I like this authors work and her stories but I’m not an avid follower.
When I requested this from Netgalley I really didn’t realise this was book 4. So although I loved it, I honestly was lost in places.

We finally get Pam's story!!! And what a story it is! It was obvious from the previous books that Pam had a story, but I admit it wasn't anything that I expected. I loved seeing Dino outside of the kitchen at the bar and reading about the interaction between him and his kids. This was the only book in the series where I felt the kids had a pretty big role in the story (given the ages of these kids versus others in the prior books it made sense). I thought the epilogue was fitting in that it wrapped up several of the other characters from prior books.

My only criticism is that I think Dino needed more of a back story. He is so insightful and empathetic towards others - I wanted to know what his up bringing was like for him to grow up like this. What was his childhood like?

Despite that, it was still an amazing addition to this wonderful series!

There are many things I liked about that book. The first is that it was about mature middle-aged people : how freaking refreshing!!! Pam was a strong, compassionate, intelligent, tall (!!), grey-haired beautiful black woman who I enjoyed getting to know, to love and to respect. Dino was no typical love interest in that he wasn't an uber alpha jerk billionaire with many controlling issues but a working, caring and responsible father with a little bit of a potty mouth and a big heart. They were so well matched and even though they started out by being weary of each other the frennemy turned hot lovers trope worked rather well. Their story was packed with emotional and heartbreaking moments but it didn't felt over the top, neither did the "obstacles" their relationship encountered. There was drama but the realistic kind that they tried and handled in a mature way. I was profoundly moved by Pam's backstory and reading about her past got my chest tight & close to tear over several pages. I hadn't read the previous book in this series but this one works well as a stand alone. So I highly recommend it.

I really enjoyed Still Air, it was a quick read for me, once I started it, I didn't want to put it down, I had to know what happened next in the lives of these all too real characters. I should disclose I received a PDF copy of this book from Netgalley for a fair and honest review, although the PDF was in rough form (spelling, formatting, strange paragraphs and wording in places where they don't belong), I don't feel it took anything away from the powerful story it is.

I was hooked from the get go, I think because I was born in Lowell, Mass and lived in Maine. I also worked at Maine Medical Center so as the author talks about each of these places, I can see it all so well that I feel like I'm home. There are two main characters in the book and the story is told from both perspectives, Pam and Dino. These two characters do not like each other much and then grow fonder and fonder of each other. As the story unfolds additional characters are introduced. You get invested in each character as their story unfolds. There are no villains in this story and each character has it's own supporting role.

This book gets you contemplating love, compassion, forgiveness, redemption and most of all is it's never too late for a second chance if you are willing to help yourself and accept help from others.

The only sections of the book I wasn't crazy about were the paragraphs containing explicit sexual activity. I'm not sure why, but I have always preferred a highlighted overview of sexual activity between consenting adults. Like "the sex was hot and the best ever orgasm" would have sufficed for me, there was too much detail for me in this regard. Otherwise great book, loved it!