What do you think?
Rate this book
Rosemary Beach #12
Het mooiste afscheid (Rosemary Beach Book 13)
De nerveuze blik op Rose' gezicht had verraden dat ze iets voor me verborg. Ze was zo'n beetje van me weggerend. Er was meer aan de hand. Dat kon niet anders. Na tien jaar in dienst geweest te zijn van een mysterieus onderwereldfiguur is River 'Captain' Kipling er klaar voor om zijn schimmige verleden - en zijn dekmantel als high-end restaurateur - achter zich te laten. Het enige wat zijn 'pensioen' in de weg staat, is zijn voornemen om een nieuw restaurant in Rosemary Beach te openen. Met zijn zus Blaire in de buurt kan Captain zijn droom om een bescheiden bar aan het water te runnen nog even uitstellen, maar de ongewenste aandacht van hoofdserveerster Elle geeft hem de kriebels.
Dan merkt hij Rose Henderson op, de nieuwe serveerster in het restaurant. Alles wat hij over de knappe roodharige met een schattige bril weet, is dat ze een hardwerkende alleenstaande moeder uit Oklahoma is. Maar hij denkt soms iets te herkennen in haar lach... Er is iets vreemds aan de hand met hoe ze naar hem kijkt...
Dan merkt hij Rose Henderson op, de nieuwe serveerster in het restaurant. Alles wat hij over de knappe roodharige met een schattige bril weet, is dat ze een hardwerkende alleenstaande moeder uit Oklahoma is. Maar hij denkt soms iets te herkennen in haar lach... Er is iets vreemds aan de hand met hoe ze naar hem kijkt...
212 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 1, 2015
313 people are currently reading
10152 people want to read
About the author
Abbi Glines
119 books86.4k followersAbbi Glines is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rosemary Beach, Smoke, Sea Breeze, Vincent Boys, Field Party and Existence series. She never cooks unless baking during the Christmas holiday counts. She believes in ghosts and has a habit of asking people if their house is haunted before she goes in it. She drinks afternoon tea because she wants to be British but she now lives in New England and that's as close as it is going to get. When asked how many books she has written she has to stop and count on her fingers. When she’s not locked away writing, she is reading, watching Netflix and all the introverted stuff.
You can connect with Abbi online in several different ways. She uses social media to procrastinate.
You can connect with Abbi online in several different ways. She uses social media to procrastinate.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 1,051 reviews
December 4, 2015
4 stars!
Ever since we first met Captain several books ago, I’ve been excited to get his story. His background has always been secret and you can tell he’s into some legit crime stuff, but you don’t know for sure. The only thing we for sure know about him is that he’s Blaire’s half brother. Captain/River Kipling is a bit of a mystery. But don’t worry, you find out all about him in this book. The boy he once was, and the man he is today.
Rose Henderson is going undercover to work at the restaurant Captain is opening. She has uprooted her life to come there and work for him, but she doesn’t want him to know who she is. Not yet.
There is so much I want to talk about here, but I feel like anything I say about the Rose/Captain story line would spoil so much. So I’m going to be a little tight lipped about the plot. I loved how Abbi took us to the past, leading up to the one big event that changed River. This story is written in dual pov and switches from past to present fairly frequently. It’s fast paced and intriguing. Early on, you knew what had happened (more or less) but as you keep reading, you get to see the hows and the whys that are so important to their story.
Abbi Glines writes some of my favorite NA/YA books. Her Rosemary Beach series is one of my favorites (obviously since I’ve read all 13 of them). Glines takes you on an all consuming, emotional ride. When I finished this book my first thought was, I wish there was another Captain book. I didn’t want their story to end! If you’re a fan of this series and author, this is one you won't want to miss!
Ever since we first met Captain several books ago, I’ve been excited to get his story. His background has always been secret and you can tell he’s into some legit crime stuff, but you don’t know for sure. The only thing we for sure know about him is that he’s Blaire’s half brother. Captain/River Kipling is a bit of a mystery. But don’t worry, you find out all about him in this book. The boy he once was, and the man he is today.
Rose Henderson is going undercover to work at the restaurant Captain is opening. She has uprooted her life to come there and work for him, but she doesn’t want him to know who she is. Not yet.
There is so much I want to talk about here, but I feel like anything I say about the Rose/Captain story line would spoil so much. So I’m going to be a little tight lipped about the plot. I loved how Abbi took us to the past, leading up to the one big event that changed River. This story is written in dual pov and switches from past to present fairly frequently. It’s fast paced and intriguing. Early on, you knew what had happened (more or less) but as you keep reading, you get to see the hows and the whys that are so important to their story.
Abbi Glines writes some of my favorite NA/YA books. Her Rosemary Beach series is one of my favorites (obviously since I’ve read all 13 of them). Glines takes you on an all consuming, emotional ride. When I finished this book my first thought was, I wish there was another Captain book. I didn’t want their story to end! If you’re a fan of this series and author, this is one you won't want to miss!
December 1, 2015
there is A Forever and A Second Chance
______________________________________________
DEAR ABBI, please do Thad story even if its just a novella. don't left him out
Rosemary Beach Series
1. Fallen Too Far
2. Rush Too Far (new Readers please read it after Forever Too Far!)
3. Never Too Far
4. Twisted Perfection
5. Forever Too Far
6. Simple Perfection
7. Take a Chance
8. One More Chance
9. You Were Mine (Tripp & Bethy)
10. Christmas 2014 Novella - Kiro's Emily
11. When I’m Gone (Mase #1)
12. When You're Back (Mase #2)
13. The Best Goodbye - Captain
13.5 Novella - Dean
14. Up in Flames - Nan
______________________________________________
DEAR ABBI, please do Thad story even if its just a novella. don't left him out
Rosemary Beach Series
1. Fallen Too Far
2. Rush Too Far (new Readers please read it after Forever Too Far!)
3. Never Too Far
4. Twisted Perfection
5. Forever Too Far
6. Simple Perfection
7. Take a Chance
8. One More Chance
9. You Were Mine (Tripp & Bethy)
10. Christmas 2014 Novella - Kiro's Emily
11. When I’m Gone (Mase #1)
12. When You're Back (Mase #2)
13. The Best Goodbye - Captain
13.5 Novella - Dean
14. Up in Flames - Nan
December 4, 2015
3.5 ~ 3.75 Stars
”My feelings for her had never changed.”
To be honest, I had Major mixed up with Captain the whole time I was reading this one. I thought that this hero was from the farm and slept with his dad’s wife.
Thanks to Christy Baldwin (the reader with the super memory) who explained to me the errors of my ways…
"Mase and Major are cousins. And Mase and Harlow are brother and sister. Blaire and Captain have the same dad but he was adopted. Yes. Major is Mace's cousin (by marriage- Mace's stepdad is Majors uncle) and Nan is Mace's half sister. It's a right clusterfuck in Rosemary Beach!!! Captain was on the boat. Blaires brother."
So you can see, how I could have gotten things mixed up…
As for the story of Captain and Addy, I actually enjoyed this one even with the hittman reveals and connections to Reese’s mob father. The story is on the short side and ended pretty quickly perhaps there will be more on this couple?
Captain is off his boat (turns out not from the farm- like I thought haha) and he’s setting up a restaurant in Rosemary Beach. He hires a redhead with glasses who he finds out is a single mom to the staff. The more time he’s around her little things start to stir his buried memories of his Addy. Addy was the love of his life who held his heart and had died ten years ago…or so he thought.
Addy is in disguise working for River/Captain trying to see what kind of man he has become before she introduces her daughter to him. She has been looking for him and is a bit put off by the man she’s found.
When Addy’s identity is revealed, Captain’s your typical man whore in love with only one woman and comes clean about the past ten years.
”She was a distraction. They’ve all been a distraction. There’ve been hundreds- I won’t lie to you.”
Regardless of the same old man whore stuff, I actually liked their story. I enjoyed the restaurant scenes, found the mob stuff odd for this author, but overall this is an okay-to-good read. Addy found her River and they are pretty wonderful together.
