The Book:
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey (Bellinger Sisters #2)
Published March 1st 2022 by Avon Books
Date read: February 17, 2022
The Characters:
Hannah
Fox
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The Plot (from Goodreads):
King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he’s a guaranteed good time–in bed and out–and that’s exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She’s immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his… personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is.
Now, Hannah’s in town for work, crashing in Fox’s spare bedroom. She knows he’s a notorious ladies’ man, but they’re definitely just friends. In fact, she’s nursing a hopeless crush on a colleague and Fox is just the person to help with her lackluster love life. Armed with a few tips from Westport’s resident Casanova, Hannah sets out to catch her coworker’s eye… yet the more time she spends with Fox, the more she wants him instead. As the line between friendship and flirtation begins to blur, Hannah can’t deny she loves everything about Fox, but she refuses to be another notch on his bedpost.
Living with his best friend should have been easy. Except now she’s walking around in a towel, sleeping right across the hall, and Fox is fantasizing about waking up next to her for the rest of his life and… and… man overboard! He’s fallen for her, hook, line, and sinker. Helping her flirt with another guy is pure torture, but maybe if Fox can tackle his inner demons and show Hannah he’s all in, she’ll choose him instead?
The Review:
Check out my review of the first book in the series, It Happened One Summer!
I loved the story in It Happened One Summer, but wasn’t the biggest fan of the type of dirty talk. My biggest memory of the first book in this series was that the dirty talk was overly forced and icky, although it did provide me with some pretty funny screenshots to send to friends. So I was definitely glad that the dirty talk in Hook, Line, and Sinker was actually sexy instead of cringeworthy!
I liked Hannah a lot. I related to how she felt like a supporting actress in her own life, and how it really took her out of her comfort zone to ask for what she wanted.
I’m not really a music person, but I liked the way Hannah and Fox talked through songs. It made for a fun medium to tell the story through, and I’m hoping Tessa has published a playlist of Hannah and Fox’s songs.
It was fun to see Brendan and Piper again on the periphery of the story, as well as the sisters’ grandmother Opal. The epilogue was the perfect way to wrap up this little duo of books.
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