Sarina Bowen’s writing works for me, so it’s no surprise I liked this. However, it is probably my least favorite in the Brooklyn series.
Bess is a strong, independent, and competent woman. I love competent characters! I like how passionately she feels about being a mom. I think it would be easier to make her hate or at least not want kids. There’s nothing wrong with wanting or not wanting kids, but people are complex and Bess is that.
This book does deal with infertility which I think is a complicated issue to navigate. Without going into spoilers, I think Ms. Bowen did a fairly good job, but I would’ve preferred a different ending. What I did really appreciate was that Tank is really the one with the emotional struggle. There are men who want kids and are hurt by infertility-it’s not just women. His emotion and pain felt very real and raw.
The romance was second-chance which I love. Bess and Tank had a fling like 10 years earlier. They still have great chemistry, but there is more to building a relationship than good sex. I like that Ms. Bowen looks at this in all her books. Their relationship doesn’t develop the way I’m used to, but I liked it. I would’ve liked more of their first meeting, but she did write a little freebie for this which I plan on reading soon.
Tank was just traded to Brooklyn which I actually liked. The team is kind of a fun family and it was interesting to see them from an outside perspective. And it is really hard to be traded-your whole life is uprooted and you have no say. It’s pretty sad when you think about it.
I love being back in Brooklyn. And now I want to re-read all the books.
Thanks for reading!
Holly