A short but enjoyable read that leads way for Nan’s book but it appears that we’ll have a Dean Finlay book releasing in February 2016 first!
”This was how it felt to be whole.”
”My feelings for her had never changed.”
To be honest, I had Major mixed up with Captain the whole time I was reading this one. I thought that this hero was from the farm and slept with his dad’s wife.
Thanks to Christy Baldwin (the reader with the super memory) who explained to me the errors of my ways…
"Mase and Major are cousins. And Mase and Harlow are brother and sister. Blaire and Captain have the same dad but he was adopted. Yes. Major is Mace's cousin (by marriage- Mace's stepdad is Majors uncle) and Nan is Mace's half sister. It's a right clusterfuck in Rosemary Beach!!! Captain was on the boat. Blaires brother."
So you can see, how I could have gotten things mixed up…
As for the story of Captain and Addy, I actually enjoyed this one even with the hittman reveals and connections to Reese’s mob father. The story is on the short side and ended pretty quickly perhaps there will be more on this couple?
Captain is off his boat (turns out not from the farm- like I thought haha) and he’s setting up a restaurant in Rosemary Beach. He hires a redhead with glasses who he finds out is a single mom to the staff. The more time he’s around her little things start to stir his buried memories of his Addy. Addy was the love of his life who held his heart and had died ten years ago…or so he thought.
Addy is in disguise working for River/Captain trying to see what kind of man he has become before she introduces her daughter to him. She has been looking for him and is a bit put off by the man she’s found.
When Addy’s identity is revealed, Captain’s your typical man whore in love with only one woman and comes clean about the past ten years.
”She was a distraction. They’ve all been a distraction. There’ve been hundreds- I won’t lie to you.”
Regardless of the same old man whore stuff, I actually liked their story. I enjoyed the restaurant scenes, found the mob stuff odd for this author, but overall this is an okay-to-good read. Addy found her River and they are pretty wonderful together.
A short but enjoyable read that leads way for Nan’s book but it appears that we’ll have a Dean Finlay book releasing in February 2016 first!
”This was how it felt to be whole.”
December 19, 2015
3.5 - 4 ★'s
This is Captain's story, Blaire's half brother...remember him? She met up with her Dad on his boat way back in the third book, Forever Too Far. He was very interesting but it was a long time to wait.
This book was a little different from the rest in that there weren't many connections so we didn't get to hear from much of the group, just Blaire, Mase and Reese. And I really liked that! Of course, I missed Rush but we got mini Rush with his fist bump and blowin' up...and that was almost as good!
So, the essence of the story is that Rose and Captain have a history except he's not aware of a few things. Rose is really Addy and Captain is really River. The different names BUGGED me but you do get used to it and it does give some separation. Rose has disguised her features a bit and for the most part, Captain doesn't really pay attention to her. However, she is definitely checking Captain out...how he treats people and basically if he's a good person.
Captain's back story (as well as Rose's) is heart breaking but I LOVED their romance! I really wanted more of that and it was really sad how that played out. And it totally warped River...and changed who he was hence the name change.
However, Rose's personality and her laugh were hard to disguise and the more Captain paid attention, the closer her cover came to being blown. Then a chance meeting really blew everything up. I admired that Rose/Addy came clean to Captain/River about everything and that he was understanding.
Okay, so Drama #1 done...now, for the fun and sexy times. It had been ten years since they last saw each other and there was a lot of making up to do. The situation about Rose was a little unbelievable...I mean, come on!
Unfortunately, Captain still has more secrets and that is Drama #2. His past catches up with him and it sucks him right back where he doesn't want to be but he has to take care of business. Again, the way things got worked out were a little hard to swallow but you just have to go with the flow.
Things end well although it seemed a bit rushed. I think we've been spoiled with two books per couple and Captain and Rose only get one.
There was some interesting discoveries about Major, Mase's sort of cousin. I really was not expecting that however, it does set up things for Nan's book, Up in Flames, which has been pushed back to June from March. I guess that's to make way for a novella about Dean coming out in February. That man needs something to be happy about!
Favorite quote:
♥ "No one touched my soul, Addy. Only you."
(Prior to review...)
Thank goodness there's gonna be a book for Captain but please, please not with the wicked witch!! *fingers crossed*
This is Captain's story, Blaire's half brother...remember him? She met up with her Dad on his boat way back in the third book, Forever Too Far. He was very interesting but it was a long time to wait.
This book was a little different from the rest in that there weren't many connections so we didn't get to hear from much of the group, just Blaire, Mase and Reese. And I really liked that! Of course, I missed Rush but we got mini Rush with his fist bump and blowin' up...and that was almost as good!
So, the essence of the story is that Rose and Captain have a history except he's not aware of a few things. Rose is really Addy and Captain is really River. The different names BUGGED me but you do get used to it and it does give some separation. Rose has disguised her features a bit and for the most part, Captain doesn't really pay attention to her. However, she is definitely checking Captain out...how he treats people and basically if he's a good person.
Captain's back story (as well as Rose's) is heart breaking but I LOVED their romance! I really wanted more of that and it was really sad how that played out. And it totally warped River...and changed who he was hence the name change.
However, Rose's personality and her laugh were hard to disguise and the more Captain paid attention, the closer her cover came to being blown. Then a chance meeting really blew everything up. I admired that Rose/Addy came clean to Captain/River about everything and that he was understanding.
Okay, so Drama #1 done...now, for the fun and sexy times. It had been ten years since they last saw each other and there was a lot of making up to do. The situation about Rose was a little unbelievable...I mean, come on!
Unfortunately, Captain still has more secrets and that is Drama #2. His past catches up with him and it sucks him right back where he doesn't want to be but he has to take care of business. Again, the way things got worked out were a little hard to swallow but you just have to go with the flow.
Things end well although it seemed a bit rushed. I think we've been spoiled with two books per couple and Captain and Rose only get one.
There was some interesting discoveries about Major, Mase's sort of cousin. I really was not expecting that however, it does set up things for Nan's book, Up in Flames, which has been pushed back to June from March. I guess that's to make way for a novella about Dean coming out in February. That man needs something to be happy about!
Favorite quote:
♥ "No one touched my soul, Addy. Only you."
(Prior to review...)
Thank goodness there's gonna be a book for Captain but please, please not with the wicked witch!! *fingers crossed*
December 1, 2015
WARNING … A LOT OF SPOILERS AHEAD
I know I just said I wasn’t in the mood to review books, but this really technically doesn’t count as a proper review, its more of a “healthy" way to let out my frustration so..
Morbid curiosity has always been my downfall when it comes to books. I knew I didn’t like Captain, but I was curious how the author is going to make him a worthy hero.
Needless to say I was disappointed, Why? Because I’m extremely sick of the same pattern in stories over and over again.
Since this is a second chance romance we get flashbacks of the H and h together when they were young. So that’ll be my first rant : Here we go..
Other than their surrounding bad circumstances and terrible abusive home life which I felt sorry for them for, it’s the same old story. Boy loves and protects girl, girl loves and protects boy, boy doesn’t know girl loves him that way, sleeps and makes out with other girls because he has "guy needs” and for “distractions"<< his words. But hey, the h is his best girl and best friend and he only cares about her so it’s all good right?,
Anyway..girl sees boy with other girls and gets jealous. Girl confesses her feelings. And boy finally kisses girl giving her her first kiss and the boy his “supposed" last first kiss.
I am really curious as to why authors always like to make the heroes that have, their heroine as a best friend sleep around when they are in love with her and always seem to want to keep the h in a protective little bubble, or a shelf. They seem to make those types of heroes convince themselves that they're not worthy of the heroine, while the impression I get is that they usually want to sleep around before settling down with “the one”, which actually makes their feeling of non-worthiness absolutely valid. They care about her more than anyone and don’t want her with anyone else but can’t seem to enforce the same rule on themselves? really?
The H felt jealous in his head that the h might smile for OM the way she smiles at him and felt like if that were to happen, he’d hurt someone!! What a HYPOCRITE! What about you sleeping with other girls when it seemed to make her uncomfortable ?! And the author made it seem like he can’t help it, because he’s a guy DUH and because the girls come on to him too strong so apparently he can’t help himself. It’s only lust so.. You know a fifteen year old in love HAS to have sex with other girls or he might die or something.
