This was just a wonderful character driven story with a hot romance between Maddie and Jax. I laughed out loud at times and wanted to bear hug the sisters at other times. Listened for Fun (Audible) Overall Rating: 4.25 Story Rating: 4.00 Character Rating: 4.50 Audio Rating: 3.00 (not part of the overall rating) Part of my 25 Books for the Holidays for 2012 How Simply Irresistible put me in the Holiday Spirit: I love stories about sisters and them coming together for the Holidays! Also I love books that spread the Mistletoe liberally and Simply Irresistible did just that :) What I thought of characters/story: Simply Irresistible was such a fun read. He even refuses to have sex with Maddie at one point because he feels she is He falls madly in love with Maddie and wants to make sure she is not sleeping with him just for the physical part but for love. Too good to be true? Well that's not all, he goes around saving people of Lucky Harbor from financial ruin and lends them money to save their business or house.

Jax is gorgeous, has a law degree, has lots and lots of money and his values and integrity are so high he stops being a lawyer (I think the author has a very low opinion of lawyers), leaves everything and goes to Lucky Harbor to become a handyman (just for fun cause he's rich). I like fairytales as much as the next girl but come on, the author over did it a bit. Jax is the type of man that I cannot even imagine ever existing. I love romance books and I enjoyed this story but it was almost too perfect.

The trilogy in order: Simply Irresistible The sweetest thing Head over heels It would be nice if the subsequent books revisited Maddie and Jax story. The only thing I did not like was Tara's voice.ĭo you think Simply Irresistible needs a follow-up book? Why or why not? It gave me the happy ending I love and you get to understand the characters so much more.ĭid Celeste Ciulla do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?Ĭeleste Ciulla did a very good job differentiating the characters and she did an amazing job with the different male voices. The ending was the best part of the book. What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!) It has a different narrator but sounds great. So I'll skip that one and get book three (Chloe's story). I don't think I'll get book two because it is narrated by the same person and the voice she gave Tara is way too old for the character. Maddie goes throug a personal journey that is quite interesting and seeing the relationship with her sisters get better is really nice. She has lost Her job and broke up with her abusive boyfriend and goes to Lucky Harbor to work on the Inn her mother left her and her sisters as inheritance. Simply Irresistible is book one of the Lucky Harbor trilogy. I would try another book by the same author and/or the same narrator.

Would you try another book from Jill Shalvis and/or Celeste Ciulla?

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