Novel of the Week: Built by Jay Crownover

Zebulon? Really, Jay??
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If you thought Marked Men protagonists' names were...unusual, to say at least, be prepared for a whole new level as you start Saints of Denver! 
Here's to you Built by Jay Crownover. [spoiler free]


The basics are the same as the ones in Marked Men series: both the protagonists have some issues and turbulent pasts, they somehow happen to get to know each other, they fall for each other but there's always something holding them back when, eventually, it doesn't anymore...

In this book, we have family layer Sayer Cole, half-sister of our beloved Rowdy St.James
She left everything (and everyone) she had in Seattle and moved to Denver to find her brother. After an initial distrust, the two of them start bonding...and that's when Zeb comes in the scene.

Zebulon "Zeb" Fuller is an ex-con who turned himself in a general contractor, we already met him briefly in Rowdy's novel. 
Sayer hires him to fix her new apartment, but nothing happens between them until Zeb gets an unexpected visit from his past and finds out he's now in need of Sayer's professional skills.


What I liked
If you liked Crownover's previous books, you won't be disappointed with this one either. It's probably one of the funniest I've ever read of the author and it's more than just romance...to be precise, I believe is more about family and how people who were supposed to love and protect you at times can be more cruel and unfeeling compared to a total stranger. 
It's about abusive relationships survivor and their journey to feel better, with themselves and others.

What I did not like
"If it ain't broke...don't fix it!" seems to be Crownover's motto...The scheme is the same old one but, even if you know already from the very begging that it'll likely end up in one way, it's always a pleasant read.

My Vote: 7/10

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