The Wake-Up Call

I don't love the haters to lovers trope because usually I don't want them to get together after they've spent so long being such jerks to each other. This one worked for me, though. There were reasons they were angry and they actually owned up to their poor behavior and made personal changes. The story was well crafted, as O'Leary is great at doing. Enjoyed it greatly!

O'Leary is so great at characters, especially side characters. I loved Mr. Townsend, Poor Mandy, Jem, Grigg, Sameera, the Hedgerses, and of course I loved Izzy and Lucas too. Obviously, I knew going in that it was going to be a fade to black situation because that is Beth O'Leary's M.O., but man, I was PISSED that it was teased up so hard for multiple chapters and then wam...whatever the female equivalent to blue balls is. lol. I liked this one.