Catherine Bybee

The Whole Time by Catherine Bybee
The D’Angelos #4

Perfect story for me to read today ~ Have loved every book in this series and would love to be an honorary member of this family.

What I liked:
* The return to San Diego and the D’Angelo family and catching up with the various characters from previous books in the series
* Salena Barone: restaurant manager for the D’Angelo’s restaurant, seeks independence from controlling old-fashioned parents, free spirit, responsible, caring, good friend, team player, rather intrigued by Ryan
* Ryan Rutledge: wealthy, real estate owner, into motorcycles, silent partner of Mateo, has no interest in family wine business, the black sheep of his family, protective, open, honest, caring, rather taken with Salena
* Ashlynn: owner of the pole dancing studio, highly skilled, instructor of pole dancing, has a solution for Salena’s money woes
* That I could see Ryan and Salena together – they are perfect for one another
* The family interactions and how different one family was from another
* The close community of Little Italy – want to find it next time I’m in San Diego
* Wondering if there will be a book five in this series and if so, who will be the main characters
* Thinking about pole dancing as a sport-exercise-profession-workout and wondering how difficult it would be to take up
* The epilogue – great way to end the book

What I didn’t like:
* Thinking about the pressure the daughters must have felt growing up in Little Italy
* Wondering why “mean girls-women” feel entitled to do the things they do

Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more in this series/by this author? Definitely!

Thank you to NetGalley and Montlake for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars… (mere)

This was an okay romance novel. Chloe has been in love with Dante (her elder brothers' best friend) for the longest time and one crazy night in Vegas, things turn out of hand and they find themselves married. The book then explores what happens after.

I liked it, I think it was an okay romance. I liked the 2 leads and their families. Chloe's brother annoyed me a bit with how far he took the over protective/bearing elder brother situation, and the climax plot was very weird. But overall, it was an okay book.

Thanks to the Publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.… (mere)