Review: The Crush

The Crush by Karla Sorensen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was provided an ARC of this book via the author, all opinions are my own.

Keep a box of tissues handy, you are going to need them. It is the rare book that brings tears to my eyes but Adaline and Emmett's story almost had me ugly crying before the end of this story. This is also that book that will keep you up until the wee hours of the night because you have to know how it ends. I couldn't put this down once I started it!

If you've read any of the Ward sisters books you may be familiar with Adeline Wilder, she was Molly Ward's assistant and friend in Focused: A hate to love sports romance . She is also Erik's sister from The Plan. Now she has her own successful party planning business and has recently broken up with her long time boyfriend who happened to be a pro-athlete. Emmett is the son of Logan and Paige Ward, who if you have read the other books featuring the Wards, you know who they are, if not don't worry who any of these people are this book reads 100% as a standalone. Emmett and Adeline have always been attracted to one another but the timing was never right as he was making his way into pro football and put all of his focus into the game. Now several years later, after getting a reality check and wanting to reset his priorities Emmett can't stop thinking about Adeline and what could have been if he'd chosen her and football. Adeline is done with atheletes who can't put her first. She's tired of being overlooked and underappreciated. She wants love, respect, and romance. When Emmett walks back into her life she isn't sure what to do, they can't deny the chemistry between them but she doesn't want to get hurt or hurt him.

I loved Adeline and Emmett. There were times you wanted to shake both of them and tell them to do something because they were taking their sweet time to take action, on the other hand you knew that they were both trying to do right by each other and take things slow and not mess up a good thing. The chemistry between them was explosive and the steamy scenes were just right. Emmett never pushed too hard, even when you wanted him to be overbearing, he was patient and gave Adeline what she needed so she didn't run and hide or panic. This is going to take you on an emotional rollercoaster for sure, so be ready, but it is so worth it to watch these two characters grow and come together.

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