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Review

Quick and fun read!
(just watch out for the red flag – see below)

This is a short and sweet follow on from the amazing Neighbor Dearest, featuring Jade and Tyler (sister of Chelsea and brother of Damian), but it can easily be read as a standalone.

I fell in love with both Jade and Tyler while reading Neighbor Dearest. They were there for Chelsea and Damian during their dramas, an integral part of their lives, but actually never met each other until a spine-tingling meeting at the end of the book – and it’s almost a year until they ‘accidentally’ but oh-so-naturally get in touch once again.

Obviously there was an instant attraction between them, and that’s still very much evident even all this time later, but Damian is in a committed relationship and Chelsea lives on the other side of the country. But that doesn’t stop them from engaging in some absolutely fantastic banter that is fun, natural and highly entertaining. And as they get to know each other, they grow closer and strong feelings develop, and I loved watching them fall for each other.

“There are only two choices. We do nothing…or we do everything. I don’t feel like there’s an in between with you, Jade. I feel like I went from zero to a hundred from the moment I first saw you.”

They have a lot to overcome in order to be together and their journey has some ups and downs, and I loved that Ward was able to inject so much into such a short novella.

This would have been an easy 5 stars, but I was SO incredibly disappointed in Tyler for not breaking off his relationship sooner. Nothing physically happens between him and Jade while he’s with his girlfriend, but there is a definite attraction there – they both admit it and they talk about it, all while he’s in a relationship! – and let me tell you from somebody who has been on the other end of a partner having an ‘emotional affair’, it hurts just like the real thing, and I wish it hadn’t happened that way for them when it could have been so easily avoided. I would have respected Tyler a whole lot more if he’d broken it off with his girlfriend when he realised how strongly he felt about Jade. Grrrrr.

But if you can get past that, this one is a great read.

4 stars.

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