#hartigans

Muffin Top (Hartigans #2) by Avery Flynn 

Butterface (Hartigans #1) by Avery Flynn 

Tomboy (Hartigans #3) by Avery Flynn

📔❤Get ready to go back in time to the 80's where it all began. Read how the Hartigans came to be in this new book by Avery Flynn "Airhead"📔❤

Synopsis

The night in 1982 that changed everything…

There is no way I can resist avenging my sister's broken heart by filling her cheating boyfriend's bitchin' DeLorean with extra buttered movie popcorn, a half-melted Snickers, and the contents of one shaken can of Tab.

There's only one six-foot-six-inch problem. It's not The Creep's car. It's Frank "The Airhead" Hartigan’s. Now he wants me to drive him to Harbor City to make up for trashing his ride.

On the outside, I'm all gag me with a spoon, but on the inside? Yeah, not so much. The truth is I haven't stopped thinking about him since that night at Marino's Bar when he rocked my world to the max—something that can't happen again.

Frank Hartigan isn't a guy you fall for if you want to keep your heart in one piece. Waterbury is littered with the broken hearts of the women who forgot that, and I am not about to join their ranks.

Fine. I'll drive him around town, but that's it.

No kisses.

No getting hot and bothered.

No toe-curling anything.

And no matter what happens tonight, my heart—and my panties—will for sure remain untouched.

Grab your copy of this ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐read today!!

My Review

Wow I love it!!! Let's take a trip down the 80's lane and see how it all began with that hoard of Hartigans. This book is the story of how Katie and Frank became one and it was a barrel of fun. There were many contributing players in the union of Katie and Frank. And what a beautiful union it is.

This book was a lot of fun to read, so be prepared when you dive into it and can't put it down. It is full of laughs and funny situations. I especially love the scene with the DeLorean. Priceless!!! I could not stop laughing. Frank is the funniest, but Katie stole the show. Their chemistry is off the charts even though Katie fights it every step of the way, while Frank chases. It is fun to know that the Hartigans are a huge family in the past as well as the future.

If you are looking for a flashback to the 80's full of fun and spice then this book is right up your alley. I think you will love it as much as I.

Love may be patient, and love may be kind, but it’s also an inconvenient pain in the ass sometimes.

Hero: Bad boy hockey player with a chip on his shoulder. 

Heroine: Tomboy nurse with a chip on her shoulder. 

I think I might actually love this book? Like - really, really liked it. And I am not sure I even know why. 

Is it the banter? That definitely helps, Fallon Hartigan takes no shit and her flirting is more like hitting Zach Blackburn over the head with his own poor hockey stats. 

Is it the Lady Luck storyline? Possibly. Zach is aware it is asinine that the appearance of a nurse - Fallon - who does not think he is the world’s greatest anything to make him actually play well. But at the same time... he does play better when she is around. 

Is it a more serious plotline? All of the currently out Hartigan books have great heroines with what are considered flaws (or worse) in our current culture. This one was more subtle on the perceptions that Fallon puts up with but it was also the first one with a hero - Zach - with a darker/ tougher backstory with nearly abusive parents that take (and want to continue to take) advantage of him. 

Is it the bedroom scenes? I would say that this might be one of the more graphic sexual books I have read - it doesn’t leave all that much to the imagination - but it also seems very in character for both of them. Fallon wants to sleep with Zach and he definitely wants the same and instead of starting with feelings they start in the bedroom and fall into the feelings. I didn’t necessarily enjoy the rather graphic language... but again it did seem in character. It did really highlight owning female sexuality and consent and I loved it.   

I would definitely want to read more Avery Flynn after my Hartigans experiences (again I ask - will there be more? ‘Cause I really like the parents and the rest of the family chaos...) And I need to further explore hockey as a subgenre in contemporary romance... This book can definitely be read alone (there are previous characters and couples mentioned but you don’t need their backstory for this one to make sense.) But I would avoid it if you are not a fan of graphic language, graphic bedroom scenes or are triggered by mentions of abuse (literally mentions - no abuse happens.) or manipulation by family. 

Day three!