Going Under by Skye Jordan

 

3.5 Stars

KT has always been fast and free since the death of her father.  When she caught in a cyclone with two other women they became best of friends.  Seven years later she is helping fix up Laiyla’s family business to sell.  She meets Dr. Delicious when she ends up in ER Christmas Eve for stitches.  She is all for hooking up but with 3 girls at home he isn’t interested in a hook up.  The more they see each other the more they want to be together.  Can KT get passed her need to be fast and free to join the family?

This story was ok.  I read all of it and there were parts I loved a lot but there were just as many I didn’t like.  I wasn’t a big fan of KT and I had issues with some of the decisions Ben made about their relationship.  The epilogue also didn’t ring true for how KT is and if you were going to have someone do a 180 in their life it should be something that is shown in the story.  There didn’t seem like the other two woman were in this as much as they were in the first one.  Which led to a disconnect with the overall story.  I also am curious if KT ended up selling her part of the resort or if they all stayed on and she just went gallivanting around the world.  I will be reading the last book just because I want to see how the series ends.

Book 2 Wildfire Lake

In too Deep by Skye Jordan

3.5 Stars

Laiyla was always being pulled in different directions.  Her heart wanted to stay in Wildfire Lake with her grandpa and the love life, Levi.  Her parents wanted her to concur the hotel market for them.  It wasn’t until Laiyla, KT, and Chloe nearly die in a tropical storm that Laiyla starts changing.  For their 30 birthday they decide to meet at Laiyla’s grandpa’s property.  She finds it has been severely neglected and needs to be taken care of.  The 3 ladies decide they should team up and create a vacation space.  The one glitch in the plan is running into her ex Levi.  The spark is still there and she will need to decide what she wants out of her life.

I liked this book but got really tired of Laiyla’s indecisive behavior.  I also didn’t like Levi’s ultimatum.  Why couldn’t he take it a day at a time.  He would have 2 years to woo her and show her all the ways they are awesome together.  Instead he pressured her to be all in and then was surprised that the woman who is indecisive and feeling strain from her parents pressuring her can’t make a decision.   Then he gets mad when she doesn’t want to introduce him to her overbearing family and calls it quits on her.  It was frustrating.  Plus he never addressed the towns people being dicks to her.  His sister did but not him.  What I did like was the relationship between Laiyla and her friends.  I want more with them.  The 3 ladies balanced each other.  I liked the writing and interplay of the ladies and will definitely check out their stories.

Book 1 Wildfire Lake