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Asher and Lola aren’t anywhere near friendly when the book
begins, but a series of events put them directly in each other’s paths and they
end up sort of needing to be able to get along together. Their partnership is
definitely unexpected, seeing as they generally regard one another with a level
of teasing and/or disdain. He’s the incredibly popular and charming football
player with a promising future in the NFL, and she’s struggling to keep her head
above water with having to burn the candle at both ends day in and day out.
Little by little, their tense relationship becomes friendship and then later
something more.
These characters are wonderfully written, and I was pleasantly
surprised at how endearing Asher is. He’s far more complex than others seem to believe
him to be, and there’s a genuine kindness that I wasn’t expecting prior to
reading this book. I love a misunderstood hero, and that exactly what Asher is.
And I adored Lola! She’s feisty and a lovely person at the same time, and then
she’s had to overcome so much and is still dealing with a lot. I loved her strength
for sure, but the way her vulnerability was depicted was even more endearing. I
appreciate that both these characters aren’t necessarily what I anticipated
them to be at the start, and I think that’s what’s made me enjoy them and how
their story plays out that much more.
While I love the romance that builds throughout the book,
what got to me even more so is Lola’s rather non-existent relationship with her
father. I won’t give anything away, but I literally just kept thinking wow (not
in a great way). There’s such a difficult history there, and it all informs
Lola’s present. What she goes through is heartbreaking, but then the way Asher
is in response to it all is completely moving. Really, it just further
solidified how much I love these two as a couple.
This romance is nothing less than touching and beautifully
complicated but adorable and steamy, too. Asher and Lola are now my favorite
characters by this author, and I absolutely recommend their book.
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