Review: No Doubt Will be a Top Romance Read of 2014
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed the roller coaster ride of emotions Rivers served up with this first helping of the Burnside family. Once I got into the story I genuinely connected with the characters. By the end I was laughing, choking back tears, and wishing I could talk some sense into the two, as well as Destiny's three siblings. While Destiny's unemployment/underemployment situation strongly resonated with me, making her more accessible than most of the love interests I've read about recently, I do think Rivers adeptly wove together a very emotionally driven romance with Live. There are somewhat graphic love scenes, but the emotions at play really made them sweet and not feel excessive or superfluous.While we are not far into 2014 yet, I suspect this will sit at the top of my best romantic reads of 2014 for some time. I've not read any other books by Mary Ann Rivers before, but after reading this one and her short bio at the end I'll definitely be seeking out some of her other titles as well as keeping an eye out for the rest of the Burnside siblings stories.It took me much longer to read this title than most lately and that typically means it did not resonate with me well. I will agree that it took a fair bit for me to get hooked, but I'm going to blame the slowness of reading this book on work/life and binge watching an old TV series with my DH that just showed up streaming. Once I pulled together some measurable bits of time to really sink my teeth into the story I got hooked. Little nibbles here and there didn't work for me.I received a free e-galley ARC of this title through NetGalley in exchange for sharing my honest opinion. The opinions expressed above are my own.