Fin and Callie were childhood sweethearts who had an epic crash and burn six years ago when Fin waited until moments before they were to leave for NYC for college to let Callie know he wasn’t going and was going off with his brothers. Devastated, she left without him. Then she saw him tagged on social media by multiple women, and blocked him completely out of her life. Six years go by, and they’re finally in the same place together for her brothers wedding. Callie brings her snooty Upper East Side boyfriend, while Fin makes it clear at the rehearsal dinner that he is still in love with Callie. The man-bracelet wearing snob dumps Callie in true jerk fashion, and Callie finds herself not only without a boyfriend, but kicked out of their apartment, and now with no fellowship as his family is on the board. Meanwhile, Fin finds he has become an internet sensation as a meme declaring him undeservedly the #WorldWorstBoyfriend. While he’s committed to winning back his girl, she’s desperate to win back the fellowship and uses the media frenzy from his meme as her opportunity.
Things I loved:
- how much Fin loved Callie. He was head over heels for that girl. For six years, he chased his adventure and his brothers, but never so much as kissed another girl. “In my mind, we never broke up.” It was refreshing to see a non manwh0re lead. He really thought if he gave her time, she’d come home and they’d be fine.
- I loved how the town folk came together to help Callie out. Lots of awesome community and supportive characters. Everyone became so invested in her project.
- Callie standing up to the snob’s mother and laying out the truth. Mic. Drop.
Things I didn’t like:
- lack of communication? I’m not sure really. I get that their breakup happened when they were still mostly babies themselves. But six years later and it was like this merry go round of the same situation. Also- six years? Really. He waited six years to make a move. Maybe because she has just finished school? Not sure. I also felt like I had to keep remind of myself that they were still only 23 years old, so their immaturity wasn’t too far fetched.
- I felt like her family was sort of crappy at times. Her mom and her brother both told her harshly to grow up already, and her brother was pretty crappy about her helping with his son while he was on his honeymoon. It seemed out of place and unnecessary. Supposedly she had mostly cut them all out of her life too, so it wasn’t as if they were tired of dealing with her drama over her heartbreak. Not if they hardly ever saw her. And if it was more of a “get over it already because we are tired of being cut out over it” they could have been less jerky about it or actually said something along those lines. It was odd.
- not gonna lie, Callie’s obsession with he fellowship annoyed me. Yes, it was definitely wrong for her to be cut out of the opportunity because of her ex’s family. I could definitely see wanting some retribution for that. But in reality, she would have found herself working alongside that jerky ex and his family. She went on and on about how it was going to take ten years for her to get experience, and she really thought dealing with them that long was plausible? Yikes. Calling them out on their shenanigans and then moving on herself with a much better option. She would have moments where she realized she was sad about missing her family and not even knowing her nephew, then went right back to saying she needed to be in New York for 10 more years. It wasn’t even really a job she enjoyed, so it was frustrating.
- while it’s sad that her sports career is over, I would have liked to see some blowback over the whole #WorldsWorstBoyfriend thing. She literally went on talk shows and led the public to believe Fin abandoned her. That was crappy.
Overall, the writing was great. The story was good. I liked that Fin finally had a necessary discussion with his brothers, and got his head on straight. These two were definitely meant to be together, and I’m glad they finally made it work.
I really enjoyed the overall story in this book, but the constant conflict made it hard for me to connect to either main character. This is a well written story and I do plant to read more books in this series. I really like the extreme sports aspect.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautiful Story!
The push and pull of soul deep love was amazing!
Watching them reconnect and then work through things as they figured out their TRUE paths in life that would make their souls happy and keep them connected was a lovely thing to “watch”.
The end with them at his birthday party was a beautiful full circle moment for them ❤️❤️
I can’t wait to get to the next book in the series and read more about the adventures of this family ❤️❤️
The push and pull of soul deep love was amazing!
Watching them reconnect and then work through things as they figured out their TRUE paths in life that would make their souls happy and keep them connected was a lovely thing to “watch”.
The end with them at his birthday party was a beautiful full circle moment for them ❤️❤️
I can’t wait to get to the next book in the series and read more about the adventures of this family ❤️❤️
A Sweet, Steamy, Second Chance Romance
The first book in the Calamity Falls Series
Six years ago Fin Bowie broke up with his high school girlfriend, Callie. Now she's back in town for her brother's wedding. Fin's hoping to rekindle the love they once shared with the only woman he'd ever loved. There is only one problem...he's always put his family before her. If he wants to prove to her, he's changed he will have to put her first but can he do that when his brothers need him too?
This book includes...
Small Town Romance ✔
Second Chance Romance✔
Sexy Athlete ✔
Heat
The first book in the Calamity Falls Series
Six years ago Fin Bowie broke up with his high school girlfriend, Callie. Now she's back in town for her brother's wedding. Fin's hoping to rekindle the love they once shared with the only woman he'd ever loved. There is only one problem...he's always put his family before her. If he wants to prove to her, he's changed he will have to put her first but can he do that when his brothers need him too?
This book includes...
