Jerry Cooke
4.75⭐️ - All the sapphic yearning, respectful boundaries, and empathetic help toward healing!
Hallie has really experienced a roller coaster lately; her best friend moved home, then her parent's sold the inn she'd grown up in, then said best friend fell in love with the new owner, and now they're living together and Hallie is alone again. Despite the brave face she puts on, she's really at a loss.
Brynn has been finding herself after dumping her horrible chewing fiancé grant. A perpetual people pleaser, she's more than happy to help Hallie out when Reese needs to step back from managing the inn and Hallie is truly the best person she could ask to learn from, in more ways that one. She's happy in this new role, though wishes that her sweet but overbearing parents would give her little space.
With the two spending so much time together, both during work, and in tipsy nights of watching TV and sharing truths, they quickly become close. They both want the best for each other and so when they cajole each other to dip their toes back into dating, they've got lots of opinions about the potential suiters. What neither of them expect is to find themselves getting jealous.
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I was so happy to return to Stoneport and get some time with Hallie and Brynn. I completely fell in love with Hallie during the first book and Brynn is such a sweet and supportive person - they work so well together. There's so many threads of story continued here, from Hallie, Reese, and Brynn's families, to Sydney's new career, and it's all woven in such an elegant way to give that context in a satisfying way without taking too much away from the focus on Hallie and Brynn.
It was so cute seeing them falling for each other and really entertaining how they tried to hide it from the very suspicious Sydney, who could see the change in her best friend quite easily. I really love the trope (if you can call it that) of the couple from the first book rooting for the two friends in the second to get together. Their little circle of friends is adorable and although there aren't any obvious candidates for a third book, I still secretly hope!
4.75⭐️ - All the sapphic yearning, respectful boundaries, and empathetic help toward healing!
Hallie has really experienced a roller coaster lately; her best friend moved home, then her parent's sold the inn she'd grown up in, then said best friend fell in love with the new owner, and now they're living together and Hallie is alone again. Despite the brave face she puts on, she's really at a loss.
Brynn has been finding herself after dumping her horrible chewing fiancé grant. A perpetual people pleaser, she's more than happy to help Hallie out when Reese needs to step back from managing the inn and Hallie is truly the best person she could ask to learn from, in more ways that one. She's happy in this new role, though wishes that her sweet but overbearing parents would give her little space.
With the two spending so much time together, both during work, and in tipsy nights of watching TV and sharing truths, they quickly become close. They both want the best for each other and so when they cajole each other to dip their toes back into dating, they've got lots of opinions about the potential suiters. What neither of them expect is to find themselves getting jealous.
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I was so happy to return to Stoneport and get some time with Hallie and Brynn. I completely fell in love with Hallie during the first book and Brynn is such a sweet and supportive person - they work so well together. There's so many threads of story continued here, from Hallie, Reese, and Brynn's families, to Sydney's new career, and it's all woven in such an elegant way to give that context in a satisfying way without taking too much away from the focus on Hallie and Brynn.
It was so cute seeing them falling for each other and really entertaining how they tried to hide it from the very suspicious Sydney, who could see the change in her best friend quite easily. I really love the trope (if you can call it that) of the couple from the first book rooting for the two friends in the second to get together. Their little circle of friends is adorable and although there aren't any obvious candidates for a third book, I still secretly hope!