Review of Deal Makers: A Brother's Best Friend Romance (Dealing With Love Book 3) by Laura Lee
Charlee wants her brother's best friend, Drew. She has no idea that the Bro Code exists, though, and when she finds out, she's less than impressed by its stupid existence. Yep, Bro Code. That tired cliché wherein a guy is good enough to be friends with, but not good enough for the guy's sister. Whatevs...I have two older brothers, and let me tell you, if one of them had the nerve to tell me his best friend wasn't good enough for me because he was a manwhore just like my brother was, yeah well that would not have sat well with me. Talk about a hypocrite. Not that my brother ever thought any guy was good enough for me, but that's not the same thing as saying his friend wasn't good enough for me because he treated women the same way my brother did.
Anyway...Drew and Charlee eventually give in after a night of drunkenness in Vegas, where the whole gang is assembled for Riley and Devyn's (from Deal Breakers) bachelor and bachelorette parties. Only giving in leads to a memory blackout and a marriage certificate. OOOOOPS! What will Drew do now that he's broken Brody's Bro Code?!
I have to say that I was a tad disappointed by Deal Makers. Brother's best friend is one of my favorite tropes, but only when it's done well. Here the brother part is what brought it down because Brody was a complete douche in this story and it influenced Charlee into making her own bad decisions. Before she messed up so epically near the end, I mostly liked her. I appreciated that she was funny and tough, but when she wimped out because of her stupid brother, I lost all respect for her, and the story. Drew, I loved though. He was sweet and sexy, and much more vulnerable than the average alpha hero these days.
There was also the problem that the pacing was a little off in Deal Makers. It bogged down in the middle and I started to get bored waiting for something to happen. The pace picked up at the end, but then it rushed headlong into a cute grand gesture. 3.5 stars seems fair for a story that while funny at times, and has a sexy lead, was draggy in the middle, and the secondary characters were annoying and influenced one of the leads into being annoying, too.
ARC via Give Me Books Promotions.
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Charlee wants her brother's best friend, Drew. She has no idea that the Bro Code exists, though, and when she finds out, she's less than impressed by its stupid existence. Yep, Bro Code. That tired cliché wherein a guy is good enough to be friends with, but not good enough for the guy's sister. Whatevs...I have two older brothers, and let me tell you, if one of them had the nerve to tell me his best friend wasn't good enough for me because he was a manwhore just like my brother was, yeah well that would not have sat well with me. Talk about a hypocrite. Not that my brother ever thought any guy was good enough for me, but that's not the same thing as saying his friend wasn't good enough for me because he treated women the same way my brother did.
Anyway...Drew and Charlee eventually give in after a night of drunkenness in Vegas, where the whole gang is assembled for Riley and Devyn's (from Deal Breakers) bachelor and bachelorette parties. Only giving in leads to a memory blackout and a marriage certificate. OOOOOPS! What will Drew do now that he's broken Brody's Bro Code?!
I have to say that I was a tad disappointed by Deal Makers. Brother's best friend is one of my favorite tropes, but only when it's done well. Here the brother part is what brought it down because Brody was a complete douche in this story and it influenced Charlee into making her own bad decisions. Before she messed up so epically near the end, I mostly liked her. I appreciated that she was funny and tough, but when she wimped out because of her stupid brother, I lost all respect for her, and the story. Drew, I loved though. He was sweet and sexy, and much more vulnerable than the average alpha hero these days.
There was also the problem that the pacing was a little off in Deal Makers. It bogged down in the middle and I started to get bored waiting for something to happen. The pace picked up at the end, but then it rushed headlong into a cute grand gesture. 3.5 stars seems fair for a story that while funny at times, and has a sexy lead, was draggy in the middle, and the secondary characters were annoying and influenced one of the leads into being annoying, too.
ARC via Give Me Books Promotions.
#bookreview #DealMakers #DealingWithLoveSeries #LauraLee #firefighter #brothersbestfriend #surprisewedding #contemporaryromance #GiveMeBooksPromotions #ARC
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