Small Town Romance ✔
Second Chance Romance✔
Sexy Athlete ✔
Heat
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had such high hopes for this one, as I used to read this author when she had that rock star romance series and I ADORED those books. But this book just felt like a hot mess. It was all over the place and I just wasn't enjoying it that much but I pushed through it. I just found this one to be such a disappointment and I am not even wanting to read the rest of the series, so I might try looking through her backlist and see if she has other series that might appeal to me more. I know she can write great things so I think I just had such high hopes for this one here. And I expected so much from it and it just didn't work for me. So many aspects of it just made no sense to me. But I will try some other books. But I am more picky about books these days and just won't stick with a series if a book isn't doing it for me. It might have been a "me" issue.
This was a seriously addicting read! It was an emotional, angst filled, fun and sexy ride. I just couldn’t put it down. Awesome story!
Fin and Callie were great characters that I loved and wanted to throttle all at the same time. There was so much tension and animosity between them but this crazy attraction and chemistry as well. I loved learning their history and what happened between them and where they are now in their lives. There were so many ups and downs and mistakes on both of their parts. I loved Fin, I was rooting for him right from the beginning. I liked Callie a lot and understood where she was coming from and why she made some of the choices she made, however took stubbornness to a whole new level which made me stress out. The thing is, for as much as Callie and Fin could frustrate me with their choices, I loved that build of all the tension and angst as they worked through their problems. I couldn't wait for that moment when everything clicked for them.
A bit about the title of the book and the meme: I like how it was explained and I love how everything spiraled from the meme and what came out of the it, and what it ended up meaning. I know that's cryptic but I don't want to spoil anything. I just know a lot of the emotion I felt stemmed from this and I really love what the author crafted out of it. That being said, I wish there would have been a bit more closure when it came to the original reason the meme came to life.
I really liked the writing, I thought it flowed nicely, and the descriptions were great. It had a very New Adult feel because of their ages and all the angst. NA isn't normally a go-to for me but I really enjoyed it, I was hooked on the story and the build to their relationship. I’m excited to see where the series will go, there was a heck of a teaser at the end of the book that makes me anxious for more! Fantastic series starter!
Complimentary copy received for honest review.
Fin and Callie were great characters that I loved and wanted to throttle all at the same time. There was so much tension and animosity between them but this crazy attraction and chemistry as well. I loved learning their history and what happened between them and where they are now in their lives. There were so many ups and downs and mistakes on both of their parts. I loved Fin, I was rooting for him right from the beginning. I liked Callie a lot and understood where she was coming from and why she made some of the choices she made, however took stubbornness to a whole new level which made me stress out. The thing is, for as much as Callie and Fin could frustrate me with their choices, I loved that build of all the tension and angst as they worked through their problems. I couldn't wait for that moment when everything clicked for them.
A bit about the title of the book and the meme: I like how it was explained and I love how everything spiraled from the meme and what came out of the it, and what it ended up meaning. I know that's cryptic but I don't want to spoil anything. I just know a lot of the emotion I felt stemmed from this and I really love what the author crafted out of it. That being said, I wish there would have been a bit more closure when it came to the original reason the meme came to life.
I really liked the writing, I thought it flowed nicely, and the descriptions were great. It had a very New Adult feel because of their ages and all the angst. NA isn't normally a go-to for me but I really enjoyed it, I was hooked on the story and the build to their relationship. I’m excited to see where the series will go, there was a heck of a teaser at the end of the book that makes me anxious for more! Fantastic series starter!
Complimentary copy received for honest review.
The World’s Worst Boyfriend was a fun and sexy book where trying to win back the one who got away is a nightmare when social media plays a role in it.
Callie and Fin were a young couple, in love with plans for a future. Until Fin just walked away without any explanation. Six years go by and Fin is bound and determined to win back the love of his life. Callie, on the other hand, has put that life in the past and has moved on. Or so she thought.
I really enjoyed The World’s Worst Boyfriend and the effort Fin goes to to find the girl he fell in love with so long ago. I loved that Callie was tough to crack but when Fin finally got through to her, it was pure magic. Swoon worthy heroes, sassy heroines and a heartfelt story that makes for a wonderful second chance romance, is exactly what I needed and The World’s Worst Boyfriend delivered!
Callie and Fin were a young couple, in love with plans for a future. Until Fin just walked away without any explanation. Six years go by and Fin is bound and determined to win back the love of his life. Callie, on the other hand, has put that life in the past and has moved on. Or so she thought.
I really enjoyed The World’s Worst Boyfriend and the effort Fin goes to to find the girl he fell in love with so long ago. I loved that Callie was tough to crack but when Fin finally got through to her, it was pure magic. Swoon worthy heroes, sassy heroines and a heartfelt story that makes for a wonderful second chance romance, is exactly what I needed and The World’s Worst Boyfriend delivered!
Fin and Callie are first loves that broke up before college because she wanted to study art in NYC and he bailed on her at the eleventh hour to help train his brother for a skiing competition. Fast forward 6 yrs and they meet again at her brother, his best friend’s wedding. He’s never loved another - physically or emotionally- and always thought she’d come back so they could try again.
Their second chance comes about because her prestigious fellowship is at risk so she starts an exhibition of broken hearts, which is so obviously based on the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia - it, too, started as an exhibition but now has a permanent home.
They each continue to make the same mistakes until they don’t anymore and they live HEA.
Their second chance comes about because her prestigious fellowship is at risk so she starts an exhibition of broken hearts, which is so obviously based on the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia - it, too, started as an exhibition but now has a permanent home.
They each continue to make the same mistakes until they don’t anymore and they live HEA.