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melgonzalez's review
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
cakt1991's review
4.0
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
Won’t Go Home Without You is the second in Cherie Hodges’ Richardson sisters series, and while I really enjoyed the first book and would also recommend it, I think this book can be read as a stand-alone.
With this book, Hodges manages to take a concept that is quite delicate to an interesting place, with a marriage being tested by a paternity claim, although Logan denies it’s his. It brought a new dimension of rebuilding love and trust in the relationship between him and Robin that I had not seen in other books about estranged spouses, and I appreciated how it was handled. Both of them still love each other, and I very much rooted for them as they negotiated the hurdles being thrown at them.
I liked that there was also a light bit of intrigue as Logan tried to negotiate the situation with this other woman and her motivations. He enlists a private investigator to help unravel all of it, and I enjoyed seeing it all come together.
And while the family aspect is still very much a supporting role, I did appreciate seeing the sisters’ reactions to the situation and how protective they were of her, as that is something that felt realistic even if they did go a bit overboard.
I liked this book overall, and in spite of the subject matter, it’s a fun, fairly light and hopeful contemporary romance that made for a great palate cleanser after a few weightier books. If you love diverse contemporaries, I think you’ll enjoy this one.
Won’t Go Home Without You is the second in Cherie Hodges’ Richardson sisters series, and while I really enjoyed the first book and would also recommend it, I think this book can be read as a stand-alone.
With this book, Hodges manages to take a concept that is quite delicate to an interesting place, with a marriage being tested by a paternity claim, although Logan denies it’s his. It brought a new dimension of rebuilding love and trust in the relationship between him and Robin that I had not seen in other books about estranged spouses, and I appreciated how it was handled. Both of them still love each other, and I very much rooted for them as they negotiated the hurdles being thrown at them.
I liked that there was also a light bit of intrigue as Logan tried to negotiate the situation with this other woman and her motivations. He enlists a private investigator to help unravel all of it, and I enjoyed seeing it all come together.
And while the family aspect is still very much a supporting role, I did appreciate seeing the sisters’ reactions to the situation and how protective they were of her, as that is something that felt realistic even if they did go a bit overboard.
I liked this book overall, and in spite of the subject matter, it’s a fun, fairly light and hopeful contemporary romance that made for a great palate cleanser after a few weightier books. If you love diverse contemporaries, I think you’ll enjoy this one.
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