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reads2love's review
5.0
This was a great story. An intense and romantic friends to lovers tale. Bryson is delightfully patient and swoon-worthy. He realizes that he is in love with his best friend after she is in a car accident. Anahi is a great girl, and what I really liked was, despite her situation, she wasn't whiny. Their romance is sweet. I really enjoyed the story. Once I started reading, I wasn't able to put it down. I received a copy for an honest review.
jen286's review
3.0
This review was originally posted to Jen in Bookland
24 Roses was a good read. I enjoyed watching Anahi and Bryson figure out the more than friends thing. Bryson has always been in love with Anahi. Since the first moment he saw her when she moved in across the street she was it for him. Only she hasn't figured out that they would be amazing together yet. She hasn't seen him as more than friends, and Bryson was willing to wait until she finally did. When she gets in a car accident and he thinks how his life could have ended, how she could have died and he would be without her, he wasn't willing to wait any longer. He was going to do whatever he could to win her over and get her to see that there is something more than friends there.
Bryson was sweet in his wooing of Anahi. He was very up front and told her exactly how he felt and what was going to happen. It was fun. She doesn't know what to think or how to move on to this next step because she is afraid. Afraid that if she does and things don't work out she will lose her best friend. And I understand that totally. But I didn't always understand Ani. She....the way she was written sometimes had me scratching my head. Most of the book is from Bryson's point of view, but then you will have sections from Anahi as well and some of the things she did didn't make sense to me. Like Bryson is wooing her and her good friend is all is this happening finally? And Ani makes up all these lame lies for no reason. Like why does it matter if your friend knows what is going on in your life? If you are confused about what you should do or what you want wouldn't you talk to your friend? To me it didn't make sense as if it were me I would talk to someone. Plus there was no real reason to lie...it was just little things that popped up now and again that were a bit off for me.
That and Bryson's alpha ways at times were a bit...creepy? I normally love alpha males, but the way he was written, the way he thought and talked at times I did not like. It didn't keep me from enjoying the story, it wasn't very often, but sometimes it was there niggling at me. Otherwise the two of them were cute together. Bryson trying to break down Ani's walls and Ani trying to figure things out. It was fun.
Oh one other last thing that bugged me a bit - everything happened really quickly in the end. Too quickly. Probably because I didn't know these characters before the accident, didn't see them so close, was only told that they have been bff forever, so it felt a bit rushed to fit everything in suddenly. If we would have gotten some of that backstory, some of them as friends, it would have helped to have everything work out the way it did. Oh well. I did enjoy this read even if I have a few things that bothered me. It was fun, hot at times, and over a good read.
*Note: I received a free copy of this book for voluntary review consideration
24 Roses was a good read. I enjoyed watching Anahi and Bryson figure out the more than friends thing. Bryson has always been in love with Anahi. Since the first moment he saw her when she moved in across the street she was it for him. Only she hasn't figured out that they would be amazing together yet. She hasn't seen him as more than friends, and Bryson was willing to wait until she finally did. When she gets in a car accident and he thinks how his life could have ended, how she could have died and he would be without her, he wasn't willing to wait any longer. He was going to do whatever he could to win her over and get her to see that there is something more than friends there.
Bryson was sweet in his wooing of Anahi. He was very up front and told her exactly how he felt and what was going to happen. It was fun. She doesn't know what to think or how to move on to this next step because she is afraid. Afraid that if she does and things don't work out she will lose her best friend. And I understand that totally. But I didn't always understand Ani. She....the way she was written sometimes had me scratching my head. Most of the book is from Bryson's point of view, but then you will have sections from Anahi as well and some of the things she did didn't make sense to me. Like Bryson is wooing her and her good friend is all is this happening finally? And Ani makes up all these lame lies for no reason. Like why does it matter if your friend knows what is going on in your life? If you are confused about what you should do or what you want wouldn't you talk to your friend? To me it didn't make sense as if it were me I would talk to someone. Plus there was no real reason to lie...it was just little things that popped up now and again that were a bit off for me.
That and Bryson's alpha ways at times were a bit...creepy? I normally love alpha males, but the way he was written, the way he thought and talked at times I did not like. It didn't keep me from enjoying the story, it wasn't very often, but sometimes it was there niggling at me. Otherwise the two of them were cute together. Bryson trying to break down Ani's walls and Ani trying to figure things out. It was fun.
Oh one other last thing that bugged me a bit - everything happened really quickly in the end. Too quickly. Probably because I didn't know these characters before the accident, didn't see them so close, was only told that they have been bff forever, so it felt a bit rushed to fit everything in suddenly. If we would have gotten some of that backstory, some of them as friends, it would have helped to have everything work out the way it did. Oh well. I did enjoy this read even if I have a few things that bothered me. It was fun, hot at times, and over a good read.
*Note: I received a free copy of this book for voluntary review consideration
nbiblioholic's review
3.0
I hate it when I love the author but don't love the book. It makes me so freaking sad!! 😢😢😢
Here's the thing... I loved Bryson. The author did a great job of creating a man I want to read about. He was an absolute sweetheart and had the kind of character you want to find in a friends-to-lovers hero. The kind of hero that has secretly been in love with the heroine and didn't really hide it... she was just blind to it. And holy crap was Ani blind. The only thing beautiful about this character, to me, was her name. She was very tiresome to read. Her POV practically put me to sleep and I quickly breezed through it just to get back to Bryson. I wasn't a fan of hers, for sure!
Told in past and present, I really could have done without all of the flashbacks. They added nothing to the story other than to show how much of a pum-pum Bryson was for Ani. I never like to see an 'alpha' looking unnecessarily soft, especially when the heroine acts undeserving. So all three stars go to Bryson alone. He had an amazing heart and the way he loved his woman was amazing.
Here's the thing... I loved Bryson. The author did a great job of creating a man I want to read about. He was an absolute sweetheart and had the kind of character you want to find in a friends-to-lovers hero. The kind of hero that has secretly been in love with the heroine and didn't really hide it... she was just blind to it. And holy crap was Ani blind. The only thing beautiful about this character, to me, was her name. She was very tiresome to read. Her POV practically put me to sleep and I quickly breezed through it just to get back to Bryson. I wasn't a fan of hers, for sure!
Told in past and present, I really could have done without all of the flashbacks. They added nothing to the story other than to show how much of a pum-pum Bryson was for Ani. I never like to see an 'alpha' looking unnecessarily soft, especially when the heroine acts undeserving. So all three stars go to Bryson alone. He had an amazing heart and the way he loved his woman was amazing.
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