10 years later… AKA second part of my rant.
The grown up version of that is pretty much what happens 10 years later but with a little twist. H thinks h is dead, which for me is better than them being separated because he would've gone after her if they did, no doubt, his life is completely changed because of that though, he sleeps with “hundreds of women” for distractions [[ I did the math on that because I’m OCD that way, but if he had like 3 different girls a month ,, after 10 years , it’ll be about 360 girls ? so it would be hundreds of girls without having to exaggerate ]] , but he says he never gave his heart away and never loved anyone, while OF COURSE the h stays celibate for 10 years and when she meets him again he has a girlfriend, a term I use loosely. She's just a girl he sleeps with, treats badly but of course she comes back for more, and from what we see, gives good head. (Yup ! We get that scene!)
But You know what pissed me off the most and was a major reason for the low rating ? The fact that the H is so adamant about the h being his one and ONLY love and that he never gave his heart to anyone else or even cared about any other woman, he says that like a million times, how he couldn’t feel that for anyone else, how his blackened heart stopped caring after her, how she’s the only person in the world he ever loved, when in the last book he said he fell in love with Reese without meaning to, and that she was hard not to love! What about all his flirting with her? So are we just gonna pretend that never happened? Apparently that’s what the author decided to do. Even in Captain’s thoughts about Reese, it’s like he never even liked her more than a friend!
The thing about this author’s books is that she usually introduces the next heroes in a series by making them a possible love interest for the current heroine, but in their own books they always acknowledge that. Sometimes by saying they tried to have feelings for that past h but couldn’t or that what they felt doesn’t come close to what they feel for their own h. The first time (that I remember) that she introduced a hero by making him fall in love and not just have a “Crush” on a past heroine was Captain, so I was really curious as to how she’s going to make me feel that his h wasn’t second best. I thought she might make Captain realize that he didn’t really love her or that he was just holding on to any good feeling or even that he liked that she was unavailable so she was safe, SOMETHING ANYTHING.What I didn't expect was that she would just sweep it under the rug.
Two things might’ve happened methinks:
1- She forgot the Captain she wrote about in the last book. Like completely blacked him out except for him killing that abuser scum. OR
2- She couldn’t work around Captain loving someone else because it doesn’t make sense whatsoever with the way he loves Abby, so she simply ignored it and hoped we would too.
Either way, I felt it was ridiculous. I even questioned myself and went back to make sure I didn’t get it wrong. If anyone read the last book & this one and thinks I missed something please let me know, it will make me feel a whole lot better.
With that said, I did end up finishing it and not DNFing, there is more to the story of course and it would’ve made for a decent read IMO, but all that just made me too frustrated to care. Also, the ending was really rushed.
As always I like to be fair, so I’m going to say this: What bothered me aside, because I think a lot of people would get over what I didn’t get over specially the Reese thing, I think Captain really did love Abby so much, she was different from the girls he hooked up with and treated indifferently. He said he always saw her face and not any other woman’s face and how broken he was after he thought he lost her, she pretty much was the reason for what his life has become and everything he did for Reese made more sense (Except his “feelings" for her and his mind games about Mason). I hated the BJ scene we got with his “girlfriend”, I hated the fact that Abby heard him have sex with her in his office -He broke it off with the girl before finding out that Rose is Abby-, but he did state that with Abby it was the best he’d had and the scenes between them were hot!.
There was no technical cheating. In the past after he knew how she felt about him, he was never interested in any other girl.
In the present, he met Rose (Abby disguised) and she reminded him so much of Abby with his attraction to her and the unexplainable feelings she ignites in him and that unnerved him so he treated her kinda badly, because he didn’t want to feel that way for someone else after losing Abby but he always did end up apologizing and feeling bad. When he figured out that Rose is in fact his Abby, he was never interested in any other woman and assured her of that time and time again, he was actually sweet to her after he knew about her, and he was a sweet father to their daughter.
I know I just said I wasn’t in the mood to review books, but this really technically doesn’t count as a proper review, its more of a “healthy" way to let out my frustration so..
Morbid curiosity has always been my downfall when it comes to books. I knew I didn’t like Captain, but I was curious how the author is going to make him a worthy hero.
Needless to say I was disappointed, Why? Because I’m extremely sick of the same pattern in stories over and over again.
Since this is a second chance romance we get flashbacks of the H and h together when they were young. So that’ll be my first rant : Here we go..
Other than their surrounding bad circumstances and terrible abusive home life which I felt sorry for them for, it’s the same old story. Boy loves and protects girl, girl loves and protects boy, boy doesn’t know girl loves him that way, sleeps and makes out with other girls because he has "guy needs” and for “distractions"<< his words. But hey, the h is his best girl and best friend and he only cares about her so it’s all good right?,
Anyway..girl sees boy with other girls and gets jealous. Girl confesses her feelings. And boy finally kisses girl giving her her first kiss and the boy his “supposed" last first kiss.
I am really curious as to why authors always like to make the heroes that have, their heroine as a best friend sleep around when they are in love with her and always seem to want to keep the h in a protective little bubble, or a shelf. They seem to make those types of heroes convince themselves that they're not worthy of the heroine, while the impression I get is that they usually want to sleep around before settling down with “the one”, which actually makes their feeling of non-worthiness absolutely valid. They care about her more than anyone and don’t want her with anyone else but can’t seem to enforce the same rule on themselves? really?
The H felt jealous in his head that the h might smile for OM the way she smiles at him and felt like if that were to happen, he’d hurt someone!! What a HYPOCRITE! What about you sleeping with other girls when it seemed to make her uncomfortable ?! And the author made it seem like he can’t help it, because he’s a guy DUH and because the girls come on to him too strong so apparently he can’t help himself. It’s only lust so.. You know a fifteen year old in love HAS to have sex with other girls or he might die or something.
10 years later… AKA second part of my rant.
The grown up version of that is pretty much what happens 10 years later but with a little twist. H thinks h is dead, which for me is better than them being separated because he would've gone after her if they did, no doubt, his life is completely changed because of that though, he sleeps with “hundreds of women” for distractions [[ I did the math on that because I’m OCD that way, but if he had like 3 different girls a month ,, after 10 years , it’ll be about 360 girls ? so it would be hundreds of girls without having to exaggerate ]] , but he says he never gave his heart away and never loved anyone, while OF COURSE the h stays celibate for 10 years and when she meets him again he has a girlfriend, a term I use loosely. She's just a girl he sleeps with, treats badly but of course she comes back for more, and from what we see, gives good head. (Yup ! We get that scene!)
But You know what pissed me off the most and was a major reason for the low rating ? The fact that the H is so adamant about the h being his one and ONLY love and that he never gave his heart to anyone else or even cared about any other woman, he says that like a million times, how he couldn’t feel that for anyone else, how his blackened heart stopped caring after her, how she’s the only person in the world he ever loved, when in the last book he said he fell in love with Reese without meaning to, and that she was hard not to love! What about all his flirting with her? So are we just gonna pretend that never happened? Apparently that’s what the author decided to do. Even in Captain’s thoughts about Reese, it’s like he never even liked her more than a friend!
The thing about this author’s books is that she usually introduces the next heroes in a series by making them a possible love interest for the current heroine, but in their own books they always acknowledge that. Sometimes by saying they tried to have feelings for that past h but couldn’t or that what they felt doesn’t come close to what they feel for their own h. The first time (that I remember) that she introduced a hero by making him fall in love and not just have a “Crush” on a past heroine was Captain, so I was really curious as to how she’s going to make me feel that his h wasn’t second best. I thought she might make Captain realize that he didn’t really love her or that he was just holding on to any good feeling or even that he liked that she was unavailable so she was safe, SOMETHING ANYTHING.What I didn't expect was that she would just sweep it under the rug.
Two things might’ve happened methinks:
1- She forgot the Captain she wrote about in the last book. Like completely blacked him out except for him killing that abuser scum. OR
2- She couldn’t work around Captain loving someone else because it doesn’t make sense whatsoever with the way he loves Abby, so she simply ignored it and hoped we would too.
