Review: So much fun!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2014
“I didn’t think a death stare could vary in so many ways, but Chris had mastered a variety of pissed-off stares like no other.”—TammyTrying to catch up with her friends on a major road trip to celebrate the New Year, Tammy has to hitch a ride with the hot but perpetual grumpy-gus Chris. It’s only a few days in a car right? She can totally survive his death stares and annoyed glares. Except, he’s not glaring, but he’s definitely staring, and now she’s seeing her car mate in a totally new light…“If I’d had to choose perfect, I would have just chosen you.”—ChrisUgh, why does the trilogy have to end with such an awesome book that makes me want to read more?! Considering how much I loved book two, I couldn’t believe that I loved this one even more! Well, what can you expect when the lead male is brooding Chris—a guy I totally loved starting with the first book! First off, I want to point out that I’m slightly embarrassed by the fact that I was confused in how they were going to celebrate New Years but the book seemed to take off shortly after book two, which took place in the summer. This time jump had me puzzled for a bit until I realized: Oooh, set in Australia—their summer is our winter (silly North Hemispherian)!Like the first two books, the romance heat level is low-medium with fade to black. As with book two, we have a totally different character voice with Tammy (which is fun that the author gives us three very unique voices). She’s more reserved since she’s the new person in the group so she has bouts of feeling out of the loop and being the new gal. Tammy’s not into confrontation—being the most reserved out of the group—and will go to some pretty funny extreme methods to avoid it (one situation in an eatery totally had me laughing). She’s also pretty OCD given her hectic life filled with being a personal trainer and working on her Bachelor’s degree in biomedicine so I’m sure you can imagine how going on a road trip will be crazy fun—emphasize on the crazy!As for brooding Chris, being away from the hotel lets him take a little breather and chill out for a bit so we get to see a less serious and equally yummy side of Chris. Take one serious and uber-responsible guy and a shy gal who doesn’t like surprises and add in a chance to let loose (and toss in some match-making friends), and you get a fun book with lots of sexual tension! We also get to revisit old friends and the trilogy comes into full circle with a subplot with Toby and Tess as after years of dating, their relationship is going through some surprising rough spots. We also have a surprise crush, a rush to the ER, minor trespassing, and more craziness with our favorite summer gang.All of these books can be read out of order, but you should read them all—they’re just so much fun! Although this is billed as a trilogy, on the good news, it looks like the author isn’t going to stop with just this book as we have a companion novel and a spinoff coming up in 2014! How cool; I can’t wait! This is a 5 out of 5 for me!(Originally posted on my blog; I received a copy in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.)