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One Way Back To Me by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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One Way Back To Me (Wilder Brothers 1) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 18, 2022

One dance at a stranger’s wedding. That’s all it took for me to fall for Alexis.
And then? Disaster. Another man—her boyfriend—gets down on one knee and proposes to her.
I never thought I’d see her again.
Years later, I’m in desperate need of a wedding planner—not for myself, but for my company.
My five brothers and I need to get our new Wilder Resort off the ground, and Alexis is the only one savvy enough to help us.
But there’s the little matter that I still have it bad for her. Alexis has changed since the night we met. She’s gun shy. But there’s a spark between us that will not die. We both fight it, until we don’t.
Until history repeats itself. The same guy who took her away from me is back to do more damage. But this time he’ll have to go through me to get her.

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REVIEW:Are you a military man type? Are you into over the top, hot alpha’s? Well if you are, this book is for you. The first in its series, One Way back by Carrie Ann is a contemporary romance story with no major triggers.

The Wilder brothers are six strong former military men who are trying to start their retirement off with the family business. Each Wilder brother I’m guessing will get their own book, so the series would naturally start at the beginning with the oldest brother; Eli. Now, while this is the first book of the Wilder series, it does tie in somewhat with Inked Obsession as they are Eliza’s brothers.

The series starts off pretty funny and I was hooked from there. A first dance and garter catch. That’s right, a garter catch, Eli and Alexis meet at a wedding! Their flirting is funny and casual, but neither takes it too seriously as Alexis’ boyfriend drops down to a knee and pops the big question. Too bad she chose wrong. Fast forward a few years, and Alexis is now starting to rebuild her life after her shady ex and their divorse. Through a mutual friend, she reunites with Eli, who coincidentally is looking for a wedding planner just like her.

Now that they have met again, their chemistry revamps higher than ever and both are eager to be working together. Eli seems to be a work-aholic and Alexis is stressed about her new business, but neither can stop the attraction for one another. Now all they need to do is take the plunge. Do they trust each other and give into their connection?

Woweiiii! C.A.R never disappoints! I loved the coworker vibe that they have going on, and the chemistry between Eli and Alexis. The drop in from previous books characters where a happy surprise and I very much look forward to see what the other Wilder Brothers have to offer us.

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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Evernight Unleashed by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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Evernight Unleashed (Ravenwood Coven 3) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

 

 

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Release Date: March 17, 2022

In the dramatic conclusion to the Ravenwood Coven series by NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan, this sleeping magical paranormal town knows that war can be a beginning…and an ending.

Rowen Ravenwood is the final witch of her line—the only one standing in the way of Oriel, the dark necromancer who wants the core of the town’s magic for his own. With each passing battle and loss, Rowen is one step closer to losing it all if she doesn’t rely on the one man she refuses to love again. Only this time she might not have a choice when family secrets come to light.

Ash Christopher’s family curse hit him harder than anyone knows. He’s cool, relentless, and only feels what he needs to in order to survive. He’s gained everything in power and lost all else to his ambition—including Rowen. After all, a man cannot have a soul mate when he does not possess a soul.

The town of Ravenwood is dying and as the final battles come to pass, it will take the courage of a coven reborn, a mating bond broken, and a love worth fighting for in order to save all before it is lost.

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REVIEW:The Ravenwood Coven series has come to an end, but what an end it was! The final installment of C.A.R’s paranormal romance series left me with a yearning for my own kind of magical happy ending.

Who doesn’t love a good fight between good and evil? I mean come on friends we were raised on Disney stories! Rowen is the last one, the one to stop Creepy, McCreepster; Oriel, the big baddie that wants to take away all the magic. Rowen is struggling to overcome Oriel, every step, every loss, every battle is harder and harder than the one before. The town is counting on her, her family is counting on her, but she needs help.

Just not from the one person she knows she needs it from.

Ash.

The one she loved and lost, and refuses to ever love again. Just like Rowen, Ash has his own family curse, one that takes his soul. A soul that used to be her. Rowen and Ash have a broken hearted love story that shakes up the plot and keeps the story spinning and spinning. I love how fast paced this story was, we got everything we wanted for the conclusion. Answers are revealed, curses are lifted and as a dedicated romance reader, I got the happy ending I wanted so much.

Way to go C.A.R for finishing another amazing series!

Click HERE for Sarah’s review of book two DUSK UNVEILED

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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Inked Craving (Montgomery Ink) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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Inked Craving (Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins 4) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 15, 2022

Instead of walking away with a marriage proposal, Paige Montgomery ended up broken hearted and pregnant.

