I just couldn't finish the book. I became so caught up in the stilted and awkward conversations between every single character.

I loved Hunter and Megan, but Hunter did seem a bit too pushy for my tastes. the short story at the end was so cute!

The more books I read in this series, the more I like it. It's a shame Marie Force started with Will/Cameron and keep circling back to them - they are my LEAST favorite couple so far. Though, maybe my crush on Hunter is to be expected; I've always had a thing for the protective big brother character.

Great

Another great book in the Green Mountain Series. I never tire of reading these books. Marie did it again. Hunter and Megan's story was probably my favorite yet.

Review posted: Happily Ever After - Reads
Blog rating: C-

Hunter Abbott is the oldest of ten children and works non-stop for his family’s business. He’s carried a torch for Megan Kane for years, but she was hung up on Hunter’s brother. When Hunter dared to ask her out, she didn’t take him seriously and now he’s desperate for a second chance. When he finds Megan crying one day after learning that her sister and brother-in-law were selling the diner where Megan works and moving overseas, Megan feels like her life is being turned upside down. Megan lost her parents in a car crash years ago and it’s just been her and her sister. Now she’s being forced to decide if she wants to try and make a life in Vermont on her own, or try someplace new. Hunter can’t imagine life without Megan in it, even from a distance and goes out on a limb to keep her right where she is.

Hunter and Megan’s story had been slowly building over the past couple of books. We saw Megan’s sometimes bitchy attitude toward Will’s (her Abbott crush) girlfriend Cameron and Hunter wanting her but going unnoticed by Megan. I was excited to see their story play out, but I was left feeling a bit disappointed. They have insta-love and rarely does that work for me. I get that their relationship has been building over a period of time, but really that’s just for Hunter. Learning about Hunter’s feelings for her is new to Megan, but they move fast and Hunter is not only calling her his after a couple days but he’s ready to propose after a week. I guess I just expected Hunter to be different based on how he’s portrayed in the earlier books. More reserved, cautious, even more workaholic but it’s like the Hunter we get in And I Love Her is a complete 180 from how he had been previously. It was almost too sugary sweet, the way Hunter acts toward Megan.

Megan makes it clear from the start that she’s not looking for a long term relationship. She’s scared to get close to anyone again after losing her parents so suddenly. Megan came off a bit immature at times, in the things she said or her actions. I had a hard time believing that she could be so hung up on one Abbott brother and then all the sudden be attracted to another brother who was there all along? And for Hunter, he’s SO into Megan, he knows immediately that she’s the one, period. But why? What is it about her that makes him feel this way? It felt like their relationship needed to go a bit deeper and cover a lot more time than just a week.

The Green Mountain series is one I’ve enjoyed from the start, but I was disappointed with Hunter and Megan’s story. I didn’t buy in to their relationship, their romance felt like it was on fast forward for the entire book and Hunter just didn’t come across as the man I’ve come to know throughout the series. I am still looking forward to the other siblings books – the sibling scenes are some of my favorite moments in every book – but this story was a miss for me.

One thing I can always count on when picking up a Marie Force book is complete and utter enjoyment.

I'll admit that Megan was difficult to like in the previous books because of her feelings for Will (Hunter's brother) and her treatment of Cameron (Will's GF).  I truly wondered how Ms. Force was going to endear the reader to Megan.  Did she?  Did I like Megan?  I did.  Once Megan understood her feelings about Will, she was able to get out of her own way and realize just how incredible Hunter truly is.

Hunter...ohhhh Hunter.  Hunter is a bit of a workaholic who dearly loves his family.  He's the older sibling, the herder and keeper of everyone else.  He isn't intrusive or annoying, he's just always there, quietly in some way, making sure everyone else is okay.  Ms. Force gives us more of Hunter and Hannah's sibling/twin relationship and I truly loved that.

Once Hunter decided he wanted Megan he stopped at nothing to make her his. Hunter was much more alpha in the bedroom than I anticipated.... I totally did not see that coming!  He even admits to Megan that he likes being the boss...

 

"I'm the oldest of ten kids.  Bossy is my business."

"Are you always like that?"

"Sometimes  more than others."

"Like when?"

"You really want to know?" he asked.

"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't really want to know."

He leaned in close to her. pressing his lips against her ear.  "I'm really bossy in bed."

A tremble went trhough her that he felt becasue he was sitting so close to her.

"Is that right?"

"Uh-huh."

"Bossy how?"

[...]

"I know what I want, and I know how to get it, but only after you get what you want."

 

Uh yeah.  
 

Hunter is all quiet, buttoned-up, fancy pants wearing and totally in control.  With the exception of his feelings for Megan, once he lets them loose, he does not back down where she is concerned. Megan needs someone to tell her she matters and give her encouragement to be who she really wants to be.  Can you imagine being told, "I really like you and I just want you to be you?  I'm not going to put up with the walls you've put up because I want you... no matter what." (In a non-stalkery way, of course)

I adore the family aspect that is prevalent in Ms. Force's novel's and the Abbott family is so completely fascinating.  Elmer and Lincoln play matchmaker once again, I just love those guys.

Who's next?  Ella and Gavin.  Ms. Force always manages to introduce a new couple and make you out of your mind and ready to read them immediately.  She dangles a new couple in front of you like bait on a hook.  Consider me HOOKED.

As always there are so many hilarious moments, Ms. Force never fails to make me laugh and inevitably, swoon.

 

 

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 This review was originally posted on Straight Shootin' Book Reviews

Hunter was everything that I expected and then some. Megan I wanted to slap upside the head a few times. Another winner from Marie. I really loved this one. Hunter was beyond perfect and everything between him and Megan seemed to click together effortlessly.... and now I have to go on withdrawal until the next story :(

The pace was really slow and I kept putting it down. 2 weeks later I've only made it through 60 pages so it's a wrap. The character's just seem so boring. I'm hoping that the author concentrated on character development and interest in the first books, but And I Love Her doesn't make me want to find out.

I was at first not sure how Hunter and Megan would work out, especially with Megan having feelings for Hunter's brother. But holy crap I seriously loved how Force wrote their story. Hunter is SUCH a good guy and such a surprising character. His feelings and motivations for Megan are incredibly heartwarming and so is this story.