I saved $3000 to buy a night with my best friend.And a lot of good it did me. Someone outbid the crap out of me, and he’s off with her, probably falling in love because I dumped his butt into the friend zone one too many times.Well, I’m not one to sulk over past mistakes. I’m all about correcting those babies, and I’ll do anything—including chucking basketballs at an innocent girl’s face—to get … chucking basketballs at an innocent girl’s face—to get Alec back in my arms.
That’s what Valentine’s Day is all about, right?
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Although this is officially the third book in the series, I read it first.
Like other readers have mentioned, I too was struggling a bit with the structure of the book, switching between timelines, and repeating much of the same plot from both points of view.
Technicalities aside, I think Alec is an excellent hero and fits in with the other heroes in Cassie Mae’s stories I’ve already “met”. I’m sad to say that I didn’t like Theresa as much (not like some others of Cassie Mae’s sheroes). At times I was wondering why Alec still put up with her.
Still, it was an entertaining story with a fitting HEA, and now I want to read the other books in the series, too.
Originally reviewed on Goodreads on 6/20/2016 The books in this series received a new look this year but the story inside is just the same and just as good!
I’m usually lucky enough to read Cassie Mae’s books while she’s in the process of writing them, but I did not have that opportunity with this book even though the main character borrowed my name 😉 So, for the first time in a very long time, I was patiently waiting for release day along with everyone else. At that moment, I wasn’t Cassie’s critique partner or friend, I was just an eager fan.
On release day I purchased it, and since it was a busy day for me, I told myself I was only going to read a couple pages and then I got sucked into Alec and Theresa’s world. For a day and a half every chance I had I was sneaking in pages, trying to get to the end. I fell in love with their story and not just because I’m a sucker for a good best friends turned lovers story, but because it had everything I love about a good book: characters that I care about and am rooting for, secondary characters that help create a realistic world, suspense of will they or won’t they, and just damn good writing.
I loved the flashbacks and getting backstory of the characters. It helped showcase this growing attraction and bond that was so realistic and relatable. While most of the story takes place in a single night these parts revealed the slow, simmering build that got us to this point.
Being best friends with the opposite sex can be complicated and messy and this story is a perfect example of that. And I loved that it wasn’t so cut and dry because in the real world it’s not. There’s so many layers to crossing that line and I loved how piece by piece we got to see them teetering on that line and occasionally jumping over it.
I also loved how we got to see both points of view of the night. Reading Theresa’s part was fun because I got to think back to Alec’s parts and piece the puzzle together. The layout of the story was different, but it was unique and fresh and the best way to tell this friends to lovers story.