First, I want to note that this book is listed as a standalone but I feel you would get so much more out of it if you read Tru Blue first. In my mind, these two books are part of a series. And, to a lesser extent, they’re attached to Peaceful Harbor branch of the Braden family from the Love in Bloom series. Though you can absolutely read this book without having read that particular series. Now that I have that out of the way…

This book blew me away. I already mentioned it in my review of Tru Blue, but I love the Whiskey family. Still, Bear Whiskey’s story far exceeded my expectations. So often we have a hero who is the oldest sibling and took on too much responsibility for his family in order to make sure everyone else can live their dreams. I liked having that flipped a bit with Bear filling that role while being the youngest boy and second youngest sibling.

Crystal was a lot of fun in Tru Blue, but here we get so see what she’s hiding with her snarky attitude and devil-may-care attitude. My heart just broke for her and the scenes when she’s opening up to Bear are amazing. I swear, my stomach was in a constant state of butterflies throughout this book. Sometimes for the things Crystal went through growing up, sometimes for the palpable love coming off the pages between Bear and Crystal.

Once Crystal made up her mind to let Bear in, their relationship progressed at warp speed. I do not consider this an insta-romance though since Bear had been pursuing her for 8 months. I love that they were friends, even while he was trying to get a date from her. He never really pushed any further than she would be comfortable with. As much as they set each other on fire before they really started their relationship, they were also comfortable with each other. It added a sweetness to this smoking hot story.

See full review at https://allingoodtimeblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/17/truly-madly-whiskey-book-review/

I absolutely loved this book!
I haven’t read book one so I don’t know if Bear makes his feelings for Crystal known from the start but this book makes it sound like he does.
I adored Bear. He’s alpha but with such a sweet side. A lot of times, authors go overboard with the alpha and the guy comes off as a douche. Not Bear. He wants crystal. He insinuates himself into her life and her space as often as he can but he is not overbearing my pushy.
Crystal has been through a lot. Her past has kept her locked up and hiding though you’d never know it. She’s a tough girl who’s no nonsense. But she’s so much more.
I loved so many things about this book:
The love interests have lives outside of one another. They aren’t constantly on the run from something or being kidnapped, stalked, or threatened.
Their lives are familiar and believable.
They talk to one another. Once they start to date, they talk about silly things and hard things.
Therapy is discussed as a positive, beneficial thing.
Their friends are awesome. They are supportive and fun.
Bears family is incredible. They are big badass men and tough capable women who love each other. They don’t always agree but they always love and support each other.
Plenty of steam. This was not over the top either. It was amazing!
I cannot wait to read more books by this author. I am going back to get book one as well!