Either way, I felt it was ridiculous. I even questioned myself and went back to make sure I didn’t get it wrong. If anyone read the last book & this one and thinks I missed something please let me know, it will make me feel a whole lot better.
With that said, I did end up finishing it and not DNFing, there is more to the story of course and it would’ve made for a decent read IMO, but all that just made me too frustrated to care. Also, the ending was really rushed.
As always I like to be fair, so I’m going to say this: What bothered me aside, because I think a lot of people would get over what I didn’t get over specially the Reese thing, I think Captain really did love Abby so much, she was different from the girls he hooked up with and treated indifferently. He said he always saw her face and not any other woman’s face and how broken he was after he thought he lost her, she pretty much was the reason for what his life has become and everything he did for Reese made more sense (Except his “feelings" for her and his mind games about Mason). I hated the BJ scene we got with his “girlfriend”, I hated the fact that Abby heard him have sex with her in his office -He broke it off with the girl before finding out that Rose is Abby-, but he did state that with Abby it was the best he’d had and the scenes between them were hot!.
There was no technical cheating. In the past after he knew how she felt about him, he was never interested in any other girl.
In the present, he met Rose (Abby disguised) and she reminded him so much of Abby with his attraction to her and the unexplainable feelings she ignites in him and that unnerved him so he treated her kinda badly, because he didn’t want to feel that way for someone else after losing Abby but he always did end up apologizing and feeling bad. When he figured out that Rose is in fact his Abby, he was never interested in any other woman and assured her of that time and time again, he was actually sweet to her after he knew about her, and he was a sweet father to their daughter.
December 14, 2015
4 Second Chance Stars.
Addy, or Rose as she is known now, decided to find together the only man she ever loved and got separated from in a complicated situation 10 years ago, to see if he was a man she wanted to be around the daughter they had after their separation. It took a few years for Addy to finally find him, but she doesn’t recognize the boy she fell in love anymore.
For the last 10 years, River or “Captain” tried everything to forget the only girl he ever love and thought she was dead. The decisions he had to make and the things he had to do, turned him into a dark man. Now he has a second chance not only with her but with the daughter they had together, but will his past made impossible for them to have a second chance at their love?
Well, despite the “sanctification” of the heroine and the manwhore hero factor that always seem to happens in Abbi Glines books, and are usually the reason can’t rate them higher, this was a nice story. I’m a sucker for second chance romances so this was right up my alley. Yeah, I had some minor annoyances with the story, but he was a sweet romance, with really sexy moments and a nice alpha (well, halfway through the book anyway). If you’re a fan of the series, yu should definitely read this.
Rating: 4 Stars.
Characters Development: Addy was a really strong heroine and easy to like. A little too innocent but that tends to happen in Abbi Glines books. Franny was a sweet girl and I loved how her relationship with River progressed. River was a little harder for me to like in the beginning, he was kind of an asshole, and not the type I usually like. Soon as he found out the truth, though, his change was pretty noticeable and he redeem himself. Now, moving on to Major’s story, Unless it’s with Nan, and in that case, no way.
Steam: Hot.
Sensible Subjects:
Love Triangle:
Cheating:
HEA:
Addy, or Rose as she is known now, decided to find together the only man she ever loved and got separated from in a complicated situation 10 years ago, to see if he was a man she wanted to be around the daughter they had after their separation. It took a few years for Addy to finally find him, but she doesn’t recognize the boy she fell in love anymore.
For the last 10 years, River or “Captain” tried everything to forget the only girl he ever love and thought she was dead. The decisions he had to make and the things he had to do, turned him into a dark man. Now he has a second chance not only with her but with the daughter they had together, but will his past made impossible for them to have a second chance at their love?
Well, despite the “sanctification” of the heroine and the manwhore hero factor that always seem to happens in Abbi Glines books, and are usually the reason can’t rate them higher, this was a nice story. I’m a sucker for second chance romances so this was right up my alley. Yeah, I had some minor annoyances with the story, but he was a sweet romance, with really sexy moments and a nice alpha (well, halfway through the book anyway). If you’re a fan of the series, yu should definitely read this.
Rating: 4 Stars.
Characters Development: Addy was a really strong heroine and easy to like. A little too innocent but that tends to happen in Abbi Glines books. Franny was a sweet girl and I loved how her relationship with River progressed. River was a little harder for me to like in the beginning, he was kind of an asshole, and not the type I usually like. Soon as he found out the truth, though, his change was pretty noticeable and he redeem himself. Now, moving on to Major’s story, Unless it’s with Nan, and in that case, no way.
Steam: Hot.
Sensible Subjects:
Love Triangle:
Cheating:
HEA:
December 1, 2015
2 stars.
I don't know why I keep trying with Glines. The same story different characters. Nothing special about this one.
Oh by the way...they are separated for 10 years. While she's busting her ass to keep a roof over her kid, he's out there sleeping with "hundred of women."
It just wasn't my cup of tea.
I don't know why I keep trying with Glines. The same story different characters. Nothing special about this one.
Oh by the way...they are separated for 10 years. While she's busting her ass to keep a roof over her kid, he's out there sleeping with "hundred of women."
It just wasn't my cup of tea.
February 13, 2017
YAS YAS YAS YAAAAAAAS this series is my fave guilty pleasure omg
January 22, 2018
3.5 STARS
Este libro me hizo recuperar mi fe en esta serie.
Teniendo en cuenta los parámetros del tipo de novela de Abbi Glines, puedo decir que este ha sido de mis libros favoritos.
No que sea un buen libro pero si me gusto mucho mas que los últimos 3 libros de esta serie, por eso le estoy poniendo 3.5 de calificación.
Me gusto mas que los anteriores, pero no lo suficiente como para merecer las 4 estrellas.
La historia es igual a las demás, pero no tiene dramas exagerados, que fue lo que mas agradecí.
La historia de Capitan y Rose-Addy toca temas fuertes de una manera muy ligera(que es la formula de siempre de Abby), fue lindo ir descubriendo su pasado al mismo tiempo que los veíamos enfrentarse al presente.
Algo que esperaba de este libro y me quedo debiendo fue la parte peligrosa, en el libro pasado supimos que Capitán era un asesino a sueldo, y yo quería ver mas de ese lado de el.
Hay una escena en especial
Entiendo por que Abbi Gllines lo hiso, este no es ese tipo de libro, igual me hubiera encantado ver un poco de violencia.
Y hablando de violencia, conocemos un personaje nuevo que me dejo muy intrigada Copeland. Cope eres el tipo de personaje del que me podría enamorar.
Tenemos un capitulo desde la perspectiva de Major y me dejo 2 cosas importantes:
Lo que no me gusto fue el final, lo sentí muy apresurado, la autora nos quedo debiendo el Epilogo. Tanta insistencia en tener una cena con Rush y Blaire y al final no la vimos, me hubiera encantado ver a Franny convivir con Nate.
BTW Si se preguntan porque la sinopsis dice que la protagonista es pelirroja, pero la de la portada es rubia, no se preocupen, todo tiene sentido.
"You're too special, too fucking precious, for what I've become."
Este libro me hizo recuperar mi fe en esta serie.
Teniendo en cuenta los parámetros del tipo de novela de Abbi Glines, puedo decir que este ha sido de mis libros favoritos.
No que sea un buen libro pero si me gusto mucho mas que los últimos 3 libros de esta serie, por eso le estoy poniendo 3.5 de calificación.
Me gusto mas que los anteriores, pero no lo suficiente como para merecer las 4 estrellas.
La historia es igual a las demás, pero no tiene dramas exagerados, que fue lo que mas agradecí.
La historia de Capitan y Rose-Addy toca temas fuertes de una manera muy ligera(que es la formula de siempre de Abby), fue lindo ir descubriendo su pasado al mismo tiempo que los veíamos enfrentarse al presente.
"I've loved it for most of my life. Can't stop now."
Algo que esperaba de este libro y me quedo debiendo fue la parte peligrosa, en el libro pasado supimos que Capitán era un asesino a sueldo, y yo quería ver mas de ese lado de el.
