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4 stars!

The fourth and final book in the Wild Seasons series brings us the story of Luke and London. London is Lola’s roommate and a friend of the crew, and Luke is Mia’s ex-boyfriend and first love so from the very start you know you’re in for an interesting dynamic! Luke and London shared a moment in the last book, and I was really intrigued how this book was going to play out. It’s not an easy ride, and there is some drama, but the fantastic banter and palpable chemistry quickly sucked me in and kept me captivated, and I really enjoyed it.

London lives her life free and easy. She has a degree, but is content to hang out with her friends, spending her nights working at a bar and her days surfing. She knows she needs to grow up at some point, but for the time being she’s happy with the status quo. What she wasn’t expecting was for Luke Sutter to walk into her bar and mess with her happily mellow life.

Luke is amazing. He’s sweet, funny and charming, and I instantly loved him! But he’s also a total manwhore, and he’s been doing the random hookup thing for so long that it’s pretty much habit for him now, something he does without thinking. So when he and London have an immediate attraction, with Luke on auto-pilot and London happy to cut loose and enjoy one night of mind-blowing sex, they proceed to rock each other’s worlds. But after just that one night, Luke knows he wants more, the problem is that London is wary of men (players in particular) and isn’t interested in anything beyond their one night together.

And what follows is a fantastically fun banter-fest full of nicknames, teasing and lots of flirting as Luke persistently pursues London, attempting at the very least to be friends.

“I think you don’t like how much you like me,” I say, unable to keep from smiling. “You can’t fit me into your Barfly Box of Shame. You want to dismiss me as a dickhead player, but then you think I’m hot and fun and you like watching me eat nachos.”
London turns her face back up to me, smirking. “Nailed it.”
“Apt phrase.” I pause, tossing another chip into my mouth before saying, “You sort of want to kiss me right now.”

London is a bag of mixed messages. She pushes Luke away, insisting she doesn’t want anything to do with him, but neither of them can deny the more-than-physical connection that they share, and when the sexual tension becomes too much they end up all over each other again. Totally hot, yes, but they still both want different things, but as they continue spending time together they get to know each other and things slowly start to change – and that’s when things really start to get really complicated.

For her part, Mia has been hurt before and is wary of relationships. She can see that she is slowly starting to feel more than she ever anticipated with Luke and though she fights it every step of the way, Luke proves to be everything that she could have wanted. But just when she’s starting to think about maybe exploring something with him, she learns about his past with Mia, and the whole situation seems too complicated for her to deal with. And Luke is startingto feel something for a woman and for the first time he is forced to really look at his life and figure out what it is he wants.

There’s so many ways to love this girl. Good God, let me find each and every one.

It’s up to Luke to prove to London that he’s changed, that his past doesn’t have to impact on their future, and that she is the one he wants.

“Please,” I rub my thumb over the back of her hand. “Let me show you that I’m not the guy you think I am.”

I really liked this book. Yes, there is a bit of relationship drama, but I thought it was handled really well, and London’s annoying behaviour was more than made up for by Luke and his awesomeness. And the trademark humour that these authors do so well keeps things light and enjoyable.

There is a potential red flag for some readers regarding Luke and his manwhorish ways…

…but his journey through the book is an awakening of sorts, and I thought it was all really realistically writen. I loved watching these two come together, and seeing Luke fall hard for London was gorgeous!

I finally figured it out: falling in love isn’t about who makes you feel the best, but who could make you the most miserable if they leave.

Overall, I thought this was a really great read. I liked the characters, their story was a great mix of funny, sexy and romantic, and it was explored and handled really well. And, of course, I also loved catching up with the characters from the earlier books – I still have no clue WTF Harlow’s problem was, but everybody else was awesome, and I loved getting to see another side of not-Joe.

I have loved this series! Sad to see it ending, but definitely one I’ll be rereading again in the future.

4 stars.

The Wild Seasons series