If you're like me you've been chomping at the bit for Hawk and Jack's story. Cherry Picked was most certainly worth the wait!
From the blurb:
Never ask your brother’s best friend to… pick your cherry.
When I asked Jack Wyatt to help me lose my pesky v-card, I didn’t expect him to keel over in shocked disapproval and nearly tumble us down a mountain.
You might think a guy who's been reading romance novels his whole life would've figured out a smoother way to broach the subject, but in my defense, I’ve been pining for Jack for seven long years, just waiting for him to notice me.
Jack sees me as sweet, shy Hawk Sunday: his Pride and Prejudice-obsessed hiking buddy; his dependable employee; the honorary little brother he’s determined to protect, not…deflower.
But to me, Jack is everything a romantic hero should be: tall, gorgeous, kind, and brilliant.
Or at least I thought he was brilliant… until he started getting so many things so boneheadedly wrong.
Like refusing to do the deflowering himself, but also, erm... blocking any other potential plant-lovers from getting all up in my garden.
And like continuing to see me as someone who needs protecting, rather than a man who needs possessing…
A man who's determined to get his cherry well and truly picked this summer, whether Jack Wyatt likes it or not.
Jacqueleen the Reading Queen's Review:
"๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ. ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐๐. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐๐จ. ๐ผ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ง ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ. ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช'๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐จ๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช'๐ ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ก๐ก๐ฎ, ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ , ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ."
Be still my heart. Hawk Sunday sure knows how to dream. Me too boo, me too. I'd kill for a library of my own. I also wouldn't say no to it being stocked with cookies either. The man has brilliant ideas. Our other MC Jack however, does not. I got just as frustrated with him as Hawk did. His reasons for not wanting to pursue any type of relationship with Hawk, regardless if it was just physical or full blown commitment, were flimsy at best. Every time he stressed the point to Hawk my heart broke a little more for him.
"๐ ๐๐๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐. ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช. ๐๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฎ-๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐. ๐๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ...๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก. ๐๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐...๐๐ค๐ฃ'๐ฉ."
Talk about a shot to the heart. But our darling Hawklet doesn't let that stop him and he is a persistent little shit when he wants to be. His character had a lot of growth throughout the book, while Jack's had a bit of soul searching to do. Once Jack opened his eyes to what was in front of them all along the man was full speed ahead. And Hawk wasn't complaining one bit. Who would when their dreams were finally coming true. And that epilogue? Holy freaking SWOON. I might have needed one of those fainting couches from Hawk's Pride and Prejudice book collection. It was that swoonworthy and I highly recommend it for fans of the series.
Rating: 5 Stars
Jacquie's Review:
May Archer and Pride and Prejudice? Perfect.
This really was May Archer at her best. The writing was great, the humor there, but at a low level, and there was a lot of feeling in the pages.
Jack made Hawk, and the rest of us, but it was worth it! Their bond and friendship was clear to see even when they didn't necessarily see eye to eye.
Cherry Picked is my favourite of this series for sure.
Rating: 5 Stars
Sheena's Review:
This is the 3rd in the Sunday Brothers series, although I think it could easily be read as a standalone. I love the world May Archer has created in this series, small towns with an eclectic mix of people is something I love to read, and will never get bored of.
This is Hawk and Jack's story, Hawk is the youngest of the Sunday brothers, and Jack is his best friend who he's been in love with since the day he saw him. Jack is so painfully oblivious to that fact, however. I loved Hawk straight away. I know the pain of being disturbed when you're 'only reading', I felt that so much. Hawk is a bookworm, and I adored his love of Pride and Prejudice retellings (although I will now need to go and see if some of these exist!). I loved how straightforward he was when he wanted something, and not afraid to go and ask or stand up for what he believes is right even when everyone else was saying he was wrong.
I loved this whole book, honestly. I fell for Hawk and Jack even though on more than one occasion I wanted to shout at Jack as he was so willfully oblivious to everything, I wanted to wake him up so badly but when he did see what was right there, it was everything. He was all in right away and I loved him and Hawk together. The party at the end is one of the things that is going to stay with me from this book, I loved every single second of that scene, and it melted even my frozen heart. I cannot recommend this enough.
Rating: 5 Stars
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