The Takeover

Actual rating: 5/5 stars

Swoon Sister Book Club August Pick: Single Parent Trope

I literally adored every page of this book. It was absolutely hilarious but also touched on really hard topics. I always need something extra in my contemporary romances to push them up to a 5 star and for me, that was the exploration of grief and moving on after loss. The two main characters were both absolutely amazing and I loved the kids. This gives me really similar vibes to Hero by Lauren Rowe which was on my favorites list of 2020 and this one has a chance to be on it too. If you really liked this I recommend Hero and vice versa.

Not as good as the first one, mostly because the main character has children and they ran most of the storyline, and I am child-free by choice, so I didn't like it. Other than that, they story line was OK, not as good as the first, but I like how it was longer and more developed than most of the other books I read. The ending was cute and had the prefect happily ever after that I love.

This book made laugh so damn hard... Cry so many times!!! Fletcher and Harry OMG HILARIOUS!!! The way Fletcher attacm Tristan with his underpamts and try to put it in his mouth!!! AND THE WAY HARRY GRABBED THE DOLL OR SOMETHING AND PUT THE CORD AROUND ITS NECK AND LOOK AT TRISTAN WHILE DOING IT LMAOOO FUNNIEST THING EVER!!! This author is so amazing with their work... that I have fallen in love with them... I love the writing its just hdjnsjsjsjs sooo good!!!

All of the stars for Tristan Fucking Miles and those boys! I absolutely loved them - I laughed, I cried and I didn't want it to end.

This was so much more fun than I expected it to be, the pranks with the boys, the banter with them and other characters, but also had some really heart wrenching moments, with Claire's grief and worries as well as the boys missing their dad.

I read this out of order as its the second book but I don't think the stories are connected, even though they relate to brothers, so seems okay to read them in any order.