Now she has to figure out how to begin her life again alone.

She refuses to fall for another man, yet every time she sees Lee Grier, her traitorous heart aches for him. It doesn’t matter he’s her brother’s best friend and wants to be her rock in the storm. She knows she has to weather the oncoming pressures on her own.

When they can no longer fight the pull between them, they’ll have to remember that passion can only shelter them from reality for so long and letting themselves fall will be the hardest step yet.

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REVIEW: If I could live in a world like the one Carrie Ann Ryan builds, I would be a happy reader. Inked Craving is the fourth in the Montgomery Ink Fort Collins series. The book can be read as a standalone or in order of series. Like many of C.A.R books, Inked Craving is a contemporary romance that ends with a HEA, no major triggers and all smiles.

Paige is a one woman show, or at least she is now. After thinking she had found the man she was going to spend her life with, she is overjoyed at their possible future. Low and behold Colton is leaving, and he couldn’t care enough to even ask Paige to come along for the ride. A moment that Paige thought her life would change for the better, turns into one that haunts her. Fast forward a few weeks, and Paige’s life is altered even more than she thought. With what you ask?

A Baby.

A baby her ex wants nothing to do with. Paige has her family and friends around her, but is determined to make sure her child doesn’t suffer. When she gets low, the one person to bring her back to herself is Lee. Good ole Lee. Her brother’s best friend, she’s known him almost her entire life, but now things are different. Paige is hell bent on never putting herself on the line again to be hurt, and that means keeping her distance from the handsome Lee…but things don’t always go to plan and the most beautiful moments are the ones we never see coming.

I had a smile on my face the entire time I was reading this book. Paige and Lee’s relationship was fun to read and I really enjoyed how they started off friends and built from there. It was more than just a sexual thing for him, he truly cared about Paige and her baby, he was always there for her in a way that she needed him to be. Inked Craving was a pure happy read that any confidential reader would enjoy.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Inked Persuasion
Inked Obsession
Inked Devotion
Nothing but Ink

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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Nothing But Ink (Fort Collins 3.5) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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Nothing But Ink (Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins 3.5 / 1001 Dark Nights) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review & Excerpt Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 25, 2022.

Clay Hollins knows he needs to stay away from Riggs Kennedy. He doesn’t have time to fall for the bearded bartender that haunts his dreams and waking fantasies. Not only is he working long hours at his dream job with Montgomery Builders, but he’s raising his three cousins and they need him more than he needs a private life.

After one night of giving in, however, neither Riggs nor Clay can walk away.

Only their lives are chaotic with baggage from Riggs’ past and Clay’s present and taking a chance on each other might be the scariest yet best decision they ever make.

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REVIEW: *Rubs hands together in glee*

I love when C.A.R does a MM romance, it just works for me in so many ways. 😉 Nothing but Ink is a novella that takes place in the Montgomery Ink Fort Collins series. In this quick little story we get Clay and Riggs’ adventure.

We’ve known Clay and Riggs through a few other books, but now we get their story and all the fabulousness that comes with it. Now, I didn’t know how well these two were gonna mix, but I am happy to report that I really enjoyed their story.

Clay is all about raising the kids he has, his life is busy trying to be super Dad, and poor Riggs is still carrying around all the baggage from his past. Learning about their past connection, then when they finally give in to one another made the story. You can feel their chemistry, and then they fall right into this messy, crazy relationship together. It was everything! As with all stories, of course there are some dumps and bruises along the way, but none that can stop these two from being together.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Inked Persuasion
Inked Obsession
Inked Devotion

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Reviewed by Sarah

 

 

