》ARC Review: Irresistible《

This book was such a massive surprise in all the best ways! It’s my first Willow Aster and certainly not the last!

I loved this story, it felt like a great big warm hug. It was a healing romance, both leads amplified the best in one another while also opening up to each other's vulnerabilities. They became a beautiful found family whose story is one I will treasure.

》The Leads《

Marlow. First, can I just say I really love her name? Ok now that that’s out of the way, let me gush over how much I adored Marlow. She’s such a fierce mother with a soft, vulnerable soul. She and her daughter are healing after leaving behind the mess that is Marlow's ex-husband. The girls move forward to a new setting--a new home-- to form lasting roots. I loved how Marlow's est friend and her (the friend's) in-laws embraced the two girls wholly. Marlow was in need of family and found plenty at Landmark Mountain.

Wyatt. Whew! What a perfect man! Some may say too perfect, I say…why not? Let him be the ideal, perfect man real life seems to have a severe shortage of. Dr. McGorg has it all. A kind, loving heart, a brave spirit, a gentle hand, and a go-getter attitude. Once he realized Marlow was the one, there was no letting go. He fully and thoroughly loved her and her little girl. They became his girls and I swooooned the entire time.

》The Romance《

Needless to say, this romance melted me. After a bumpy start the tension between Marlow and Wyatt was unrelenting in how it consistently accumulated until push came to shove (or well, lips met to lips). Their chemistry, both emotionally and physically, was the stuff of swoons and faints. I loved their entire romance.

》Too Smooth Sailing?《

I mentioned how this book was like a warm embrace, and I love it for that…buuut it was almost too warm an embrace. I needed a bit more angst because it did feel nothing really ‘happened’ in terms of drama. It all made me happy! But I just expected a bit more oomph in drama. While Marlow makes a discovery that shakes her to her core by the time she (and we) find out, we know Wyatt well enough to not fear his reaction. So using that as angst didn’t work for me. Instead, I expected the toxic ex or toxic mom to make an appearance. I also desperately wanted the ex to give up his parental rights. So that fact nothing came from any of that was disappointing for my angst-loving heart. Truly the sole quibble I have in an otherwise gorgeous, beautiful book.

》The End《

All in all, I was most satisfied with this romance. It healed it, brought a smile to my face, and made me endlessly swoon.

Thank you to Valentine PR for providing me an arc in exchange for an honest review. 4.5✨