Hay una escena en especial
Entiendo por que Abbi Gllines lo hiso, este no es ese tipo de libro, igual me hubiera encantado ver un poco de violencia.
Y hablando de violencia, conocemos un personaje nuevo que me dejo muy intrigada Copeland. Cope eres el tipo de personaje del que me podría enamorar.
Tenemos un capitulo desde la perspectiva de Major y me dejo 2 cosas importantes:
Lo que no me gusto fue el final, lo sentí muy apresurado, la autora nos quedo debiendo el Epilogo. Tanta insistencia en tener una cena con Rush y Blaire y al final no la vimos, me hubiera encantado ver a Franny convivir con Nate.
BTW Si se preguntan porque la sinopsis dice que la protagonista es pelirroja, pero la de la portada es rubia, no se preocupen, todo tiene sentido.
August 20, 2016
2.5-3 stars
I'm sorry but all of these are starting to be almost exactly the same, at least to me.
BUT, I always go to my angst drug dealer of choice Ms. Glines for a big old hit of Angsty Abbi, so I'll keep reading anything my dealer hands me :D
I'm sorry but all of these are starting to be almost exactly the same, at least to me.
BUT, I always go to my angst drug dealer of choice Ms. Glines for a big old hit of Angsty Abbi, so I'll keep reading anything my dealer hands me :D
December 2, 2015
When I found out that Captain was getting his own book my first thought was...
After reading about him in When You're Back I was more then ready for his story and what a story it was...
So...Captain a.k.a. River a.k.a dangerous hottie :P
You don't know what I'm talking about?
Curious?
Click it...
I know right?
Ok...enough drooling...now...the book...yes...
I loved the story told in this novel and I loved the characters...I just couldn't put it down once I picked it up and even if nowadays I have even less time for reading I found a way and I did a thing I wasn't able to do in some time now...and that was finish a book in day...or better said in few hours :D
Don't want to go into the story because I liked the curiosity I experienced and I want you to feel that too...
You can read this book even if you haven't read any novels in this series because in my opinion it can be read as a standalone even if it has ties to the other novels...and if you are a fan of the Rosemary Beach series then you'll definitely what to read this one...
There isn't more left to say...except...
After reading about him in When You're Back I was more then ready for his story and what a story it was...
So...Captain a.k.a. River a.k.a dangerous hottie :P
You don't know what I'm talking about?
Curious?
Click it...
I know right?
Ok...enough drooling...now...the book...yes...
I loved the story told in this novel and I loved the characters...I just couldn't put it down once I picked it up and even if nowadays I have even less time for reading I found a way and I did a thing I wasn't able to do in some time now...and that was finish a book in day...or better said in few hours :D
Don't want to go into the story because I liked the curiosity I experienced and I want you to feel that too...
You can read this book even if you haven't read any novels in this series because in my opinion it can be read as a standalone even if it has ties to the other novels...and if you are a fan of the Rosemary Beach series then you'll definitely what to read this one...
There isn't more left to say...except...
December 1, 2015
ARC provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review
A raw sexy emotional heart-tugging romance!!!!! Abbi Glines once again continues to bewitch and spellbind her readers with her gorgeous prose and raw characters. And in the newest installment of The Rosemary Beach Series, Ms. Glines consumes her readers as she paints a literary tale that is full of heart, raw emotions, forgiveness, second chances, and love in The Best Goodbye.
Captain's book is finally here. And let me just say Abbi Glines delivered a story that had my complete and undivided attention. Literally for three hours, I was consumed with Captain and Addy's Story and couldn't get enough of it. The Best Goodbye is a story that cannot be fully reviewed properly without spoiling the book because Ms. Glines made this book stand out from the previous books of the series. Captain's story dealt more of his childhood past and the one person who owned his heart, soul, body and mind. What I can tell you, is that in true Abbi fashion, Ms. Glines will hold your hearts as readers are emotionally invested with Captain and Rose/Addy's story.
The Best Goodbye douses readers with raw emotions that will hold you hostage. While I really enjoyed Captain's story, I wished Abbi Glines had broken his story in two books like she did with the previous characters of the Rosemary Beach gang. Captain has always been an enigma and a mysterious character and a part of me wished there was another book that showcased more of his past. Also, his relationship with Rose/Addy is so complex so I think having a second book would have been best since I felt the ending was a bit rushed for my taste. Or maybe I'm just greedy for more since I can never get tired of reading Abbi Glines books. But what I can tell you is that I seriously can't wait for Nan's book..
Review can also be found on Four Chicks Flipping Pages: http://fourchicksflippingpages.weebly...Abbi Glines
A raw sexy emotional heart-tugging romance!!!!! Abbi Glines once again continues to bewitch and spellbind her readers with her gorgeous prose and raw characters. And in the newest installment of The Rosemary Beach Series, Ms. Glines consumes her readers as she paints a literary tale that is full of heart, raw emotions, forgiveness, second chances, and love in The Best Goodbye.
Captain's book is finally here. And let me just say Abbi Glines delivered a story that had my complete and undivided attention. Literally for three hours, I was consumed with Captain and Addy's Story and couldn't get enough of it. The Best Goodbye is a story that cannot be fully reviewed properly without spoiling the book because Ms. Glines made this book stand out from the previous books of the series. Captain's story dealt more of his childhood past and the one person who owned his heart, soul, body and mind. What I can tell you, is that in true Abbi fashion, Ms. Glines will hold your hearts as readers are emotionally invested with Captain and Rose/Addy's story.
The Best Goodbye douses readers with raw emotions that will hold you hostage. While I really enjoyed Captain's story, I wished Abbi Glines had broken his story in two books like she did with the previous characters of the Rosemary Beach gang. Captain has always been an enigma and a mysterious character and a part of me wished there was another book that showcased more of his past. Also, his relationship with Rose/Addy is so complex so I think having a second book would have been best since I felt the ending was a bit rushed for my taste. Or maybe I'm just greedy for more since I can never get tired of reading Abbi Glines books. But what I can tell you is that I seriously can't wait for Nan's book..
Review can also be found on Four Chicks Flipping Pages: http://fourchicksflippingpages.weebly...Abbi Glines
December 2, 2015
You can’t tell your heart to stop loving someone. I’d been trying that for years, simply to ease the ache of losing him.
Rose has just moved to Rosemary Beach and is working for Captain at a restaurant he is starting up for Arthur Stout. We immediately learn that she moved there with another agenda, to see River/Captain. River and Addy knew each other ten years ago when she was in foster care and lived with his family. Since she isn’t sure she wants Captain to know it’s her, she takes necessary means to disguise herself and changes her name to Rose.
If you are following this series you know Captain isn’t allhearts and flowers, he has a dark side. So when Addy meets him again, ten years later, he isn’t the same boy he was before. He is rude, difficult and brash. While Captain isn’t the nicest guy regardless, he is even worse to Rose because she reminds him of Addy. The love of his life who was taken from him.
I am not a huge fan of second chances romances, I am always frustrated by what originally separated the couple. However, in this case it made complete sense and instead of being frustrated I really felt for River and Addy. I loved how River was with Addy, she brought out the best in him. I love that Addy was a stronger female character. She was loving, protective and put her situation first.
Abbi Glines books are my some of my favorites. I fell in love with Abbi’s stories when I read my first one years ago and I have been a diehard fan ever since. I love how she brings these characters to life and builds this world that feels real. While this wasn’t my favorite Abbi story, I still loved it. I loved the twist and the buildup for Colt’s story. If you are a fan of the Rosemary Beach Series I definitely recommend jumping into this one!
ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review.
June 12, 2016
I think I am over AB's female leads why are they so needy with their guys? They always say they are strong but as soon as they are near the hero's they go all mushy it just annoys me so damn much, I personally prefer virgin heroine's so I am not complaining but why have scene's with ow it just really brings down a book all I could think about after I finished was him being with bitch Elle I'm sure AG didn't intend that!
December 18, 2015
Well helloooo, Captain! Fans of the Rosemary Beach series have been wanting and waiting for this story for a while now. I don’t think they will be disappointed.
