Review: Love these characters!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2012
My review from GuiltyPleasuresbookreviews.comHi all!  I noticed Samhain was re-releasing a great series this week and Erin Nicolas has a new one in this series coming out next week, so I decided a re-read was in order.  Since this series hasn't been review on the site, I decided to review them as I read because hopefully these are new to some of you and you'll enjoy them as much as I do.Just Right by Erin Nicholas is the first book in the Bradford's series.  The "actual" Bradford's consist of Jessica, Sam, and Sara.  I say "actual" because along the way they've picked up some honorary members of their family in Dooley, Mac, and Kevin.  These three work with Sam and provide a lot of interest and entertainment in the books.Jessica is the oldest sibling and more than that she's raised Sam and Sara since their father's death when she was 20.  Because of the circumstances of his death and because she was thrown into the role of parent, she's extremely anal, organized, and responsible.  Everyone teases her about this but she's brushes it off, she is who she is and she doesn't make apologies for it.  She's also a top notch and well respected ER nurse.Ben Torres is the best trauma surgeon in the area and a very well respected doctor until one day he punches a patient.  Now, yes I know this is all kinds of wrong but I have to say because of the back story I was secretly cheering him on.  Following this, he's removed from his duties and immediately starts celebrating.What starts out as Jessica "babysitting" Ben after an excess of a lot of things turns into so much more.  From the start we know these two have a thing for each other but they've never acted on it.  However, many things keep them from jumping into a sexual relationship right away.  That's not a bad thing because they learn a lot about each other and their feeling deepen despite how much they fight them.I really liked the characters in this book.  Even when Ben was being kind of a jerk, I could see his point and I found it hard to fault him.  He is arrogant, bossy at times, but also incredibly funny.  Jessica was a little too sanctimonious for me.  I understand why she has high standards and I respect that but I honestly felt at times she was just way to rigid.  I adored Sam despite him being a man-whore, he was funny and honest.  Sara is a princess and it was obvious she was raised mostly by Jessica because she'd get on her high horse and wouldn't let things drop.  Dooley, Mac, and even Kevin were hilarious, fun, and obviously have a great relationship with all the Bradford's.This was truly a story of self discovery and letting go of expectations.  I enjoyed watching both Jessica and Ben work through their issues and come to terms with the changes going on in their lives.  Some of the "fun" things Jessica and Ben do together are outrageous and exciting.I very much enjoyed Just Right, Erin writes interesting and amusing characters and snappy dialog that just keeps you turning the pages wanting to see what happens next.