So Good

So Good

On the roof of a house outside Truelove, Maine, master carpenter Max Doyle looks down through a skylight and sees the most beautiful woman he's ever laid eyes on. She's naked, she's gorgeous, and everything about her is perfect, down to the ball-busting tattoo of a rose that wraps around her hip. But it isn't just any woman making his knees buckle. It's his best friend, Rosie Madden. And as he stands there, mesmerized and precariously close to toppling off the roof, he knows he'll never, ever be able to look at her the same way again. Rosie can't help but notice that Max is suddenly acting very strange-lots of long stares, totally tongue-tied, and not at all like the slightly cocky hunk she's proud to call her best friend. She can't figure it out, until later that night when Max rescues her from the world's worst date, challenges her to a game of pool, and shows her just exactly what she's got him thinking about. Repeatedly. But life is complicated. Rosie's cat, Julia Caesar, wants to eat Max's dog Cupcake for an afternoon snack. A dream job threatens to pull them apart. And another glance through the skylight changes everything, one more time. Yet try as they might, they can't go back to being just friends, because falling in love with the one you've always adored? It feels so good.
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Missy Zuber @mlz2883
3 stars
Aug 15, 2022

Cute enough of a story. It's like they just from best friends right into bed with one another. Eh.

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b.andherbooks@bandherbooks
5 stars
Oct 9, 2021

When Max Doyle accidentally sees Rosie Madden changing clothes through a skylight while fixing her roof, he realizes he may not quite know everything about the girl who's been his best friend forever. What he does know is that he must find out why she has that rose tattoo on her hip and why he suddenly feels like he may actually have been just a little in love with Rosie his entire life. Featuring a sort of insta-love but in the best way low-angst fluffy romance arc, this was just a balm to my soul. Max adopts a tiny chihuahua he names Cupcake. He gives her doggy CRP. He buys her pink glittery sweaters. He takes care of Rosie and helps her with her house. He lets Rosie be exactly who she is without any expectations. He cries. He's bomb in bed. Fluff with hot sex is my favorite type of romance right now. I just loved this story, and this isn't the best review but whatever. Just read it.

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Lacey@laceybooklovers
5 stars
Aug 26, 2021

Originally posted at Booklovers For Life It seems I rarely give out 5 stars these days, but THIS BOOK, y’all. I simply adored everything about So Good. It was pretty much the PERFECT best friends to lovers romance. I haven’t read a book with this trope in a while, especially one that was this good. I adored the main characters, the humor had me giggling like crazy, and there are DOGS!!! Seriously – So Good is sweet perfection. If you’re in the mood for an adorable romance that will leave your heart happy and you smiling like an idiot, then you have to read this book! Rosie and Max have been best friends for decades. They’ve never even thought about taking their relationship anything further than friendship, and that’s been perfect for them all these years. Except while Max is up on Rosie’s roof, helping her fix up her newly inherited house, he happens to glance down and see a gorgeous, stunning, beautiful naked woman… who is none other than his best friend. Now he can’t get her body out of his mind, and wondering what it would be like to be more than friends… because he knows that if there’s a woman out there that’s perfect for him, it’s Rosie. In that moment, I knew that what had happened hadn’t been a fucking one-time sucker-punch lightning strike. It hadn’t just been that I saw her naked and got swallowed up by desire. It was real, and it wasn’t sudden at all. She really was the most beautiful woman in the world. I’d always wanted her. Only now, I knew what I wanted. To say Rosie is shocked when Max, her very best friend, makes a move on her is an understatement. But Max is the very best man she’s ever known, and the lust he ignites in her is incendiary. Who knew they’d have such incredible, carnal chemistry between them? Rosie can’t help but give in (I would too, girl) and discovers that maybe the best thing to happen to her has been hiding under her nose all along. “Tell me.” “I want to take you hard, and I want to make you mine. Tonight and every night.” “Who says I’m not yours already?” she said, all breathy, as her hand slid around to my ass, and her fingers moved into my pocket. “Who says I wasn’t yours all along and just never knew it?” Max, Max, Max. I was the literal definition of the heart eyes emoji while reading this book, and it was all because of our hero Max. The way he realizes he’s always been in love with his best friend SO swoonworthy. I love the way he is around Rosie – he’s head over heels for her, endlessly supportive of her, and can dish out some dirty talk like no other. Oh, and did I mention the fact that he adopts an adorable, tiny Chihuahua and names her Cupcake!? HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THIS MAN. “You’re heaven. You are.” “I’m nothing. You’re everything.” This is actually my first Nicola Rendell read, but it certainly won’t be my last. I’m eagerly awaiting the rest of the Alpha Dogs series and can only hope the next book will be about Fletcher (and his dog Captain). I honestly haven’t felt so happy while reading a book while I did So Good. It is perfect, adorable, and EVERYTHING! Thanks to the author for generously providing me an ARC to review. Quotes are taken from the ARC and are subject to change in the final version. Amazon Ebook: http://amzn.to/2uh537n Liked this review? Subscribe to Booklovers For Life for more!

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Samantha Care@samanthareads1
4 stars
Sep 7, 2022
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Sheena@yoshina
5 stars
Aug 13, 2022
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Jobananareads@jobananareads
3 stars
Oct 2, 2021
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Elise Riley@thebookwytch
5 stars
Sep 2, 2021