Series & Title: The O'Brien Family Series, Book 5: Save Me
Author: Cecy Robson
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Publisher: Cecy Robson, LLC
Release Date: April 25, 2018
Genre: Contemporary, Comedy, Romance
ARC Received From & Reviewed For: IndieSage PR
Three weddings. No date. What’s a hot stud to do when all the women on his speed dial are either serving dinner to their families or serving time?
Out of all the O’Briens, Seamus is the best-looking, most creative, and, did I mention, best-looking? Single at almost forty wasn’t a big deal until every sibling in his large and loud Irish family found “the one.” Now, he’s desperate for a wedding date, one he doesn’t have to worry will make out with the limo driver or rob the bride and groom blind.
Allie Mendes is the good daughter, who’s spent her life living in her perfect sister’s shadow. But when her sister steals the man Allie was supposed to marry, that shadow she’s lived in threatens to swallow her whole. Allie wants to believe a bright future awaits. But when she begs God to save her from this disastrous twist of fate, the last person she expects Him to send her is Seamus O’Brien.
Allie needs a stand-in boyfriend to avoid appearing as lonely as she feels. Seamus needs a decent woman without an ankle bracelet or a rap sheet as long as his muscular arms. The two make a deal to pose as each other’s perfect date. But weddings mean romance and a chance at forever neither had planned.
So... This story. It was okay. At times. Other times, it was overwhelming. The characters were, to be precise.
Seamus is not my ideal hero. He's crass, brash, conceited, and arrogant. His age, experience, and wealth might be reason enough to be the way he is but it was cringe-worthy reading about him. Two qualities I did like: his age and his persistence. But even those things didn't sway me towards me him anymore by the time I reached the end.
Allie was a perfect opposite to Seamus. She is the epitome good girl/daughter. She played by the rules and ended up being left behind by a rotten man and horrible family. There was nothing, absolutely nothing, nice about her family. She should have disowned them long ago, consequences be damned. She deserved happiness; I wasn't all that confident Seamus could show her what that was.
I'm not sure if the portrayal of characters is accurate of people in Philly, men and women, but, aside from Allie, I had a hard time connecting to everyone, and even my connection with Allie was marginal. She was lovely in a downcast woe-is-me way, but she was too much wallflower and not enough fire regardless of Seamus's tutoring her into being the woman he seemed to know was hiding behind the frumpy clothes and hairdo.
I read this a few times, wondering if my opinion would change after reading, hoping it would. It didn't. It is a friends-to-lovers story, a nerdy-girl-falls-for-popular-boy story, an ugly-duckling-to-beautiful swan story, all tropes I enjoy reading from time to time. But it also left a lot to be desired.
Cecy (pronounced Sessy) Robson is an author of contemporary romance, young adult adventure, and award-winning urban fantasy. A double RITA® 2016 finalist for Once Pure and Once Kissed, and a published author of more than seventeen titles, you can typically find her on her laptop writing her stories or stumbling blindly in search of caffeine.
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