The mysterious Captain is opening a restaurant and banging the ever-hated manager. Only, there seems to be something familiar about the petite waitress that has Captain distracted.
Rose, single mother and waitress didn’t just show up on a whim. She has a mission to complete and a man to suss out. Can she keep her secrets hidden all the while trying to figure out a man who is nothing like the one she once knew?
Secrets are uncovered; hearts are broken, repaired, and ultimately rejoined.
It’s Abbi Glines in all her NA finest. It’s longing, angst, and personal drama rolled into one fabulous read.
Follow us on
KT Book Reviews
Twitter
Facebook
Pinterest
The mysterious Captain is opening a restaurant and banging the ever-hated manager. Only, there seems to be something familiar about the petite waitress that has Captain distracted.
Rose, single mother and waitress didn’t just show up on a whim. She has a mission to complete and a man to suss out. Can she keep her secrets hidden all the while trying to figure out a man who is nothing like the one she once knew?
Secrets are uncovered; hearts are broken, repaired, and ultimately rejoined.
It’s Abbi Glines in all her NA finest. It’s longing, angst, and personal drama rolled into one fabulous read.
Follow us on
KT Book Reviews
avoid
August 23, 2023Self note avoid
Sexist author🙄
10yr separation
h is celibate
H was a manwhore
He said he fell in love with another heroine in a previous book, but in this book he says he only ever loved the h. She’s his one and only. Yeah right. Author changed the story.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sexist author🙄
10yr separation
h is celibate
H was a manwhore
He said he fell in love with another heroine in a previous book, but in this book he says he only ever loved the h. She’s his one and only. Yeah right. Author changed the story.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
January 2, 2016
New Year's Readathon 2.0 - Read a Sequel
A quick and guilty pleasure read. It was good but I wasn't emotionally invested with the characters. Captain and Rose can be at times annoying especially when they easily jump on false conclusions. Oh well, drama.
A quick and guilty pleasure read. It was good but I wasn't emotionally invested with the characters. Captain and Rose can be at times annoying especially when they easily jump on false conclusions. Oh well, drama.
December 29, 2015
I'm sooo late reading Captain's book. I ordered the PB at amazon dot com, because I won a giftcard... and it took Captain almost 4 weeks to get to me, and then I was done with him in one day ☹ I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!
It was such a beautiful, moving, sexy, Rosemary Beach romance!
It was just way too short!
I would've loved to spend some more time with Addy & River & Franny!!!!
Now I can't wait for the next book - I'm excited to see how will tame Nan!!!! Must be a really live-altering event that will bring out the good in Nan. ☺
If you loved Rush & Woods and all those amazing boys...you will love River Kipling aka Captain just as much!!!!!
December 5, 2015
Well that was just adorable !
not-for-me
April 6, 2024😐😒
10 year separation 😐
Read my shelves
10 year separation 😐
Read my shelves
December 5, 2015
Too many insecurity and jealousy fits for one book.
December 14, 2015
Luv luv luv it
This was just so good I luvd every bit of it I couldnt put it down last nite an had to get back to it as soon as this mornin I m a huge fan of AG work and this series just keeps getting better an better this one had a lil bit more drama in than normal but it just made it so good River/Captain is just so hot an sexy I luv his possessive alpha ways an the way he is with Rose/Addy is just so cute he is a bit of an arse in the begin but the way he was with her when they were younger was just adorable I don't think he would like bein called Adorable but the way he understood Addy for what she did with Franny an the way he was with Franny was just great she is so cute
These 2 main characters have been through a lot Addy was put in foster care after he mum left her an this is where she meet River he was also put up 4 adoption cause his mum was just a teen then she got pregnant Addy was put in the care of Rivers mum an dad thank god she had River cause his mum was 1 mean woman she was an horrible 2 Addy an River was the 1 to protect her an he alway would there relationship got more stronger everyday an after a while things changed in there relationship an they were both scared to wreck what they had but they luvd each other to much not to try an they knew that they would b together forever but Rivers mum had others plans for them I m sorry but this woman is a bitch
I really enjoy this book the characters were really good an gettin more of Blaire an Major was just great an find out a lil about why Major was in Rosemary was good an as me dyin to know more I highly recommend these book I know some of my friend a have mixed feels but just can't get enough of her books there just great xxx
This was just so good I luvd every bit of it I couldnt put it down last nite an had to get back to it as soon as this mornin I m a huge fan of AG work and this series just keeps getting better an better this one had a lil bit more drama in than normal but it just made it so good River/Captain is just so hot an sexy I luv his possessive alpha ways an the way he is with Rose/Addy is just so cute he is a bit of an arse in the begin but the way he was with her when they were younger was just adorable I don't think he would like bein called Adorable but the way he understood Addy for what she did with Franny an the way he was with Franny was just great she is so cute
These 2 main characters have been through a lot Addy was put in foster care after he mum left her an this is where she meet River he was also put up 4 adoption cause his mum was just a teen then she got pregnant Addy was put in the care of Rivers mum an dad thank god she had River cause his mum was 1 mean woman she was an horrible 2 Addy an River was the 1 to protect her an he alway would there relationship got more stronger everyday an after a while things changed in there relationship an they were both scared to wreck what they had but they luvd each other to much not to try an they knew that they would b together forever but Rivers mum had others plans for them I m sorry but this woman is a bitch
I really enjoy this book the characters were really good an gettin more of Blaire an Major was just great an find out a lil about why Major was in Rosemary was good an as me dyin to know more I highly recommend these book I know some of my friend a have mixed feels but just can't get enough of her books there just great xxx
March 2, 2016
3.7 Stars
This was really good even though I didn't give it a out of this world rating. The rating is so low because the beginning was boring me a bit because we are just anticipating one revelation scene and it's taking forever to come. Also when that scene came it wasn't as emotional as it could have been. River/Captain could have been more raw with that scene. As the book goes on River opens up and becomes more raw with his emotions and I loved that. I thought his love was so fierce.
I LOVED reading the flashback scenes. They were adorable as kids and it honestly is sad because of the shitty childhood they got handed to them. One thing I didn't understand about the flashbacks was how it read when River and Addy first had sex. They were what 16? And they acted like fucking Rush and Blaire from book one. Like that shit read as a 22 year old finally having sex with his woman lol.
Another thing I didn't like but got over quick because the character noticed it as well was Addy's rash decisions not to trust River because that girl always ran off when she thought he was playing her. LEARN TO TALK IT OUT GIRL. And she did realize she was being stupid and that stopped so thank you Abbi Glines.
Last problem I had with the book and this didn't lower the rating but we didn't see ANY of the characters from previous books. River is friends with Grant, Rush, Woods, and all of the others but did we see any of them? Yes and no. We only saw Blaire for three scenes that were really short and same with Mase and Reese. Abbi said Mase and Reese's story would also conclude in this book and WE DIDNT GET ANY MORE ON THEM. Like wtf? I just missed the crew hats all. But I still enjoyed the book. And River is a great fucking father.
This was really good even though I didn't give it a out of this world rating. The rating is so low because the beginning was boring me a bit because we are just anticipating one revelation scene and it's taking forever to come. Also when that scene came it wasn't as emotional as it could have been. River/Captain could have been more raw with that scene. As the book goes on River opens up and becomes more raw with his emotions and I loved that. I thought his love was so fierce.
I LOVED reading the flashback scenes. They were adorable as kids and it honestly is sad because of the shitty childhood they got handed to them. One thing I didn't understand about the flashbacks was how it read when River and Addy first had sex. They were what 16? And they acted like fucking Rush and Blaire from book one. Like that shit read as a 22 year old finally having sex with his woman lol.
Another thing I didn't like but got over quick because the character noticed it as well was Addy's rash decisions not to trust River because that girl always ran off when she thought he was playing her. LEARN TO TALK IT OUT GIRL. And she did realize she was being stupid and that stopped so thank you Abbi Glines.
