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Kelly (AndKellyReads)'s Reviews > Caught by Love
Caught by Love (The Steeles at Silver Island, #3)
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I truly love Melissa Foster books, I do. I love the characters, I love the cozy feelings, and I love how happy everyone is at the end of each book. I adored Archer and his grumpy-butt self in the previous books, and I love the Steele family, so when I found out Caught by Love was going to be Archer's story, I jumped at the chance to read it. He's a messy human and I loved it and I was so happy he was going to be paired up with someone like Indi.
What I loved most about this story was how Indi and Archer didn't run from each other when they had problems or issues, they ran to each other. Yes, they messed up, and yes there were arguments and explosive fighting matches, but they worked through them and communicated, and it was one of the most adult approaches to main characters I've seen in a while. They supported each other, they championed one another, and they worked together and brought out the best in each other and it made me so damn happy.
If the book had been just that, and focused only on this couple, it would have been a five star read.
Unfortunately, as Melissa Foster is wont to do, this book had way too much extra *stuff* and it was distracting. There were just entire chunks that could have been removed from the overall story because they added nothing but extra words, they were just cute scenes that I (honestly) ended up kind of skimming. I also know that there are a lot of families and series in Foster's universe, and while I appreciate when they intertwine and we see characters we love and know from those other stories interact with our current read, I don't think we need an entire backstory for each character every time. It'd probably be easier to read if they were more like Easter eggs and little surprises for her faithful readers, so all of that added in (because there were a LOT of randoms from other series in this book) plus the scenes that just kind of added words and not value, made this book hard to read at times. It felt hefty when it didn't need to be.
I did love Archer and Indi's story, if we focus on them, and I loved how they both grew throughout the entire story arc. I wish the book had been a little more dedicated to just that, rather than all the noise of everything else, but overall it was sweet and steamy, and full of wonderful characters I can't wait to revisit in the next story (I see you Levi, and I'm ready).
[I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review]
What I loved most about this story was how Indi and Archer didn't run from each other when they had problems or issues, they ran to each other. Yes, they messed up, and yes there were arguments and explosive fighting matches, but they worked through them and communicated, and it was one of the most adult approaches to main characters I've seen in a while. They supported each other, they championed one another, and they worked together and brought out the best in each other and it made me so damn happy.
If the book had been just that, and focused only on this couple, it would have been a five star read.
Unfortunately, as Melissa Foster is wont to do, this book had way too much extra *stuff* and it was distracting. There were just entire chunks that could have been removed from the overall story because they added nothing but extra words, they were just cute scenes that I (honestly) ended up kind of skimming. I also know that there are a lot of families and series in Foster's universe, and while I appreciate when they intertwine and we see characters we love and know from those other stories interact with our current read, I don't think we need an entire backstory for each character every time. It'd probably be easier to read if they were more like Easter eggs and little surprises for her faithful readers, so all of that added in (because there were a LOT of randoms from other series in this book) plus the scenes that just kind of added words and not value, made this book hard to read at times. It felt hefty when it didn't need to be.
I did love Archer and Indi's story, if we focus on them, and I loved how they both grew throughout the entire story arc. I wish the book had been a little more dedicated to just that, rather than all the noise of everything else, but overall it was sweet and steamy, and full of wonderful characters I can't wait to revisit in the next story (I see you Levi, and I'm ready).
[I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review]
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February 5, 2022
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February 5, 2022
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February 6, 2022
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