Storm chaser Max Grady can already feel it: there’s a tornado coming to his hometown of Chance, Nebraska. Max is going after it, and the only person he wants by his side is police officer Bree McDermott, fellow adrenaline junkie, his best friend, and the woman Max has secretly been in love with for years. But when a close call with a tornado leaves them lip-locked, Max knows that the danger is … only beginning.
Bree is always up for excitement. Her close and sexy encounter with Max is unlike anything she’s felt before, and she wants more. As they work together to help clean up Chance, the air between them crackles with sexual tension. But Bree has a tendency to look ahead to the next thrill, and Max knows it. Now they’re all tangled up as they chase the strongest force of nature on earth: love.
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Loved It
This is a wonderful book about two people who have loved & known each other a long time. But really haven’t been a true couple because he thought she always wanted exciting. But both have grown up and are realizing they belong together when comes home for a class reunion. They see each other once a month but until the tornado hits the hometown, they realize that love has been there all along. I have read other books by Erin and she draw’s you into the characters.
I loved this best friends to lovers story. Max was oh so hot and Bree was so adventurous. They were perfect for one another even though it took Bree some time to convince Max. That was also one of the things I liked about Bree, she went after what she wanted and she was always honest with her thoughts and feelings. They had a friendship that spanned over 20 years and they had their ups and downs but I was so happy they finally got their HEA. Another aspect of the story I really enjoyed was that their romance timeline occurred at the same time as Avery and Jake’s from Twisted Up. It was so much fun to read this book and recall what happened with Jake and Avery too. If you haven’t read Twisted Up, you don’t really need to to be caught up with this story but you are missing a really great story if you haven’t. I loved both stories in this series so far and I can’t wait for it to finish off with the last male cousin remaining, Dillon. I hope Dillon and Kit’s story will be just as great.
This is the second book in the taking chances series by Erin Nicholas . I absolutely loved this book. This is Max and Bree’s story. Max is all into the weather while Bree is what you would call a dare devil. If you want to know more about Max and Bree I strongly suggest you read this book, and any others from Erin.
Favorite Quotes:
It was skydiving. That would always be more exciting than law enforcement in a town where people stopped to let squirrels run across the road.
‘I’ve read your blog… I even understood the big words’ … Okay, she had needed to Google a couple of the words. He didn’t need to know that.
He was the only thing she could imagine being better than liquor at making her feel good. Maybe she should tell him that. He needed to have sex with her to save her liver.
I know that you go all in, that when you’re in a moment, that’s all that exists. That’s what I want – to be that moment where you’re fully there and there’s nothing else that matters.
My Review:
Tangled Up is a combination second chance and childhood neighbors/best friends to lovers story. The character of Bree was initially difficult for me to care for – she was a self-centered narcissistic thrill seeker; impulsive, flighty, immature, restless, easily bored, and had a rather short attention span. Max was a much more endearing character, observant, considerate, smart, and insightful. Having been raised in a rural area known as a “tornado magnet” Max had become a storm chaser as a teenager, which he turned it into a vocation by becoming an expert on reconstruction and a professor of meteorology. He had left his small town at age eighteen but returned periodically to see his friends and family and engage in daring outdoor adventures with Bree to indulge her adrenaline rush tendencies through skydiving, zip-lining, hiking, etc. Bree experienced an epiphany of sorts while up close and personal in a ditch during a tornado with Max, and started seeing her childhood best friend in a new light. She had taken him for granted all of her life, and despite knocking on thirty; she had never stopped to consider her future, assuming he would always be her traveling companion and fellow adventurer. But Max had contemplated the future and was just about out of patience with Bree. The storyline was sprinkled with amusing observations, humorous banter, and steamy and spicy sensual bits. The narrative was written from a third person POV while the plot was a bit slow to evolve; tending to be somewhat circular with a bit of re-treading of the same troublesome issues during the characters’ inner musings. I did enjoy the dawning of awareness for Bree and her ice cream metaphors, although I now have a rather extreme craving for a hot fudge sundae.
Another great book by Erin Nicholas! This book had it all-a strong woman, an alpha man, hot sex & danger. Bree comes across as a total adrenaline junkie, happiest when she’s risking everything. Max has been friends with Bree since they were little & has wanted more from her for over half that time. He just doesn’t think she can settle down to just him & he doesn’t want to put his heart on the line, get it broken & lose their friendship too.
I loved this story! Bree & Max are on a journey to figure out what they each want in life & in a relationship. Max wants to move back home to Chance but not if Bree isn’t there. Bree is considering moving to a different job in a different state. They seem to have a great friendship but they really lacked in communication skills. Max thought he knew her best & that he knew what she wanted out of life. Bree just assumed he was right & didn’t think about it. I really enjoyed the development of these characters & the evolvement of their relationship. The interactions with the other two couples & the rest of the town members was fun to watch along the way. I can’t wait for Dillon & Kit’s story!