Publication Date: September 1st 2015 by Signet
About the book:
Gwen Day has never been lucky in love, but now she’s betting on one man ready to care for her like no one ever has…
Fresh off of the most humiliating romantic disaster of her life, Gwen sees no reason not to get tipsy and throw herself at her sexy bad boy neighbor. But she never expected their one night stand to have consequences that would keep them together...or for his concern to turn into something that feels like it could last.
Dominic Brady has always admired Gwen from afar, and now that she’s single, he has no reservations about saying yes to one wild night. Soon he’s interested in a real relationship. But when their future is uncertain, Dominic is determined to show her that he takes care of what’s his. And that no matter what happens, he’s one man she can’t lose.
My
Thoughts:
Even though Gwen wasn’t in love with her last boyfriend, Mac,
she’s still smarting by being dumped by him and then having him run off and get
married immediately after. She’s having the worst birthday ever until she gets
enough liquid courage in her to go after the neighbor she’s been ogling for
months, Dominic. Knocking on his door and taking what she wants for once leads
to a steamy physical relationship, but there’s something different about
Dominic and her heart becomes hopelessly entangled lightening fast.
Dominic was biding his time to ask Gwen out when his best
friend, Mac swooped in and stole his thunder. Dominic knew Mac was dating Gwen
more to move on after the love of his life, Ava couldn’t commit. When Ava finally got her head straight and
realized she was going to lose Mac forever Gwen ended up being collateral
damage, but Dominic couldn’t be happier.
Gwen was always the one he wanted and so he planned on making his move,
but Gwen beats him to the punch and shows up tipsy and taking charge in all the
best ways.
Dominic and Gwen’s romance started off hot and heavy and I
loved Dominic! He was a take charge kind of guy but also showed how serious and
devoted he was to Gwen right off the bat.
He’d been crushing on her from afar for so long that he wanted
everything to go right now that he finally got his chance with her. Unfortunately, Gwen was struggling with
insecurities after a series of relationships that went bad and so this colored
her reactions to Dominic even though he seemed utterly devoted to her and their
growing relationship. I understand why
Gwen would feel insecure. It would be hard to trust after a run of bad
experiences. If that were the only issue
here I would’ve liked this story a lot more, but Gwen witnesses an interaction
and makes an assumption, without giving Dominic the benefit of the doubt that
leads to misunderstandings and unnecessary drama. This went on for a good portion
of the book. Dominic did make an effort
to try and find out what was bothering Gwen, why she pulled back, but when that
doesn’t work he starts taking advice from Gage, the absolute last person that
should be giving relationship advice and the situation becomes even worse.
I loved the last Davers installment, Mac and Ava’s romance,
so I was really looking forward to Gwen and Dominic’s story, but I wasn’t
thrilled with how it all played out. I
hate drama caused by miscommunications, and faulty assumptions, so while Watch Over Me started out really
strong, I had to speed read through about 40% of the book because I was
frustrated.
2.5 Suns
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