Flirting with Forever

***4 Stars*** This was a fun, quick best friends to lovers read that I pretty much devoured in no time. It was sweet, smexy and though it was low on angst it had a good dose of the characters battling themselves to keep things interesting from the first page til the very end. I loved Camden and Natalie. Both are good people with good hearts who are both doing what they love and living their best lives. Their friendship is rock solid. It’s the kind where they pretty much know each other inside and out...at least when it comes to being friends. Watching as they both struggle with their changing feelings towards each other was a combination of fun and frustrating, though things did fall more on the fun side of the coin (which was very nice) and with the added issue of the “oath” thrown into the mix, things took a little longer to get going, but once they did, it was all kinds of smexy, sweet and swoon worthy and I loved where they were at in the end. I must say that I love that Ms. Ryan kept things simple with this friends to lovers romance. Yes, there is a lot of hemming and hawing, but it was done well and it kept me turning to pages in anticipation of when one of them would cave. The little twist thrown in was a fun one that I didn’t expect, but worked very well in the context of the story. But, with Cam and Natalie paired up, I am crossing my toes that Jack gets his own HEA at some point in the future! ~ Copy provided by the author via InkSlinger PR & voluntarily reviewed ~

Flirting with Forever was sweet and just makes you turn into a puddle of goo. I love the three friends Jack, Nat, and Cam. I felt like the story was starting as a slow burn, then it quickly accelerated. And by all means that is okay. Sometimes you want to get to the good parts right away. The banter between Cam and Nat was funny and yet familiar. I loved how Cam was always there for Natalie from broke down car to heartache. The flow of the story was exactly what I needed. There is no BS that you have to go through. At the end, there was a start of dramatic events, but I felt that the resolution was too easy to overcome. I really think Jack has more fire especially when there wertr emotions coming through in his eyes. But we still had to round back to a HEA. Flirting with Forever had me giggling, blushing, and moments that you made me whisper "Awwww"! The heat level in between sheets were off the charts. I could not stop reading this book until I got through the end and sighed happily after.

***ARC Provided by the Author via InkSlingerPR*** Natalie and Cam were the perfect friends to lovers story. The times they questioned if the relationship was a good idea, the times they almost got "caught" and the complete lack of surprise from everyone else once they finally admitted to one another that there was something more than friendship between them. For me to believe a friends to lovers, I need at least one of the characters to admit there has always been something between them. Maybe I am wrong, but I firmly believe it is possible for men and women to be friends without a romantic attachment, but for them to be close friends who merge into lovers, I need the attraction...preferably on both sides, even if they are ignoring it. And, this book handled this very well. I believed in not only the attraction but also the reasons they had for not pursuing it. Yes, this can be seen as a bit of a betrayal to the others around them, a threat to some of those relationships, but I get annoyed when it's made into a much bigger deal than it has to be, and in this instance, I liked how the revelation of their relationship was handled, that it was not allowed to be a "BIG DEAL" that everyone had to overreact to the news. I liked their chemistry, and their willingness to step away from it for the good of the friendship, it shows how much they actually did care for one another. I enjoyed this title and I recommend it.