Last Call by Staci Hart Review
5 Smooches
Synopsis
Once Rose Fisher makes a decision, that’s it. End of story.
Like when her ex, Patrick, dumped her out of the blue, then showed up with a super hot, tatted up sex kitten on his arm. Then it was over for good. The end. Poof. Dead to her. Except he was everywhere — down the hall, at the bar with their friends, worming his way into her dreams.
But with their friends paired off, they’re left alone more and more. Rose is determined to keep him friendzoned — doesn’t matter that he stares at her with a smolder that drops all panties in a ten foot radius. She’s over him, and she’ll prove it by getting back into the dating game, Patrick be damned.
Patrick Evans is no stranger to consequences. When your mother walks out, your dad drifts away. When you leave home, you’re on your own. And when you run away from the girl you love, you lose her. He finally has an opportunity to rebuild the bridge he burned, and it’s not one he’ll take for granted. But he’ll have to fight for her, even if it hurts. Even if it means he’ll walk away brokenhearted. Because deep down, he knows that she’s it for him.
The trick will be to get her to admit she feels it too.
Review
‘Let me give you relationship advice. Don’t date the guy down the hall, because when he dumps you, you can’t get away.’
OMG! OMG! OMG! I love this series and I love this author! These two characters in particular are ones that I have been waiting on and could not wait to dive into their story. Rose and Tricky have a past full of explosive chemistry, hurt feelings and actions that are almost impossible to move past. And boy does all this excite me to no end!
‘How do you move on when she’s the only thing that feels right? I’d been looking for the answer for seven long months,’
When Tricky dumped Rose without warning seven months and it broke her heart, when he immediately showed up at the bar she worked with a new hot date she swore she would never go back there again and despite constantly wanting him she has stood firm in her decision. But now Tricky is crashing everyday in her apartment, thanks to his roommate, Wes, and her roommate, Lily, having loud sexcapades all our of the night in his apartment. Now Rose is forced to decide if she can handle being around the only man to tempt her into going back on what she says. Her want for him has never wavered but the fact that she cannot trust him with her heart still stands firm.
‘Lying there with him, I realized our situation was about as stable as nitroglycerin,’
Rose is a wonderfully strong willed and no holds barge heroine. She takes no shit and doesn’t let anyone tell her what to do. Tricky, Tricky, Tricky . . . I wanted to be mad at him. I really did, he hurt my girl. But damn if I didn’t love him deeply and I was internally begging her to forgive him and allow that hot piece of man back in her bed and her heart. He was broken but still when it came to her he was sweet, tender and overwhelmingly loving. These two had so many issues to overcome but together they prove that you can’t mess with fate no matter what your brain tells you.
“With everything hanging between us, I don’t know how to find happy with her.”
Staci Hart is once again written a book that I devoured in one sitting. With her swoon worthy men and her strong and independent heroines this series is a must read for me. The group as friends is almost as intriguing as the individual romantic relationship. They are fun, witty and the kind of group you wish you were apart of. The book is listed as romantic comedy and while it is funny (to me this book was so much more. The emotions and pain went deep and the journey for them was the hardest of the series yet. No matter if you are reading this as part of the series or as a standalone I promise you that you will fall in love with these characters, the story and the beautiful writing.
~miranda
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