It’s true. I’m not what most people
would call “pretty” and, well, high school was rough. Fast forward ten years
and life is good…Until a bunch of jerks think it’s
hilarious to put the “butterface” (AKA me) on a wedding Kiss Cam with the
hottest guy ever—and that old humiliation hits hard. I recognize him immediately. The
sexiest cop in Waterbury and totally out of my league. But then he kisses me. And we
totally forget the room, the crowd, everything. Then he tells everyone we’ve
been dating for months.
Soon everything starts to feel too
real, from adorable fights over “necessary” tools to fix my broken porch to
surviving a free-for-all dinner with his six siblings to picking up where our
last kiss left off. But there’s something he’s not
telling me about why he’s really hanging around, and I’m pretty sure it has to
do with my mob-connected brothers. Because this is not a make-over
story, and Cinderella is only a fairy tale…
I'll
confess that I accidentally read this series completely out of order, but after
thoroughly loving the book I started with, I decided to go back to the
beginning. After discovering Ms. Flynn back at the end of 2020, I've quickly
read through most of her recent novels, loving the flow, characters and
storylines. On that note, if anyone knows of any other great romance hockey
series, definitely drop me a line and let me know!
I do
have the benefit of hindsight with this series and I will say that this wasn't
my favourite of the set (it's Tomboy, and it's been re-read twice), but it was
still a strong novel. As mentioned above, you just can't help but like Ms.
Flynn's characters. She does an excellent job of not only drawing you into the
plotline and main characters, but also building a strong cast of secondary
characters that you want to see more of (and thankfully results in more books
in the series). It's the same with this novel, and you quickly grow to like all
the characters, both major and minor. I did find that this was lighter than her
other novels in the series, but there is still a good cast.
I will
still confess though that I was a little confused with our heroine, Gina, and I'm still
a little uncertain of her nickname, 'Butterface.' I did find in this novel that
there wasn't too much of a physical description, other than her nose, but I
wasn't entirely sure what was so wrong with her physical appearance. Given that
this seemed quite relevant to the novel, I was a little confused, but it's not
something that detracts from the novel, it just left me somewhat confused.
The plot
itself wasn't similar enough to the rest of her series to make it a cut and
paste copy, but reading all three novels, there are definite similarities enough to
know that Ms. Flynn is following a similar formula in this series, but they are
still very enjoyable and keep you entranced and reading. I did enjoy the chemistry between the
characters, and this is a light-hearted romance, with nothing too heavy, that
keeps you reading and definitely excited for the rest of the series.
Rating:
3.5/5
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