{"id":54434,"date":"2020-09-03T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=54434"},"modified":"2020-09-20T08:14:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T12:14:04","slug":"review-the-layover-love-is-5-by-cassie-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=54434","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Layover (Love Is…, #5) by Cassie Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4 stars<\/b><\/p>\n

This is such a sweet little read! A super-short second-chance romance that manages to bring the feels and had me falling in love.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s book #5 in the Love Is\u2026<\/em> series, but can absolutely be read as a standalone. We do see characters from previous books, but not in a spoilery way, in a way that makes me want to read their stories and get to know them better. And there\u2019s a hint for a future book in the series, that I\u2019m also excited to read. I\u2019m so glad I picked this one up!<\/p>\n

Macy has been working in Europe for the last few years, travelling around from place to place, and now she\u2019s ready to return home to the US and finally put down some roots. Her final hurrah before flying home is a few days in Paris, but an infestation of bed bugs finds her without a hotel in the middle of Paris fashion week with nowhere to stay.<\/p>\n

And then she literally crashes into Beckett, her boyfriend from College, and the guy she\u2019s never been able to get over. He\u2019s living in France now and is in town temporarily writing a novel, and he offers her a place to stay, with a bit of sightseeing on the side. It\u2019s a recipe for disaster, but all out of options and drawn to Beckett like she\u2019s always been, Macy accepts.<\/p>\n

When the relationship doesn\u2019t work because of the people in it, that\u2019s one thing. When it doesn\u2019t work because it\u2019s just not the right time, it leaves the door open for a ton of what-ifs. I\u2019ve never been able to stop thinking about them.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, I love these two together! You can see that there is still a lot of emotion between them, and Macy drags Beckett away from his laptop to explore the wonders of Paris. They laugh, tease and have fun, and while reconnecting, all of those feelings between them come roaring to the surface.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never stopped loving you,\u201d he whispers.
\nThe words make me feel like I\u2019m flying. \u201cI never stopped loving <\/i>you,\u201d I whisper back.
\nHe looks up at me. \u201cThen what the hell are we doing?\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s sweet, flirty, romantic, and I loved how honest these two are with each other. Everything between them is real and raw (and hot!), and I was happily whisked away with them as they found their way back to each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe walked away from this once, Mace. I don\u2019t want to do that again.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s only 77 pages, but the author managed to make me feel so much for these characters and their story, and I just loved this one!<\/p>\n

4 dreamy stars.<\/p>\n

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Love Is…<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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The Sweet Spot (#1)<\/strong>
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Let’s Get Physical (#2)<\/strong>
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The Plus-One Proposal (#3)<\/strong>
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The Breakup Bucket List (#4)<\/strong>
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The Layover (#5)
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Ship-Wrecked (#6)
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The Lucky Ones (#7)<\/strong>
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About Cassie Cross<\/span><\/b>
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Cassie Cross is a Maryland native and a romantic at heart, who lives outside of Baltimore with her two dogs and a closet full of shoes. Cassie\u2019s fondness for swoon-worthy men and strong women are the inspiration for most of her stories, and when she\u2019s not busy writing a book, you\u2019ll probably find her eating takeout and indulging in her love of 80\u2019s sitcoms.<\/span>
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