Summer Storm (Hollywood Connection #3) by Lily Alexander

 

She needs a place to stay. He needs a roommate. Trina is fired after a dating-app hookup gone wrong. On her own and between jobs, apartment hunting is next to impossible. Her best friend suggests she talk to Dallas, who recently moved home and got a place that's a little too big for just him. The arrangement is working perfectly...until one night, when a kiss in the kitchen changes everything. They agree on no-strings, but feelings don't care about agreements. Because of their friendship home has taken on a whole new meaning, but the lure of a job out of state threatens everything they've built together. Summer Storm by Lily Alexander was published in December 2021. This is the third book in Hollywood Connections series. The list of previous books in the series is below. 

I loved Dallas in the second book in the series but I knew that there was more to the eye when it came to him. I wanted....no more like needed to know more about him. So of course was so excited when I found out that Summer Storm was where he was one of the main characters. He did not disappointment in his own book. He was still quirky and still loved to pick on his brothers. But to see them dish it back to him in this book was perfect. I have to say though, some of the history that you learn about Dallas and his relationship in book two helps make him more well rounded. You don't feel like your missing anything. I also love Trina in book two and love her in this book as well. I am so glad that we get to know her even better as she is an amazing best friend. She is well rounded and quirky as well so it made their relationship so easy to picture. Also let's talk about this amazing plot. This plot was so easy to flow from their friendship to lovers. It was so nice to see how they built this amazing friendship so it was an easy slide in. Of course there is some drama but what relationship doesn't have drama. I absolutely adored this book and highly recommend checking this out once you read the first two in the series. 

Quotes that I Loved 

"What's wrong with you people that you need to run? Nobody's chasing you. You know you don't have to run, right?" 

We all fall apart once in awhile. Tacos do it all the time and everyone still loves them. 

"What fucking mold? .....Devon is an actor. Daniel loves numbers. I'm a masochistic workaholic. We're all idiots. I told you before, I don't give a single, solitary fuck about who makes your dick hard." 

"This kind of thing is exactly what every fated couple says before setting off on a harebrained scheme that ends up with them either banging like bunnies, falling in love, horribly broken-hearted, or all of the above." 

"Are you okay?"

"I'm okay."

"I'm so glad you're home."

"I was going to grovel. Apologize. Beg if I needed to. But suddenly find myself starving." 

"You have no idea how much you own me, Terror. It's dangerous." 

Hollywood Connections Series in Order

1. Winter Bloom

2. Spring Breeze 

3. Summer Storm 

Tropes 

Roommates to Lover

Spring Breeze (Hollywood Connections #2) by Lily Alexander

 

Her fiancé left her at the alter. Now, his best friend is her boss. Addison's life turned upside down when her fiancé took off minutes before their wedding. His best man Dennis was left as the messenger, and she thought it would be the last she saw of him, too. She has to find a new place to live, new friends, a new job and if her best friend has any say, a new man. When Dennis suddenly fits at least two of those categories, he's not so off-limits anymore. Spring Breeze by Lily Alexander was published in September 2021. This is book two of the Hollywood Connections series. 

So this was the book that I read first in this book series. I know it's a huge shock to me as well. Though these books actually work well on being stand-alone. Though you will kind of get what happens in other books in the series. The characters in this book had me laughing at their antics but also at some of the stupid mis-communication. The plot brought me in fast when Addison's life changed at her wedding. Then on how Dennis feels for her and regrets being the one who had to deliver the news. Poor Addison though the news keeps coming. I feel for her throughout this book. I loved the two main characters and a lot of the side characters as well. The two main characters both have a past and you learn about each thing that makes them that way slowly through the whole book. So it's not top heavy book. It's such a cute fun loving book. The plot is amazing where things steadily happens throughout the book but it's not too busy either. I highly recommend reading this book. 

Quotes that I Loved 

"I thought you might be a little more congratulatory. Bagging both sisters? Keeping the secret for months? It was tough, man." 

....but it was still complicated and painful to go through the past, cutting ties with who you no longer were. Even if they were someone you no longer wished to be. 

"You're alright. Come back to me. He's not welcome here." 

"Blushing again means you're remembering naughty things." He pinned me with a look daring me to lie about it. 

"Then there's you. You look like shit. Kind of like you tried to deep-throat a cactus." 

"There's not a single red-blooded woman who doesn't appreciate a man's forearms when they roll up their shirt sleeves, bossman. Yours were up to your elbows and you had a pretty determined look on your face." 

"Makes me feel a certain kind of way." 

Hollywood Connections Series in Order

1. Winter Bloom

2. Spring Breeze 

3. Summer Storm 

Tropes

Boss / Employee

Winter Bloom (Hollywood Connections #1) by Lily Alexander

 

Are you lost, Pea? That was the question my best friend asked me before inviting himself on my cross-country road trip. The one i hoped would help me find myself. We shared food, secrets, hotel rooms. Despite the near misses and almost kisses, it was the same as it always had been between us, just more. Instead of finding myself, we found each other. Winter Bloom by Lily Alexander was published in November 2020. This is book one of the Hollywood Connections series. 

So I have to admit that I did not read this series in order so I read a further down the line book to see if the series was worth it. I never do this so this was a first. Thankfully each book can be a stand-alone but you do know things before they happened. Anyways, this was such a cute story though I chuckled at the nickname of Pea for the girl. It wasn't even the famous sweet pea nickname that I have seen in books. Just Pea. The two main characters took me awhile to really get into liking them. But I could picture how they fell in love as they have been friends for some time. I also saw the little things that the characters did for each other that say there was something more. Even when they couldn't tell themselves. This book starts a little slow but it speeds up and is really sweet. I highly recommend checking it out. 

Quotes That I Loved 

She was one of the brightest, shiniest people I knew, but I wasn't a fool. I knew many times those people were the ones struggling the hardest on the inside. 

This man. He was everything. 

Girls who read were girls who had active imaginations. I'd happily take such an attribute in a woman all day long. 

My dainty little flower had managed to back her ass up directly into a cactus when she fell. 

Hollywood Connections Series in Order

1. Winter Bloom

2. Spring Breeze 

3. Summer Storm 

Tropes

Friends to Lover

Holiday

Com Rom 

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