Review: Paradise Cove

Thank you Forever Romance for the gifted finished copy of Paradise Cove! Out July 28th!

Rating: Five stars! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Steam rating: 🔥🔥/5

Is it too late to pack my bags and move to Moonflower Bay?? Because I would do it in a second!

Mermaid Inn was one of my favorite quarantine reads, being in Moonflower Bay totally helped me escape some of the real world stress going on this Spring. I adored everything about that story and because of it I went into Paradise Cove with reallllly high expectations. Holy wow, did Jenny Holiday exceed all the expectations I had!!!

I've loved every book I've read from JH, but this one might be my favorite?? Friends-to-lovers is one of my favorite tropes and this one is just a phenomenal reminder of why I love this trope so much. Nora is the new doctor in town following a rough break-up and decision to change up her life a bit. I LOVED the meet-cute between her and Jake. It was delightful and funny, just one of the best scenes.

If you read Mermaid Inn you get a little glimpse of Jake and how the town treats him following the death of his young son and subsequent divorce. My heart broke for him during Mermaid Inn, but his story in Paradise Cove borderline destroyed me. There's a LOT of discussions on grief and the reader has a front row seat as Jake explores his feelings following the loss of his son four years earlier. Some of these scenes were very heavy, but JH does realistic and heavy topics so well.

I adored how Nora and Jake went from sort of friends to best friends to lovers. It made the book impossible to put down and I love love loved both of their characters, the chemistry between the two was excellent. And yes, there's steam!!

There's a twist in this one and it ended up being one of my other favorite tropes. It gets a bit messy during this part, but it felt so true to life especially considering the characters reactions.

So yes, I absolutely adored every second of Paradise Cove! It was a five star read for me and immediately went on my 2020 Favorites list. Highly, highly recommend this series!

CW: lots of grief discussion, death of an infant (off page), death of a grandparent (on page)