THE HOOKUP
Kristen Ashley
Series: Moonlight and Motor Oil #1
Genre: Romance
Publisher: Kristen Ashley
Pages: 358
Release date: December 19th 2017
This was it. This was all he was ever going to have.When the new girl in town, Eliza “Izzy” Forrester decides to hit the local drinking hole, she’s not ready to meet the town’s good, solid guy. She’s definitely not prepared to engage in her very first hookup with him.
Then Izzy wakes up the next morning in Johnny Gamble’s bed and good girl Izzy finds she likes being bad for Johnny.
Even so, Izzy feels Johnny holding her at arm’s length. But Johnny makes it clear he wants more and Izzy already knows she wants as much of hot-in-bed, sweet-out-of-it Johnny Gamble.
Floating on air thinking this is going somewhere, Izzy quickly learns why Johnny holds distant.
He’s in love with someone else. Someone who left him and did it leaving him broken. Whoever was up next would be runner up, second best. Knowing the stakes, Izzy will take what she can get from the gentleman that’s Johnny Gamble. And even knowing his heart might never mend, Johnny can’t seem to stay away from Izzy.
Until out of nowhere, his lost love comes back to town. He’s not going back, but Johnny still knows the right thing to do is let Izzy go.
And Izzy knew the stakes, so she makes it easy and slips through his fingers.
But that’s before Johnny realizes Eliza moved to town to escape danger that’s been swirling around her.
And that’s why Johnny decides to wade in.
That and the fact Eliza Forrester makes breakfast with a canary singing on her shoulder and fills out tight dresses in a way Johnny Gamble cannot get out of his head.
The Hookup is a steamy and lighthearted Romance novel with the just the right amount of angst and drama. The fast pace and humorous dialogue hook you right in, and the developed characters make you fall in love with the story. The slow build and sweetness of the romance is the cherry on top of this fun and swoony novel.
Kristen Ashley is back with another heart-stealing series. This book very much goes back to the classic KA we know and love, with an unique setting and interesting characters. The plot is character driven and doesn’t have a lot of conflict, but the direction KA takes the story is great; especially since the love triangle turns out not to be a love triangle!
This is a really fun read. The premise made me a little nervous since I’m not a fan of love triangles, but KA didn’t disappoint. I love how she writes Izzy and Johnny’s romance and the progression of their relationship, as well as the unraveling of Johnny’s ex-girlfriend coming back to the picture. If you’re someone who despises love triangles, be assured that’s not something that carries any kind of weight in this story.
That said, I loved the characters! Izzy and Johnny are super sweet; they have very unique voices as narrators and the writing is smooth as we go from one POV to the next. The side characters are also well-developed and add depth to the story, and also give us a little clue at what’s to come in the next installments of the series.
Like all KA novels, there needs to be a little drama and angst. I found that the last major conflict in the book fell a little bit flat. This is not a book that relies on sadness to further the plot, but the lack of impact these scenes caused brought the story down a tiny little bit.
In the end, The Hookup is exactly what I expected it to be. It is familiar, but still super fun and entertaining. KA’s writing is great and engaging, and the lovely characters and sweet romance are highlights. Definitely recommend it to all KA and Romance fans!
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