Powerless

“He's constantly trying to blend into the background, but even when he's hiding, I see him.”
Synopsis
Jasper and Sloane have been friends ever since he was first taken it by her cousins, the Eatons of Chestnut Springs, and Sloane has been in love with him just as long. Jasper considers Sloane his best friend, so when she decides to jilt her fiance at the altar, he offers to be her getaway driver. In the aftermath, she needs some time away from her father and ex in the city, so she joins Jasper on a road trip he takes to visit his sister.

“I've seen all the darkest parts of you and I'm still here. I still want more. Stop trying to scare me away. It isn't going to work.”
Tropes and Themes

• Small town
• Road trip
• Grumpy/Sunshine
• Friends-to-lovers
• Only one bed
• Found family

“It's like she and I are tethered together, but she's the strong one. The pillar. And when troubled waters wash me downstream, all I have to do is follow the rope that ties me back to her. It always leads me back to her.”

My Thoughts

• My favourite of the Chestnut Springs series so far!
• I adore friends-to-lovers with a long history of mutual pining, and this book has so many of my preferred tropes and executes them well.
• Great smut scenes, Jasper has a soft-Dom vibe going on.
• Really enjoyed all the slice-of-life scenes with the Eaton family.
• I want more Beau, I missed him in this one, and I hope he gets his own book soon.
• Harvey was once again both hilarious and insightful, he's a wonderful dad figure.
• Winter and Theo's first meeting seemed promising!

“I'm not scared anymore. You're not my fucking friend. You're just mine.”