2 - "Get over yourself…" Stars.
I cannot remember the last time I was this disappointed by a book and if I am honest I would probably have DNF’d it if I hadn’t been anticipating Jasper getting his own book from the time I finished its predecessor Not Quite Over You, back in April. Jasper and Wynn’s Friends-with-benefits situation, played out and ended as a secondary story-line in that one, and I have to admit I was disappointed that the author didn’t see him and the single mother in the long-term relationship bracket. I am even more so now though because I absolutely abhorred Renee Grothen, the two star rating for this book is purely for Jasper, because I would have happily ran over, backed up and ran over Renee several times by the time I had finished their story.
"You’re stuck in the past when you have a wonderful man offering you the future… What more do you want?"
I could go on and on about the numerous issues I had with her behaviour, attitude, treatment of Jasper and her mother. But I don’t want to waste any more time on her, and although there were one or two instances where there was a glimmer that she may not be as bad as all that, she swiftly and comprehensively did or said something worse than what she had done previously to the point I wanted one of the other women involved in the story, to punch/throttle (or a combination of the both) some sense into her.
To then add insult the author decided to wrap everything up in a HEA that played out over about 5 pages at the end, absolute cop out in my opinion, and a huge disappointment in general. This is one book of the Happily Inc series, I will not be going back to Happily re-read again at some point in the future. I am hoping this isn’t the end of the series though because I have loved all the previous books and characters and would love to spend more time with them in their quirky town in the future.
Claire R, Reviewer
Karen W, Reviewer
