I Wish You Were Mine

12:00 am 17 February 2018

True story, I had utterly and fantastically given up on Lauren Layne. She writes shit NA, at least IMO. She even seemed to write shit second chance heroes in those books. Which is, like, really really tough for me. Second chance & proximity are my drug. Then I saw some friends saying the Oxford series was worth a shot, and because their tastes line up with mine, I gave it a go.

I'm not sorry. These have still been 3-4 star range (NA of Layne's tended to fall in 1-3 star range iirc) so they aren't anything I'm shouting from the mountaintops about or anything but they are really pretty cute and delightful. And yes, even a bit hot. Jackson Burke did it for me. Yes, their relationship veered into a bit of weird territory. I didn't adore the ex's prominent and, frankly, complicated position in this book, but I did like Jackson. And weirdest of all, I found him so so relatable. What is a QB without a football, after all? And without his team? And without his Texas? I'm dealing with oddly similar questions in the context of my own life, so I really understood his struggle with his identity. He didn't come off as too bitter, just kind of hurt, confused,and sorrowful, but in a very understandable and relatable way.

The heroine was sweet and tough. She was a great one. In the end, even with the complications of their relationship and the weirdness, I really rooted for this couple. They just seemed to deserve one another.

And that kitchen scene...yum....

Which makes me think again of this scene in another book where a hero licked the heroine's spine and I about died...I wish I could remember what book that was.

And thanks to the LL fans who convinced me to give her another chance. I think I even liked this one more than most of you! 3.5

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