Dr Stanton

The perfect pair! The perfect spin-off to Stanton series. This highly anticipated book did NOT disappoint! Like all of Swan's books, you'll get a rainbow of emotions with this read. Storytelling skills are always on point and writing is very well done, even for the toughest critics.

I enjoy a mouth dropping bombshell and you'll get several with this book. I loved it! From the very first chapter I was hooked. Whenever I find a book that is great from the first chapter I know it's gonna be a good one. The 2 main characters of this book are 2 peas in a pod, they push each other's buttons like crazy. The chemistry is hot, the sex even HOTTER!! He is a typical guy at times and she is a strong willed superwoman. You'll be dragged through the mud with this one. I wanted and did curse at my kindle like a sailor. 24 hours after finishing this book I still have my emotions running high. Swan's books are NOT forgettable they are addictive! Once you start reading her books you'll become a junkie just like me! I received an ARC of this book because when given the chance I jumped on it!

Now, for some things I loved and some things I didn't care for without spoilers!

Loved: The pace of the book. Never a dull moment! The chemistry. You could feel how intense their interaction is. If you like true, real deal match making, you'll love this story. They are truly perfect for each other. Swan wrote them so they were equals. Even though at times it seemed as one had more power over the other, it's just not true in this book. I found that they owed each other rather than one having more power. This book isn't about dominating because they are both strong characters. Which I also love. I hate push over characters. Surprises. I love twists, turns and even cliffhangers. Don't worry this book doesn't have a cliffhanger. But it does have great surprises and moments that are so angsty you'll be like a crazy person reading under the covers while biting your nails waiting to see what happens. You'll want to high five someone when things happen so make sure you read this book with a friend. You'll want to talk about every chapter in detail. This doctor is HOT! This book didn't effect the main series or more books to follow. So you really could read this one and then hop back to the Stanton series. But I highly recommend you read the first books first because it will make you fall in love with Cameron more so. You'll see his character develop more maturely if you read the others first. Plus those are amazing!

Con (for me): This book takes place between 2 doctors, but we didn't get much of their occupation. I was a little disappointed in this. Ashely, the main character and a doctor in training was never called a doctor. She is a strong woman and I would have liked her smarts to come out more at work and not just between her and Cameron.

Somewhere in the middle: Now, if the author does a good job, you feel everything. The good, the bad and the ugly. The author knows them inside out. So being a reader, you create this fantasy of how you perceive a character and it's not exactly as the author does. Swan has written things in previous books that gutted me but I understand why she did it. Still amazing books by the way. In this particular book, somewhere around the midpoint, I started hating a character I never thought I could. I was so angry at one point I thought, that's it, the story will never be the same now. It will never be what I wanted it to be because this thing happened. I actually stayed mad almost till the end of the book. But THEN, the brilliance that is TL Swan happens and she somehow weaves her craft and fixes it. It's not perfect but it became very real. Both parties in the book had to admit defeat in order to try and fix it. Ugh, just thinking about it makes me crazy lol!

This was a grand-slam home run ending! If she had changed one sentence, one sequence of events it would not have ended as it did. Very well thought out ending. I loved this book as well as its characters.

big fan of this book, the banter was amazing. The way it was written it just reads really easily and gives you all the best feelings. Spice, laughter, understanding of the characters emotional roller coaster,… Big fan of TL swann, have all of her audiobooks and Dokter Stanton and the do-over are my favorites. Hopefully the Stanton series comes to Audible.