I should be wondering what the hell I was doing, yet I wasn’t going to ask that question of myself. I wasn’t going to question this. For once, I would think of myself and do what I wanted.
Damn the consequences.
“The number of thoughts running over your face right now could tell a story. Or maybe it’s a whole novel,” Riggs observed as he came to me with a glass in hand. I looked down at the golden liquid in the lowball glass, then up at him.
“Honey whiskey?”
“You know it.”
Riggs sat next to me on his couch, and I let out a hushed breath, wondering how the hell I was here. I wasn’t some young kid. I had been on dates before. I had slept with a man before.
It didn’t mean that I knew what the fuck I was doing now, though.
“Cheers.”
Riggs held up his glass, and I touched mine to his before taking a sip of my whiskey. The sweet taste slid over my tongue, and I swallowed, wondering if I should just toss the rest back.
“Don’t you dare do it like a tequila shot,” Riggs stated with a laugh.
I winced, then held back a laugh at what Riggs was referring to. The Montgomerys in Fort Collins loved their tequila and were damn good with it. “You know I like tequila as much as the next guy, but those Montgomerys sure can drink it.”
Riggs snorted. “It’s a little scary, to be honest. And none of them are assholes about it. They can do shots without lime or even making that weird face, and then let their designated driver or rideshare take them home. There’s no fighting. There’s no random backslapping or dancing on tabletops. They can handle their tequila. Just like I know you can handle your whiskey.”
Riggs took another sip of his, and I did my best not to watch his throat work as he swallowed. It was hard to think with him right there.
With me right here.
He was so close, and I still couldn’t believe I was here in his house. I wasn’t at home dealing with homework, picking up backpacks or shoes, or tucking in a kid for the evening.
When was the last time I’d had an evening just for myself?
The fact that I had to ask that told me I should have thought about it long ago.


 

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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Dusk Unveiled (Ravenwood Coven 2) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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Dusk Unveiled (Ravenwood Coven 2) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 13, 2022.

The Christopher curse is one of legend—so old that every new generation knows they will be touched by it. With every spell muttered, every magical pull needed to save her town, Laurel Christopher knows she’s one step closer to burning to ash and leaving those she loves behind. She’ll fight with all she has to protect her people—and the man she loves—but she might not have enough strength remaining to save herself.

Jaxton Dark lost his best friend to the necromancer attacking Ravenwood but refuses to lose his mate to a curse that could take them both. He’s well aware of the loss calling them, but before he can stand up for those he loves, a betrayal cuts him to the core.

Sacrifice was always an inevitability when it comes to the curse that threatens their fate. Yet it’s only when the darkness makes a subtle and surprising move that star-crossed lovers, Laurel and Jaxton, will truly find out the meaning of who they could be and what they must give up to survive.

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REVIEW:Dusk Unveiled is the second installment in the Ravenwood Coven. It can be read as a standalone, but it’s recommended to read the series in order. This is one of the many paranormal series that the sassy C.A.R has, and wowey, I can’t wait to see what comes next!

*Que BTS “Fire”*

What do you get with a cursed Fire witch, ready to take on the big bad evil to save her loved ones? Laurel Christopher. Every time she uses her magic, she is burned from a curse that seeks to destroy her. With Everything she has in her, all Laurel wants to do is save her town and her family, add in a mate that will stop at nothing, and life is more and more worth fighting for.

Jaxton Dark is a hawk shifter and the wing leader of his group. Born into the town, and the people he has come to love as family and friends, he has a duty to protect them from the evil threat. He will fight and die for what he believes in. Jaxton knows that Laurel is his mate, just as she does, but with the ever growing curse he doesn’t push her to finish the mating bond. That being said, Jaxton won’t let Laurel face things alone. Their spicy moments are on a level all of their own. Can Laurel defeat the threat before the curse takes her? Will she finally give in to Jaxton? Will Jaxton get the revenge he so desires?

I love a good paranormal romance, and C.A.R is so good at them! Enjoy this fast paced, sexy shifter romance but prepare yourself for the ending. The ending is gonna knock your socks off and have you yeeting your kindle across the room.

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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My Next Play (On My Own 3) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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My Next Play (On My Own 3) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 7, 2021

What happens when you fall for your best friend, but they fall in love with someone else? Nothing is what it seems in this unrequited love, new adult romance.

Miles knew Nessa never had eyes for him. Only when someone new tries to hurt her, he knows he can’t stand back any longer. It’s time she finds out the man he is behind the glasses and beneath the shell he wrapped himself in.

But now he has to hope that once she sees the real him, she’ll stay. Because he doesn’t want to let go, even if someone else tries to make that choice for them both

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REVIEW:Carrie. Ann .Ryan is the uber Queen supreme of friends turned to lovers. The Next Play is book three in the On My Own series, all books can be read as standalone, or as I recommend, in series order.

I’m going to keep this review short and sweet, much like the book, but nonetheless wonderful. Neesa and Miles, we know and love them. Well, this is their story. Friends to lovers, each watching as their friends found their happily ever after and wanting their own. When they finally take a chance on their relationship, they are happy to find that they both feel the same way. As always however, both Nessa and Miles must face their ghosts of the past to move on to their own happily ever after.

