A review by originalbooknerd
Enticing by Bella Matthews

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Author: Bella Matthews 
 
Couple: Adelaide James & Leo Sinclair 
 
Tropes: 
πŸ’Hockey romance 
πŸ’‹Marriage of convenience 
πŸ’He falls first x harder 
πŸ’‹Single mother 
πŸ’FMC is a writer 
πŸ’‹Alphamale vibes 
πŸ’Forced proximity 
πŸ’‹β€My wife” 
 
Review: Bella really blew my mind with the way she delivered Leo Sinclair’s story. 𝐸𝓃𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔 was absolute perfection. From start to finish this book was both enticing and captivating. Leo and Adelaide warmed my heart and the way Bella brought out Leo’s alpha side and his swoon side kept me turning the pages until I saw his HEA! I wasn’t sure if anything would be able to top Callen or Nixon but 𝐸𝓃𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔 sure brought up the angst and heat to be one of the best books within the second generation and among Bella’s complete interconnected universe itself! 
 
Leo Sinclair. GAHHH!! This man is a girl dad. I have no words for how hard this man falls for his β€œfake wife” and her children. Bella took my breath away with the devotion she was able to put into his character and I loved seeing the man who was always the jerk or the jokester finally get his chance to step up and prove how golden he truly was. The love he developed for Adelaide fit along with the Sinclair family modo perfectly but also had it’s own twists since someone really special had to push him off the path he had created for himself with being less serious and not ready to settle down. I also ADORED the bonds he had with her two daughters, Izzy and Lennox. 
 
Adelaide was also a breath of fresh air and a new face for us. Seeing her love for her children and the way she protected what was her FIERCELY was part of what drew me in so hard to her story. Bella was able to tackle the ups and downs in her story in a way that truly tugged on the heart and watching her finally get the HEA she deserved was both satisfying and bittersweet since I was not ready to say bye to her, the kids and Leo. Bella also tackled some themes that may be triggering to some readers within Addie’s story and the way she brought them up and entertained them within Addie’s POV and within her character was beautiful to watch. It was also done in a way that read true to the horrors Addie had faced and was continuing to face as she fought for her daughters! 
 
𝐸𝓃𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔 was truly perfection for Leo, Addie, Izzy and Lennox and I cannot wait to see them more in future books. Bella showed us a side of other second generation children in this book we had not seen as much of before and I am so excited for more to come! 𝐸𝓃𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑔 was hands down a book impossible to rate since it was everything and more of what I wanted! 
 
Rating: 100+, Leo Sinclair was everything I didn’t know I needed for this holiday season and Bella really outdid herself on his story! 
 
Thank you to Bella for sending me this eARC!