Last problem I had with the book and this didn't lower the rating but we didn't see ANY of the characters from previous books. River is friends with Grant, Rush, Woods, and all of the others but did we see any of them? Yes and no. We only saw Blaire for three scenes that were really short and same with Mase and Reese. Abbi said Mase and Reese's story would also conclude in this book and WE DIDNT GET ANY MORE ON THEM. Like wtf? I just missed the crew hats all. But I still enjoyed the book. And River is a great fucking father.
December 9, 2015
This guy was a manwhore and the h is stupid I'm really tired of reading books where is alright for the guy to whore himself and the h being a doormat.
He slept with hundreds of woman the h never slept with OM after him I'm rolling my eyes because this woman is so stupid.
He slept with hundreds of woman the h never slept with OM after him I'm rolling my eyes because this woman is so stupid.
February 5, 2016
Review: Surj
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheHopelessR...
TSU: http://www.tsu.co/HopelessRomantics
Blog: http://thehopelessromanticsbookblog.b...
Another Rosemary Beach story by the lovely Abbi Glines and I couldn't wait to dip my toes back into that lovely town and get soaked up my that wonderful sense of familiarity I always get when reading a book in this series. BUT.... please don't all throw stones at once but this one wasn't quite for me... I know, I know. It really does gut me to have to say but Captain's story was so different to the other books and although many of you out there loved that, for me, it just didn't work.
So what went wrong when things seemed to going along on the right tracks? For me, the minute things came out in the open, the characters started to frustrate me. There was so much push and pull, will they won't they and so much jealousy that it drove me crazy in the end. I wanted to shake the characters, especially Rose who became increasingly annoying, the further I read. Unfortunately, she knew how irritating she was becoming because she owned it and apologised (to River of course over and over again!!!). Grrrr.
On top of that, the main thing that keeps me coming back to this series of books is that overwhelming sense of familiarity I get when I turn the pages of a Rosemary Beach novel. The surroundings, the characters, that sense of community. For me, this was something that seriously lacked in "The Best Goodbye" with only Blaire, Mase and Reese making an appearance very briefly.
So all in all, an ok addition to this series but probably one of my least favourites Abbi Glines books to date. Gutted but that doesn't mean I'm giving up. Hell no... we have Nan's book on the way and I can't wait for that one. I rated "The Best Goodbye" ❤️❤️❤️
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheHopelessR...
TSU: http://www.tsu.co/HopelessRomantics
Blog: http://thehopelessromanticsbookblog.b...
Another Rosemary Beach story by the lovely Abbi Glines and I couldn't wait to dip my toes back into that lovely town and get soaked up my that wonderful sense of familiarity I always get when reading a book in this series. BUT.... please don't all throw stones at once but this one wasn't quite for me... I know, I know. It really does gut me to have to say but Captain's story was so different to the other books and although many of you out there loved that, for me, it just didn't work.
You can't tell your heart to stop loving someone. I've been trying that for years."The Best Goodbye" started out brilliantly and I loved the back stories of both River and Rose. Chapters told from the past were both heart warming and soul destroying in equal measure and clearly highlighted the devastation each of these characters had experienced and tried to leave behind. Yup, be prepared for Abbi Glines signature truck load of angst which she definitely didn't scrimp on in this book. I loved the whole secrets element of "The Best Goodbye" too. Both Captain and Rose had pasts that they were trying desperately to keep locked away and that's what kept me engaged. I mean who doesn't love a good secret right? And these were good... really good!!!
Because when River Joshua Kipling decided you were worth protecting, he did it with everything he had.
So what went wrong when things seemed to going along on the right tracks? For me, the minute things came out in the open, the characters started to frustrate me. There was so much push and pull, will they won't they and so much jealousy that it drove me crazy in the end. I wanted to shake the characters, especially Rose who became increasingly annoying, the further I read. Unfortunately, she knew how irritating she was becoming because she owned it and apologised (to River of course over and over again!!!). Grrrr.
On top of that, the main thing that keeps me coming back to this series of books is that overwhelming sense of familiarity I get when I turn the pages of a Rosemary Beach novel. The surroundings, the characters, that sense of community. For me, this was something that seriously lacked in "The Best Goodbye" with only Blaire, Mase and Reese making an appearance very briefly.
“I can’t remember what my life was like before you,” I told him honestly.
“And I don’t want to remember.” He smirked. “I remember what mine was like before you, and I don’t ever want to live without you again.”
So all in all, an ok addition to this series but probably one of my least favourites Abbi Glines books to date. Gutted but that doesn't mean I'm giving up. Hell no... we have Nan's book on the way and I can't wait for that one. I rated "The Best Goodbye" ❤️❤️❤️
December 1, 2015
4 estrelas
Sem inspiração pra escrever, então vai isso mesmo kkk
Eu sou uma apaixonada por Resemary Beach, então minha nota nessa serie é meio duvidosa, porque eu amo até quando não é perfeito kkkk.
PODE CONTER SPOILERS PARA QUEM NÃO LEU OS LIVROS ANTERIORES DESSA SÉRIE.
.
.
.
.
.
Esses caras de Rosemary me deixam doidinhas. O Captain, se não me engano foi apresentado no livro 3, como meio irmão da Blaire. Confesso que no momento que o "conheci" achei que ele era sem graça, chato, feio e bobo hahah. Então, mais pra frente quando fiquei sabendo que a Abbi ia escrever sobre ele, fiquei com o pé atras. Entretanto, no segundo livro do Mase a gente conhece mais do River "Captain" Kipling e eu ai me interessei mais pela historia dele do que pela do Mase ( no segundo livro ele tava muito.. sei la... O Mase tava diferente). A Abbi criou uma história para o Cap que parecia ser bem interessante. A partir dai fiquei doida pra ler mais dele.
THE BEST GOODBYE se passa em Rosemary Beach mesmo. A história é intercalada com Cap e com Addy. Mostrando passado e presente. Addy faz parte do passado de Cap, entretanto por questões de merda do destino se afastaram. Agora, se mudando para Rosemary com sua filha, usando um disfarce, "Rose(Addy)" tenta conhecer essa nova versão do seu amigo de infância River para ver se ele é digno de estar perto de sua filha.
Cap era um cara apaixonado no passado e nunca esqueceu seu primeiro amor. Entretanto, - como dito ai para cima - foi separado dela e isso fez com que ele tivesse o coração endurecido. Ele se tornou uma pessoa fria e começou a mexer com coisas que não deveria (no livro do Mase já fala disso ne).
Adorei a história. Achei diferente das dos outros livros da série, entretanto não teve nada de inovador. Adorei a personagem feminina desse livro. Ela é super forte e aguentou muita coisa na vida e sabia cuidar de si mesma. E a Franny era uma criança muito fofa!
O que não curti foi que o final foi muito rápido. Poderia ter sido melhor trabalhado. Fora que uma certa tensão que aconteceu na história... ficou claro que a merda ia acontecer, entretanto a Abbi não mostra pra gente isso detalhado. Ela pula pra depois do acontecido. E isso me chateou. Acho que ela poderia ter escrito uma p* cena ali e perdeu a oportunidade.
O Cap mau é bom. Mas o Cap apaixonado é aiaiaiaiiiiiii! Eu queria ganhar uns beijos no pescoço desse moço!
Ah! Todo mundo já sabia disso, mas a autora confirma que é mesmo o Major que será par da Nan. O personagem aparece um pouco nessa história e inclusive tem um capítulo só pra ele. Agora é aguardar o próximo.
PS: Gente!!!!! Vocês tão ligadas que só faltam mais dois livros?????? Ai, meu Deus! Ai, meu coração! Só falta o livro do Dean - pai do Rush - e o da Nan!!!!! Meu coração não aguenta.
Pick a Book - facebook page
Sem inspiração pra escrever, então vai isso mesmo kkk
Eu sou uma apaixonada por Resemary Beach, então minha nota nessa serie é meio duvidosa, porque eu amo até quando não é perfeito kkkk.
PODE CONTER SPOILERS PARA QUEM NÃO LEU OS LIVROS ANTERIORES DESSA SÉRIE.
.
.
.
.
.
