Melissa Brayden is one of the best lesfic romance writers. Definitely
amongst our top three favourites. She writes likeable characters, engaging
dialogues, immersive stories with a good balance between emotion and awesome
sex scenes.
Having said that, this one fell a little flat for us.
This is the third and final instalment of the Soho Loft
Romances featuring a group of four friends: Brooklyn, Samantha, Hunter and
Mallory. The SoHo Loft Romances have been so much fun and the friendship
amongst the four girls is awesome.
Ready or Not is Mallory’s
story. Mallory Spencer comes from old money and is a little uptight. Hope
Sanders has scraped her way upwards slowly but surely and has just become the
owner of a bar which the four friends frequent. Hope’s interest in Mallory was
established right from the first book of the series setting stage for this
book.
We felt that this book is the weakest of the lot. Somehow
the pairing between Mallory and Hope (the bartender) was kind of forced. Yes,
Brayden writes great chemistry and sex, but just the pairing was a little –
ummm, forced.
But then, Brayden can do hardly any wrong. If this was a
standalone book, it would’ve been great. The problem is this is a part of a
really fantastic series, and falls short only, and only, by that fact.
⭐⭐⭐
It is interesting to note that Brayden has taken a
different, but established, trope in each of the books. The first one, Kiss
the Girl was age-gap and enemies-to-lovers. In the second one, Just
Three Words, we saw friends-to-lovers. This one is rich-girl-poor-girl and
something of melting the ice queen. Despite not being quite blown away by this
book as much as we are by most of Brayden’s book, it is the finale of the
series so deserves a read.
