Book Review: What We Could Be

 

The rules are no feelings, no strings. But rules were made to be broken. And broken things hurt.

As the owner of the Coral Bay Inn, I’ve built myself an uncomplicated small-beach-town life. Men? friends with benefits, no strings—the safest way to guard my heart.

But Sebastian Sawyer isn’t just any guy. He’s been there from the start—before I had cheekbones, before my skin cleared. Before I turned heads. We were each other’s first everything. Now that long-ago geeky boy has muscles that belong on an action figure and a calm that’s hard to shake.

Our long-tenured no-strings arrangement is perfect. But perfect things don’t last.

When the inn needs repairs, Sebastian moves in to help. Spending our days and nights together shatters the balance and complicates everything. Sebastian wants forever—an F-word that scares me as much as feelings—so I safeguard my heart before his rewrites everything I swore against.

Yet my foolish heart insists on following my body’s lead. Because forever with Sebastian could be perfect … but if forever breaks, so will I.

What We Could Be is a dual pov, small-town romance, with the perfect mix of angst, banter, and heat.


My Review

I absolutely fell in love with this book so hard. What a perfect start to this new series from Lily. The spice is great, but it was the angst and emotional connection that Sebastian and Ruby shared that really hit the bullseye in my heart. 

What Sebastian and Ruby shared was a true friends with benefits. For Ruby this is all she wanted but when Sebastian finds himself spending more than just a night with Ruby during each trip back home, he realizes that he wants more. I understood Ruby's hesitation to want to even imagine anything more with Sebastian. The fact that Sebastian could understand this and not push Ruby too hard, showed that he was helping to protect her heart. 

Such a beautiful story. I was so invested in this book. I was savoring and trying to make the story last longer as I did not want to get to the end so soon. If you love Laura Pavlov or Lena Hendrix, you are going to want to pick up a copy of this book. An emotional, must read!

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