Review: The Merger by Adriana Locke

The Merger by Adriana Locke
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was provided an ALC via the author, all opinions are my own.

This is the 4th book int he Brewer Family series, however you can read it as a complete standalone.

I love Adriana's books, and this pains me to give it 3 stars.  They have all been instant favorites.   It took me until the latter half of the audiobook to finally connect with Gannon and Carys.  That isn't the norm, I am normally connected within the first chapter or two.  Grumpy sunshine, opposites attract is one of my favorite tropes too.  I feel like for the first half of the book, the main characters spent most of the time objectifying each other and having sexy times before we got to the plot.  I never felt the chemistry develop between them and I felt like the family interactions that I love so much within Locke's interconnected series was missing.  Tate is present and Gannon's other siblings were in a few scenes here and there but far less than we have seen in other installments in the past.  As the story develops Gannon and Carys didn't feel like strangers to me any longer and I started to enjoy the storyline.  I wanted more character development (aka background story) earlier on in the book interspersed with their inner monologues about how hot each other were and their banter and innuendos.  

Overall, while this had some humorous moments and in the end Carys and Gannon get the happy ending they were meant to have, this one isn't my favorite.  The narrators did a good job with the dual POV narration.

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