Worth the Wait

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Thirteen years ago, Vivi LeBrun was sketching a rooster and eating Oreos when she first met and fell for her friend s brother, David St James Since then, her love for David has only intensified thanks to years of friendship with his family, who rescued her from a lonely, tumultuous childhood As she travels to Block Island to vacation with the St James siblings, Vivi daydreams about reuniting with David, hoping he ll finally see her as his soul mate.After his mother s death, David distanced himself from his siblings, determined to hide a devastating family secret Now, he s brought a new girlfriend along to his homecoming one who s pushing for a serious commitment The last thing he needs on his growing list of problems is his budding attraction to Vivi.With tensions running high, David s behavior triggers a series of events that might cost him the love he s always taken for granted and Vivi the only real family she s ever known. Read Worth the Wait Author Jamie Beck – kino-fada.fr I am so torn with my rating for this book On the one hand, I really enjoyed the author s writing style On the other, I detested the subplot involving David s dad, his mother and another woman So3.5 stars Worth the Wait is an unrequited friends to lovers story which I love Vivi has been in love with David the moment they met 13 years ago in his mother s kitchen Vivi just lost her mother and brother in a car accident, which left her father an alcoholic and Vivi fending for herself most of I am so torn with my rating for this book On the one hand, I really enjoyed the author s writing style On the other, I detested the subplot involving David s dad, his mother and another woman So3.5 stars Worth the Wait is an unreq...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here It started out pretty good but then it got super slow It took over half of the story for them to actually do anything I really liked David even though it took him a while to catch up with his heart I liked Vivi s strength when it came to refusing David s advance I didn t like the way she blackmailed David to forgive his father though In f...Oh.My.GOSH 5 stars isn t enough This is the first book I ve read by Jamie Beck it is a winner I m not going to spoil a dang thing for you I just highly recommend you reading this book It is SO goodWhen Vivi travels with her closest friend Cat to Block Island she s expecting a relaxing holiday and a chance to catch up with Cat s brother David, who she has loved since she was thirteen But almost immediately she learns that David has a girlfriend and he s brought her along She s determined to salvage her pride and make the most of her time on the island But it s not so easy to brush off a decade of love and making matters worse, David is sending her mixed signals Worth the Wait is great When Vivi travels with her closest friend Cat to Block Island she s expecting a relaxing holiday and a chance to catch up with Cat s brother David, who she has loved since she was thirteen But almost immediately she learns that David has a girlfriend and he s brought her along She s determined to salvage her pride and make the most of her time on the island But it s not so easy to brush off a decade of love and making matters worse, David is sending her mixed signals Worth the Wait is great If I have a criticism, it s that I think there is just a little too much going on in this book The story of Cat and her troubled relationship, Jackson and Hank didn t quite fit and were a bit of a distraction.Having said that, I all but abandoned Contemporary Romance a year or two ago the genre felt d...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Hated the cheater father got a HEA after what he had done The annoying heroine had no right to blackmail H to forgive his father The same father who remarried almost straight away and changed everything in his home by his former wife because new wife didn t like it He even got rid of family pics around the house because new wife didn t want those around eithe...3 Star readStory type Contemporary, Unrequeted love, Best friend s brotherStoryline This is the story of Vivi and David Vivi first meets David when she goes home with her friend Cat because he is Cat s much older big brother from middle school one day The story takes off many many years later when they are all reunited at Cat s family beach house Vivi has always been in love with David so it comes as a major shock to know that he is there with a girlfriend David and Vivi were best of 3 Star readStory type Contemporary, Unrequeted love, Best friend s brotherStoryline This is the story of Vivi and David Vivi first meets David when she goes home with her friend Cat because he is Cat s much older big brother from middle school one day The story takes off many many years later when they are all reunited at Cat s family beach house Vivi has al...Cat, Jackson, David and Vivi grew up together Vivi was the girl their parents took under their wing when they realized what little she had at home with her drunken father From the first time she met him, the light shone out of David s arse for Vivi And everyone knew it, but David wasn t interested in anythingthan friendship A very close and binding friendship The sibling s mother died and David s love for his father is shaken by an awful truth that he has promised not to share with Cat, Jackson, David and Vivi grew up together Vivi ...Hero s father cheats on his mother His mother had cancer and died and the father married the woman he was cheating on his wife with Heroine kind of blackmailed hero into forgiving his father because he deserved to be happy I think she had to forgive the hero for something but she would only if he forgave the father I have no words for the character of this woman Would she forgive someone who cheated on her Without mentioning the hero s mother put all this weight on hero s shoulder It s Hero s fat...The first 50% of this book, i am at 3 stars The dialog, the charactet development, the banter is dry and stiff I almost giving up Tjen the second half of the book, the plot thickening, the story getangst and the character develop nicely I can feel the chemistry between David and Vivi Their attraction to each other gradually picking up This book isinvested into emotional development and not lust sex The only minor thing about this book is David He acts upon his attraction The first 50% of this book, i am at 3 stars The dialog, the charactet development, the banter is dry and stiff I almost giving up Tjen the second half of the book, the plot thickening, the story getangst and the character develop nicely I can feel the chemistry between David and Vivi Their attraction to each other gradually picking up This book isinvested into emotional development and not lust sex The only minor thing ab...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Nope The message being issued concerning David s fathers infidelity is not ok Bullying David into forgiving is not ok either.

Worth the Wait
  • English
  • 15 October 2019
  • Kindle Edition
  • 304 pages
  • Jamie Beck
  • Worth the Wait