Too Far series by Abbi Glines

She is only nineteen.

She is his new stepfather’s daughter. 

She is still naïve and innocent due to spending the last three years taking care of her sick mother. 

But for twenty-four year old Rush Finlay, she is the only thing that has ever been off limits. His famous father’s guilt money, his mother’s desperation to win his love, and his charm are the three reasons he has never been told no.

Blaire Wynn left her small farmhouse in Alabama, after her mother passed away, to move in with her father and his new wife in their sprawling beach house along the Florida gulf coast. She isn’t prepared for the lifestyle change and she knows she’ll never fit into this world. Then there is her sexy stepbrother who her father leaves her with for the summer while he runs off to Paris with his wife. Rush is as spoiled as he is gorgeous. He is also getting under her skin. She knows he is anything but good for her and that he’ll never be faithful to anyone. He is jaded and has secrets Blaire knows she may never uncover but even knowing all of that…

Blaire just may have fallen too far. -Fallen Too Far summary on Goodreads.


I surprisingly loved the set up for these books. It was a little Jerry Springer/ Maury -ish. (This is your daddy, just kidding it's someone else, nope just kidding THIS is your father.) I thought that it would be cheesy, to the point that I couldn't handle it, but it was actually really well thought out. The mega secret that Rush was hiding was also pretty crazy. I had no clue that was going to happen! That is so major for me! I can usually see the climax coming a mile away... 

but I was genuinely surprised! 

Rush and Blaire had excellent chemistry. I will admit, at first I didn't understand the crazy draw Rush had to her, (besides obviously thinking she was attractive) but once it was all explained, it made the story even better. I think they were a really good match for each other. It was interesting to read, and hot as hell. Definitely steamy, and intense, I was rooting for them the whole way through the series.

I liked it, I liked it a lot.

I don't really have a guy picked out for Rush. Although I thought maybe the lead singer from Black Veil Brides would work, he doesn't fit it just right. Rush was perfectly complex. He came off as this rich asshole, but honestly had a heart of gold. He never treated anyone like crap unless they deserved it, and that was pretty damn charming. Even in his man slut days,  his cards were always on the table, he never lied or took advantage. I kind of wanted to slap him several times through the series, falling for his sisters crap or not telling Blaire his big secret earlier, but by the end of the series I couldn't imagine him being any different.

Ashley Benson is my perfect Blaire. I loved how sweet and strong she was. She always kept her head up and moved forward, which I think made her a great lead female character. She was forgiving and she tried her hardest to understand things from another persons point of view, but she didn't let them walk all over her. There was only one time in all four books that she had me yelling at my e-reader saying "What the hell are you doing?" but with all the crap she had to put up with, I got over it pretty quickly.

The only reason that I couldn't give these books 5 Keos, is the constant jump of time. When the books first started, she lost her dad five years ago. Then it was three. Then in one of them it was four. GOOD LORDIE! from what I understand. Five years ago she lost her sister, and two weeks later her dad left. Two years after he dad left, her mother became sick, and she finally died from her illness a month before Blaire came to Rosemary?! Does anyone have thoughts on this? 

I love Rush and Blaire's books, and I was so happy to see that there will be books for their friends in the Rosemary Beach series. I'll start those next week and probably have a review up soon!



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