Esses caras de Rosemary me deixam doidinhas. O Captain, se não me engano foi apresentado no livro 3, como meio irmão da Blaire. Confesso que no momento que o "conheci" achei que ele era sem graça, chato, feio e bobo hahah. Então, mais pra frente quando fiquei sabendo que a Abbi ia escrever sobre ele, fiquei com o pé atras. Entretanto, no segundo livro do Mase a gente conhece mais do River "Captain" Kipling e eu ai me interessei mais pela historia dele do que pela do Mase ( no segundo livro ele tava muito.. sei la... O Mase tava diferente). A Abbi criou uma história para o Cap que parecia ser bem interessante. A partir dai fiquei doida pra ler mais dele.
THE BEST GOODBYE se passa em Rosemary Beach mesmo. A história é intercalada com Cap e com Addy. Mostrando passado e presente. Addy faz parte do passado de Cap, entretanto por questões de merda do destino se afastaram. Agora, se mudando para Rosemary com sua filha, usando um disfarce, "Rose(Addy)" tenta conhecer essa nova versão do seu amigo de infância River para ver se ele é digno de estar perto de sua filha.
Cap era um cara apaixonado no passado e nunca esqueceu seu primeiro amor. Entretanto, - como dito ai para cima - foi separado dela e isso fez com que ele tivesse o coração endurecido. Ele se tornou uma pessoa fria e começou a mexer com coisas que não deveria (no livro do Mase já fala disso ne).
Adorei a história. Achei diferente das dos outros livros da série, entretanto não teve nada de inovador. Adorei a personagem feminina desse livro. Ela é super forte e aguentou muita coisa na vida e sabia cuidar de si mesma. E a Franny era uma criança muito fofa!
O que não curti foi que o final foi muito rápido. Poderia ter sido melhor trabalhado. Fora que uma certa tensão que aconteceu na história... ficou claro que a merda ia acontecer, entretanto a Abbi não mostra pra gente isso detalhado. Ela pula pra depois do acontecido. E isso me chateou. Acho que ela poderia ter escrito uma p* cena ali e perdeu a oportunidade.
O Cap mau é bom. Mas o Cap apaixonado é aiaiaiaiiiiiii! Eu queria ganhar uns beijos no pescoço desse moço!
Ah! Todo mundo já sabia disso, mas a autora confirma que é mesmo o Major que será par da Nan. O personagem aparece um pouco nessa história e inclusive tem um capítulo só pra ele. Agora é aguardar o próximo.
PS: Gente!!!!! Vocês tão ligadas que só faltam mais dois livros?????? Ai, meu Deus! Ai, meu coração! Só falta o livro do Dean - pai do Rush - e o da Nan!!!!! Meu coração não aguenta.
Pick a Book - facebook page
December 22, 2021
3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK decent reads.
=======================
=======================
I wasn’t a fan of the head server. She was gorgeous and mean, not to mention tall.
“Get down, Rose,” River ordered harshly. “Go do something useful. I’ll get someone who can manage this.” At least he remembered my name this time. Last week, he had referred to me as Rachel, Daisy, and Rhonda on three separate occasions.
At some point over the past ten years, River had changed his name to Captain and had become hard.
I had packed up my life and come down to Rosemary Beach, Florida, once I found out that this was where I could find River.
“Are you going to finish the job I gave you or stand there and do nothing?” Elle’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts.
As much as my daughter wanted to know her father, I had to decide if that man was worthy of Franny. Sadly, I’d found after two weeks of working for him that he wasn’t exactly measuring up.
I’d hired Elle as head server because she’d come highly recommended by someone Arthur trusted. I agreed to it soon after meeting and interviewing her. Fucking her in my office the next day hadn’t been planned, but she’d come on to me hard, and she was hot. I didn’t see an issue with it. I liked tall, willowy women. She fit the bill.
Reminding Elle that she was the one I was fucking had done wonders for her attitude.
I didn’t want to regret this decision, although the more I saw of River, the more I wished we had stayed in Oklahoma.
Major Colt was sitting on the sofa across from my desk, with that ever-present smirk on his face. If the guy wasn’t so good at what he did, I wouldn’t have hooked him up with Benedetto DeCarlo. Anyone who could pull off that easygoing playboy facade and kill people for cash in his spare time was impressive. I appeared to be what I was: an asshole. I didn’t have his charm.
“Kid doesn’t have a father?” I replied, wanting to see her snap for some insane reason.
I wasn’t depriving Franny of a good father. Captain was an asshole. She didn’t need to know him.
If Elle was an example of the kind of woman River kept around in his life, he wasn’t good enough for Franny. Simple fact was, I didn’t trust him.
Killing the man who had molested and raped Reese when she was a child had been one of my greatest moments of success.
He had no idea of the hopes and dreams he had shattered. Not just mine but Franny’s. She’d never know her dad now, because I didn’t trust him to be the man she needed.
His eyes clouded with regret. “She was a distraction. They’ve all been a distraction. There’ve been hundreds—I won’t lie to you. But I didn’t care for a single one of them. I never let them have me the way you had me.
He needed to know. I wasn’t ready for this. “I haven’t been with anyone else . . . just you.”
“I tried all there was to try. I did everything I could to get you out of my head. But not one day went by that I didn’t miss you. That I didn’t see your face when I closed my eyes.”
December 12, 2015
In the thirteenth book of the Rosemary Beach series, Abbi Glines presents readers with a bad boy hero and tortured heroine. River “Captain” Kipling is Blaire’s half brother and he epitomizes the playboy spirit. What’s interesting about his character is that he is a professional killer. His employer is a crime boss but Captain wants nothing more than to own his own restaurant. While I’ve followed this series from the very beginning and enjoyed the books for the most part, this one seems the most different from all the books. It almost seems like a complete departure from the series and I think that’s all due to Captain’s character. While he still embodies the bad boy that Glines is known for writing, the whole professional killing aspect of the story seemed pretty out of the blue and misplaced in the story. I didn’t like Captain. He came across as sleazy rather than sexy so I would’ve passed on him.
Rose’s story is a little more to Glines’ style. She has a complicated past and it seems, like a complicated future. But she finds solace when she is with Captain. I only wished I liked Captain more so that I could get more involved in the story, but unfortunately the heat wasn’t there for me.
Quite a bit of the first half of the story are flashbacks from an earlier time. It outlines their time when they were younger and as you can expect, it’s rife with drama and trouble. There are a few characters that I didn’t like and as well as Glines writes her bad boys, she also writes bad characters well. When she introduces a new character to a reader that is meant to be disliked, you end up really hating them. I’m curious to see if in the next book, Glines detours once again or if she’ll stick to what’s tried and true.
December 15, 2015
It's no surprise I really like this entire series. As a reason, I was expecting more than I got here - a lot more. Honestly, I'm disappointed.
That's it for them. Next is Nan's book, and it's becoming more and more likely that she will be paired with Major. I don't know what direction Abbi Glines will take their story, but I'm expecting explosions and fireworks of epic proportions. Nan has a lot to explain for, so please let that happen.
That's it for them. Next is Nan's book, and it's becoming more and more likely that she will be paired with Major. I don't know what direction Abbi Glines will take their story, but I'm expecting explosions and fireworks of epic proportions. Nan has a lot to explain for, so please let that happen.
December 1, 2015
I'm a huge Abbi Glines Fan but something wasn't quite right with this book. It didn't have the usual AB feel that I've come to expect. I felt as if this book was somewhat rushed and incomplete. The characters didn't really grab me either. I felt that their character development fell a bit flat and I'm sad about that. I feel as if I had more of a connection with Captain during his brief appearances in previous books than I did in this entire novel. Rose / Addy was particularly bland in her character build-up and I'm left feeling no attachment to her at all and I ALWAYS get attached to Abbi Glines characters. This book felt incredibly short compared to other Abbi Glines books. I think it took me like 3 hours to complete. Honestly, I'm kind of disappointed at this one. I had high hopes and of course I was waiting for the reading euphoria you get when you read a AB book.... but alas, it never came :( I really enjoyed the theme of this book, it's unusual for AB books, so that was refreshing, however, I really wish it had more depth and buildup.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 1,051 reviews