I have not a single negative thing to say about The Next Play. Miles and Nessa’s story was so sweet, and simply meant to be. It was a moving read from beginning to end, one that I wish wouldn’t have ended so soon.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

My One Night
My Rebound

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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Inked Obsession (Montgomery Ink) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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Inked Obsession (Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins 2) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 20, 2021

When men in uniform showed up on Eliza Wilder-Strong’s doorstep, she knew her life would be irrevocably altered. She not only lost her husband, but the future she’d carefully planned. A year later, she’s looking to start over—beginning with a solo healing vacation. Only she never expects to see a familiar, tempting face along the way.

Beckett Montgomery refuses to want his little sister’s best friend—especially because she’s a widow. Yet there’s no stopping the connection between them. As the temptation to give in intensifies between them, so do the reasons they shouldn’t stay together.

Painful ghosts from both of their pasts stand in their way and sometimes it’s the living that can haunt you when you’re not looking.

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REVIEW:The Montgomery’s of Fort Collins are back, and this time C.A.R has gifted us with Beckett’s story. A word of warning to readers, this book takes twist that you will not see coming, but it’s so worth the read!

Beckett has demons, ones that he’s having a very hard time dealing with. A secret from an event that happened, that no matter how he tries, he just can’t let go of. Enter in Eliza. Her life too just took a hard 180 to what she had planned. Her husband is gone, her life gone amuck and now she must learn the role as widow. There is so much to unpack with this book, and I’m not sure were to start. Eliza slowly starts to put her life back together after the loss of her husband from the military, then to again have it flipped right on it’s head again. The poor woman can’t seem to get on stable ground for some time.

Beckett and Eliza are thrown together time and again, their chemistry mounts, but no matter how ready she thinks she is to move on, life is reminding her that nothing is ever easy. My most favorite things about these two is that they started off as friends, then as things moved forward their chemistry growing, their relationship moved to the next level. Beckett and Eliza are thrown together when both their lives are for a lack of better term “hitting the fan” but they need each other to make things right, to give each other the courage to face what they need to.

I freaking love this series! I get giddy every time I pick up a new book but finishing this one gave me the best find of shivers. A pulse pounding, page turning, can’t wait to see what happens next book that if you don’t already have on your TBR you better now! Way to go C.A.R, your mind is a wonderland that I will happily subscribe to.

Click HERE for Sarah’s review of book one INKED PERSUASION

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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My Rebound (On My Own 2) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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My Rebound (On My Own 2) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK:Release Date June 8, 2021

A rebound isn’t supposed to last. Though, sometimes, fate has other ideas in this opposites attract, friends with benefits romance.

It wasn’t supposed to happen this way.

Mackenzie Thomas started planning her future at the age of six. She knew the college she wanted, the career she needed, and the boy she would marry.

Only he wasn’t supposed to break up with her in such a spectacular fashion. Now, she’s tossing her planner and breaking her rules.

First up: Pacey Ziglar.

Mackenzie wants one night of fun. One night to toss out all inhibitions with the sexy Brit across the hall. Too bad she fell for her rebound along the way.

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REVIEW:  My Rebound, the name doesn’t do it justice.

The second book in the On My Own series by Carrie Ann Ryan, My Rebound is funny, spicy and so much fun to read. When meeting Mackenzie and Pacey in the first book; My One Night Stand, I couldn’t wait to get their story. Mackenzie just got out of a very long-term relationship with her ex, Sander and to be honest, I feel like she didn’t take it as hard as I thought she would. Nevertheless, Mackenzie is a fun character and I couldn’t wait to see how her story turned out.

Pacey is a friend of a friend, an ex-roommate of Sander’s and ready and willing to be Mackenzie’s rebound guy. At first, I wasn’t sure how his relationship was going to be with Mackenzie; but then, they were friends, they were nerding out over math together, laughing and having fun. Pacey gives off a major boy next store vibe and I am living for it! He’s just a nice guy, maybe a little rough around the edges, but a heart of gold beats inside.

Pacey and Mackenzie have the best chemistry and the most fun together, being alone for the first time in her life, Mackenzie is a little lost at first and then she does my favorite thing. She plans! Oh come on now! Who doesn’t love a planner girl? I have absolutely nothing bad to say about this book, it was funny and loving to read. C.A.R always knows how to write a book series. I’m very excited to see Tanner and Miles again! Fingers crossed.

Click HERE for Sarah’s review of book one MY ONE NIGHT

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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