Title: Manhattan
Author: Kandi Steiner
Publication Date: 12/18/2019
Source: ARC from Author through Social Butterfly PR
Everyone knows not to fall in love with your best friend.
But when your best friend is Michael Becker, it’s impossible not to.
He’s everything our town knows a Becker brother to be: devastatingly handsome, charming as a thief, and the icing on the cake — a sentimental musician who’s never without his guitar.
And he was mine. At least, that’s what I’d convinced myself.
Our bond was born in elementary school, strengthened by circumstance and the promise to always be there for each other, no matter what. And the best thing about my life was being friends with Michael Becker.
Until it was the worst.
I watched him fall in love with someone else, and helped patch him back up when she left him behind. But when he drops the bomb that he’s moving to New York, I realize it’s my last chance to tell him how I feel. And I ask him to make one more promise.
One summer. One list of adventures to remind him that our small town has more to offer than memories of the girl who left him behind.
One last chance to tell him I’m in love with him.
And I’m just dumb enough to believe that maybe he could love me, too.
Kandi Steiner is a bestselling author and whiskey connoisseur living in Tampa, FL. Best known for writing “emotional rollercoaster” stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance — in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you’re a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she’s your gal.
An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. She started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.” She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a diehard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.
When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, talking with her extremely vocal cat, and spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys live music, traveling, anything heavy in carbs, beach days, movie marathons, craft beer and sweet wine — not necessarily in that order.
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Manhattan is a book that jumped out of nowhere and grabbed me by the heart and wouldn't let go.
I have read Kandi Steiner in the past, but I haven't read any of this series. When I read the summary, something spoke to me and I knew I needed to read it. I didn't even notice that is was part of a series until I started looking closer at emails and such. At no time while reading the book did I feel like I had missed anything by not reading the other books in the series.
Kylie and Michael are childhood best friends. Mikey has had a rough time of it lately and abruptly announces his plan to move to NYC at the end of the summer. Kylie, who is in love with Mikey, takes it upon herself to remind him of all the things he loves about their home town in an attempt to get him to stick around. What follows is a bit of a bucket list/set of activities that challenge more than just Michael's determination to leave the past behind. All the fun and shared memories have Michael questioning whether his feelingsfor Kylie are as "friendly" as he has always thought.
Michael and Kylie really do have a special friendship and it is highlighted expertly by the author. You can feel Mikey's depression in the beginning and how his world gets brighter, the more time he spends with Kylie.
As we know, the path of love is never smooth, and Kylie and Michael are tested by their past, their future, and by a friendship neither of them want to lose. Kylie's mom left her a legacy that seems to lead her on a journey across the country, while Michael feels that his future will be found in New York. They have a lot to overcome, choices to make, and separate paths they each need to follow.
This was a captivating friends-to-lovers story that I could not put down. The characters, though young, were completely relatable, their stories intriguing, and their love indisputable.
P.S. I am now running out to get my hands on the previous 2 books in the series:
4.5 out of 5 Stars
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