Review: The Troublemaker Next Door – Marie Harte

He can fix her sink, but can he wrench his way into her heart?

Flynn McCauley never thought he’d be so cliché as to fall for the girl next door. But when Maddie calls him over to help fix her faulty sink, he’s a goner. Too bad the fiercely independent interior designer wants nothing to do with him. Even worse, he’s forced to rely on the advice of his nosy brothers—and his five-year-old nephew!—to figure out how to make her give him a shot.

Series: The McCauley Brothers #1
Release Date: June 3rd 2014
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Source: NetGalley
Reviewer: Elizabeth
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I’ve read some of the author’s paranormal romance books and really enjoyed them. The synopsis of this book sounded interesting so I thought I’d give it a shot. I really wanted to like the story but I was turned off from the very beginning.

Flynn and Maddie are both superficial people who deserved each other. I didn’t like either character and while I was hoping for them to grow up during the book, I was sadly disappointed. It didn’t matter what storyline it was, these two characters killed any enjoyment I would’ve taken in reading the book. Flynn is a plumber but he acts like he’s seventeen and constantly objectifies every woman he encounters that’s not related to him to “tits” and “ass.”

Maddie was something else altogether. She’s loud, obnoxious and broke up with her boyfriend because he wanted to spend too much time with her. Seriously? Well, it’s a good thing she hooked up with Flynn then. Maddie just wants a friends-with-benefits situation and Flynn is totally on board with that. That is until Flynn starts falling for Maddie and she kicks him to the curb as well. And, of course, she realizes she made a mistake and wants to apologize to Flynn but he is too busy trying to make Maddie jealous by “pretend” dating someone else. Ugh.

The sex scenes were disgusting. Flynn was a dirty talker and I usually don’t mind that but he was just vulgar instead of tasteful and pornographic instead of passionate. I ended up skipping every sex scene because, frankly, I was disgusted.

I applaud the author for her guts and her willingness to take risks, but this book is too risqué for me.