Publishing Date: April 12, 2017
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 402
Contemporary Romance
The Premise from the Author: "Courtney Bishop is as sugary sweet as her famous blueberry muffins. Southern belle at heart, Cali girl by choice. She barged into my life and easily became my best friend. All was great as roommates and just friends, but then I fell for the girl who could chop firewood, deliver baby calves, and bail hay without breaking a sweat. She’s the perfect mixture of sugar and spice, and I love her. Being more than friends and trying to build our future isn't as easy as it sounds. Moving forward and creating memories is all I want for us, but when the past continues to come back and haunt me, I'm not so sure she’ll stay for the ride. Loving her is easy, but losing her will break me. Burning passion combined with an undeniable chemistry constantly pushes and pulls us together. In the end, I'll prove we’re worth the fight, even when the game is far from over. Checkmate, sweetheart" (Fox).
*Recommend for ages 18+ due to sexual content and adult language.* **This is book 2 in the Checkmate Duet Series--a friends to lovers romance. You must read book 1, Checkmate: This is Reckless first. Highly recommended to read the Checkmate Duet, This is War and This is Love first, but not necessary. This can read as a standalone duet.**
My overall thoughts and review: So before I get into this review.. if you'd like to see my review for the first book in this duet: This is Reckless, you can find it here! Also, you can now get both books as a boxed set collection (with a beautiful new cover of Drew & Courtney), and you can see more details for that here! Ok, to the review! The cliffhanger of the last book legit had me RAGING (MIA EFFIN MONTGOMERY)! Similar to the previous duet, the cliffhangers are quite questionable in a sense that it tests the male character's loyalty and you really see the strength in them and what they are willing to do for their relationship. This entire book was testing both Drew and Courtney's strength with all the crazy antics that Mia gets up to. She threatens Courtney directly for being with Drew, and is constantly coming onto Drew. It becomes so intense that they fill the need to file a police report and even install security cameras. Regardless of how difficult it gets, you don't see the love between Drew and Courtney wavering in the slightest. You see them growing as a couple and really moving forward. For example, they both fell in love as friends/roommates and they learn that perhaps they need a new fresh start (in terms of housing and where they live), to move on from the "roommate" life and really start a future together. It was so nice seeing them tackle the next steps in their relationship. I love how Kayla and Logan played such a big role in the text and you definitely got to see more of Travis and Viola as well. Can we just take a moment to appreciate the awesomeness that is Kayla who constantly brings puppies into these couples' lives? It was nice seeing the 'set up' for the next duet as you can see Courtney with her matchmaking ways. I also really liked how we got to see more of Courtney's family again in the text. Courtney's dad is seriously the best dad. The thing I love most about KF books is how much they stress the importance of family and friendship. You really see that this couple has a great support group. I loved seeing them grow as a couple and as individuals. There are of course, the sexy and swoony moments, and goodness, Drew is so sweet sometimes I just can't even handle it. The book does nicely wrap up all the drama with Mia, and honestly, their happy ending is so precious and sweet. I love this couple so much and I was a little sad to see their duet come to a close, but I know I will be seeing more of them in the final duet series. If you haven't read any KF books, what are you waiting for? You must check out this duet in particular, because I absolutely adore Drew & Courtney together. It is a beautiful friends to lovers story that will make you laugh, cry, and swoon!
My rating of the book: ✮✮✮✮✮ (5/5 stars)
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