ARC Review: The Rules of Dating My Best Friend’s Sister by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward

Posted April 6, 2023 by Shannon in ARC, Blog Tour, Give Me Books, Reviews, Shannon / 0 Comments

ARC Review:  The Rules of Dating My Best Friend’s Sister by Vi Keeland and Penelope WardThe Rules of Dating My Best Friend's Sister by Vi Keeland
Series: The Law of Opposites Attract #2
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Published by C. Scott Publishing Corp. Publication Date: April 2, 2023
Pages: 400
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From New York Times bestselling authors Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward comes a new standalone romance.
Rule number one for dating your best friend’s sister: Don’t.Just don’t do it.Especially when your best friend is dead and the last thing he made you promise him was that you’d keep an eye on his little sister, but not too good of an eye.As a musician whose longest committed relationship was six weeks, I, Holden Catalano, was the last guy on Earth who should’ve been messing around with Laney Ellison.The super smart girl whom I affectionately dubbed Lala since childhood was always off limits.Though that didn’t stop me from thinking about her over the years, especially those times when the two of us would sneak out onto the roof and talk for hours after my buddy fell asleep. It was innocent, but I’d always held a torch for her.After Ryan passed away, I vowed to always protect Lala. That included protecting her—from me.Now all grown up and a scientist, Lala needed a place to stay when she accepted a temporary research position in New York. I thought I did the right thing by offering her an apartment in the building I co-owned with my three friends.Except having her close by reignited all of those old feelings.And things started to get complicated.Especially since she was engaged.And especially since, lately, I’d noticed something more in her eyes. Desire.Lala didn’t exactly look at me like the platonic brother figure I was trying so desperately to be, even though I wanted her more than I’d ever wanted anything.Yet, I was being good—on my very best behavior.But you know what they say…all good things must come to an end, right?

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Yay!  More for the Colby, Holden, Owen and Brayden bunch!!  This time it’s Holden’s turn to come to terms with his attraction to his best friend’s little sister.
if you read THE RULES OF DATING, then you know there is something between Laney (Lala) and Holden from their dance at Colby and Billie’s wedding.  This book is their story and how Holden struggled against his promise to always look out for Ryan’s sister and the attraction he’s always had towards her.  Lala ends up in New York for a research project and the guys offer her their Air BNB apartment, which happens to be next door to Holden.  They’ve always been close, but Holden always stuck to his promise to Ryan.  It was easy when she lived in Philly and with her fiance.  But now that they were neighbors, it was harder to remember to be the good guy.
This was one of those stories where the heroine’s decisions bugged me.  Holden, despite being a self-professed manwhore, wore his heart on his sleeve for Lala.  EVERYONE saw it, even Lala.  She constantly made decisions that put them in a constant push/pull struggle against their feelings. It would have been one thing if the only fight either had was his promise to Ryan.  But there was that pesky fiance that loomed over them all the time.  I wanted Lala to make the right decision before she did something she was really going to regret and hurt Holden more (because he was constantly getting hurt…whether it was said out loud or not).
I loved Holden and I was happy we got his story.  He has a huge heart and he needed to allow himself to share it with the one person who always owned it.  I didn’t like this book as much as Colby and Billie’s but it was still a solid read in the series.
Owen’s story is up next and I can’t wait to see what happens in that one.

 

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VI KEELAND

 

Vi Keeland
is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA
Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are
currently translated in twenty-seven languages and have appeared on
bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria and Hungary. Three
of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two
of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York
with her husband and their three children where she is living out her
own happily ever after with the boy she met at age
six.
PENELOPE
WARD

 

Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street
Journal bestselling author of contemporary
romance. 

 

She grew up in
Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a
television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her
husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.
With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York
Times bestseller and the author of over thirty novels. Her books have
been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in
bookstores around the world.

 

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About Vi Keeland

Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times Bestselling author. With more than a million books sold, her titles have appeared in over fifty Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twelve languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.

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