by Kristan Higgins

Original review 06/12/2013

I was a little disappointed in this one, my 5th, by Kristan Higgins. the laugh out loud hilarity balanced by the poignancy such as in Catch of the Day, All I ever Wanted, and Too Good to be True is not as strong in this one. I would put it on par with Somebody to Love. the ending was much too rushed and the motivations of the hero for rejecting Chas up until the final page were murky to say the least. Still…a very talented writer. am willing to put up with the occasional disappointment to capture the lightning in a bottle I am finding with most of her books.**3 stars**

***reread 01/25/2017***** On audiobook and Kindle. I did bump this up a star. Despite its lame ending and Trevor’s confusing behavior throughout the book, the humor was top-notch, and loved the large family dynamic. Lots of secondary characters, each of which was well-developed with unique personalities. **4 stars out of 5**

**updated review of audible re-read. 07/16/2023**
**spoilers**
Welp, back to 3 stars. I just couldn’t handle the behavior of hardly any of the characters this time. Our heroine for her constant mooning over Trevor and his “chocolate eyes” while dating and shagging Ryan. Ryan was an arrogant egotistical d.ckhead so that’s another mark against Chastity for ignoring all of the red flags. I take that back. He was a typical surgeon-excuse me-Trauma surgeon, after all. He had some good qualities away from work or talking about work, but he was totally unsuited for Chastity. I bet he would have lost his good qualities if she had married him, though. Trevor was horrible to Chastity for no reason ever explained. He wouldn’t let her alone even though at the time he rejected her and told her to marry Ryan. He came across as not too bright.
Chastity’s brothers for not ever finishing her bathroom despite getting paid for it years ago. And her father for his treatment of his wife when he supposedly loved her so-o-o-o-o much. He was arrogant and controlling and selfish. He firmly believed he was entitled to her love and loyalty no matter what he did. Again, not the sharpest knife in the drawer either. Again another mark against Chastity for not understanding why her mother had to finally move on. The only one with any sense was Chastity’s mother for finally ditching her handsome loser of a husband. And what’s with Ryan and Lucinda or Luella or whatever her name was from the paper being a couple at the end? No Way would Ryan date her!

January 25, 2017