Make a Wish

Make a Wish is a touching, sweet, and steamy second chance romance that will capture your heart. I love single parent romance stories and this slow-burn romance was a real treat. Harley worked for Gavin to help with his new born daughter, Peyton, after his wife died. Gavin and Peyton moved away for years but are now back and reconnecting with Harley. This is not only a delightful romance, but also a beautiful story about individual growth, forgiveness, family and a second chance at love.

Overall a very enjoyable book and a easy read. *This maybe a unpopular opinion but I felt that Payton came off way younger than 9/10... I honestly thought she was like 6 based off how she read and it made it hard for me not to roll my eyes at times. lol

I want to start this review off by saying I absolutely adore Helena Hunting's writing. I have never disliked one of her books, but I really struggled with this one. The characters are not very likeable, with the exception of Peyton, who I liked mainly because she was a child. The rest of the characters weren't very likable either, especially Gavin. I have so many issues with Gavin, he is pretty much everything you don't want in an MMC, the first of which is how long it took him to stand up for Harley to Karen. And maybe it's because we got less in his POV but it didn't seem like he really liked Harley past sleeping with her, let alone loved her. It's also weird that he had a whole relationship for 7 months and never loved her? And she stayed even with Karen constantly interfering? Just doesn't really make sense. Him not standing up to Karen and just letting her treat Harley poorly made me really dislike him. There is no excuse for it. The first time she said anything he should have immediately corrected the behavior in front of everyone. I have issues with Harley as well, the biggest being her emotionally cheating and London giving her pass for it. Also supposedly Harley is super mature and responsible but you don't really see that at all. Yes she was a nanny in her late teens and early 20s but nothing screamed her being super mature. In fact her sisters taking responsibility away from her shows she is the opposite. The fact she was so upset about everything at Spark House but sisters were completely oblivious but they were so close? I don't think I even need to get into how obnoxious Karen is, she definitely stands up to her name. I get her daughter died and that is the worst pain imaginable, but that doesn't mean she gets to dictate her daughter's widower forever. I so badly wanted to like this book, but it just fell flat for me. I was provided this book in exchange for an honest review, all opinions are my own.