Reading Group Rating: Slightly Mature, it's under New Adult. However, this is the third novel in this Maddox Brother's Series and the 6th book of the beautiful books so you've probably already read those and now what to expect here.
Personal Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
Given Summary: Falyn Fairchild can walk away from anything. Already leaving behind her car, her education, and even her parents, the daughter of the next governor of Colorado is back in her hometown, broke and waiting tables for the Bucksaw Café. After every shift, Falyn adds to her shoebox of cash, hoping to one day save enough to buy her a plane ticket to the only place she can find forgiveness: Eakins, Illinois.
The moment Taylor Maddox is seated in Falyn’s section at the Bucksaw, she knows he’s trouble. Taylor is charming, breaks promises, and gorgeous even when covered in filth—making him everything Falyn believes a hotshot firefighter to be. Falyn isn’t interested in becoming another statistic, and for a Maddox boy, a disinterested girl is the ultimate challenge.
Once Falyn learns where Taylor calls home, everything changes. In the end, Maddox persistence is met with Falyn’s talent for leaving, and for the first time, Taylor may be the one to get burned.
Cover: This cover certainly matches all of McGuire's other covers because it has the feather theme going through it. However this one is different because it's burning. I think the flames have something to do with the fact that the book talks about the sacrifices people make in the book, especially Falyn. However I think it could also be because Taylor fights wildfires so that's just part of who he is. It will be interesting to see what Tyler's book cover is as he and Taylor are twins and work together.
My Review: I loved this novel. I loved getting to know another brother and seeing how he messes up with the girl. I loved the plot twists and how so much of this book is dependent on fate. I love that! And how everything works out in the end. I'm such a sucker for those types of books because I believe that their is some truth to it. Where you end up is where you're supposed to be. I also loved that even though Olive's biological father is never mentioned in great detail, he is in the book. He comes into the restaurant with his family and as he leaves he says to Falyn that he's sorry for everything.
The only thing that I wish McGuire elaborated on was the fact that at the beginning of the novel Falyn uses her cell phone to listen to music as she cleans, but then she says later that she doesn't have one. Does she have a physical phone but only uses it for music? My guess is that that part was written and then somewhat forgotten about as McGuire continued so she didn't think to explain it.
My favorite thing of all of the Beautiful Books is how they intersect. There was a comment in Thomas' book about how excited Taylor was when Falyn got to the hotel on St. Thomas, but as a reader you weren't 100% sure why he was so excited. I just assumed he was excited to see her. I would of never guessed he was afraid she wasn't coming. And there is so much romantic irony when it comes to what the brother's know about each other versus what the reader knows. The only brother who hasn't broken his promise to stay out of a dangerous line of work is Trenton. However, none of them know that yet. It's also interesting that it's Trent because he was the one who lived with his dad the longest and seemed to have the closest relationship. There are secrets within all of the books. Who would have thought Olive would be such an important character?
My dream for these books is that all of them (Beautiful Disaster, walking Disaster, Beautiful wedding, Beautiful Oblivion, Beautiful Redemption, Beautiful Sacrifice and the rest to come if they apply) are turned into movies and filmed simultaneously. That would be awesome wouldn't it? Because they all overlap so it would be dumb to film one at a time. Just film them all at once and release them one at a time! How do we make that happen?
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