3.5 ⭐️

I was lucky enough to get an arc of Hook, Line, and Sinker through Netgalley, and after binging It Happened One Summer I decided to dive right on into Hannah and Fox’s story. As excited as I was after seeing the two of them dance around each other in Piper & Brendan’s book, HLS was kind of a disappointment.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved Hannah & Fox together—their romance and the epilogue were perfect, but everything else I expected from this book fell flat. The banter I was used to in book one was nowhere present in HLS—Hannah was the queen of sass and that just fizzled out in the book. Plus the whole Sergio thing—you’re telling me she PINED after this man for TWO YEARS and then when he finally asks her out she’s like meh, no thanks? & that’s just after a good heart to heart with Fox about why he is the way he is? I expected there to be more turmoil and angst before she was all in, but nope. & don’t even get me started on her music career/talent search/producer thing she does—that was so interesting and it was just a blip that was mentioned in the epilogue?!

Overall the book isn’t bad, I just wish there was MORE…

Really enjoyed this book! Such a fun read with great character development! Such a fun one and great to grab!

Tessa Bailey knocks it out of the park yet again with this friends to lovers romance.
Readers will love Hannah & Fox. We saw hints of them in the last book and Hannah seemed like such an interesting heroine that I was happy to hear she was getting her own book.
The tropes in this story are executed perfectly. The will they/won’t they (aka slow burn) aspect of the romance prolonged the angst and made their HEA more satisfying. This is an extremely well done friends to lovers. I haven’t read such a great one is a long time. I truly believed in Hannah & Fox’s friendship and it was nice to see their connection bloom into love.
Writing was superb as always with Bailey. She never disappoints!

After being borderline obsessed with It Happened One Summer, there was no way I was going to miss this story, and I dropped everything when I was approved for it.

I love love loved Hannah and Fox. They’re both unsure and find a steadiness in each other. Of course I was delighted to see bits of Piper and Brendan’s HEA, but I was quickly obsessed with Hannah and Fox. And JFC, you could choke someone with the chemistry.

Plot wise, it was a slow and steady climb and I was here for it. I enjoyed their honesty and open conversations (especially when they were hard topics) and could have done with a million more pages of them talking.

Overall, this series has been delightful and they’ve become new favorites that I know I’ll be coming back to.

**Huge thanks to the publisher for providing the arc free of charge**

Oh my gosh I loved this story. Fox is such a great character and I loved Hannah so much. I enjoyed revisiting their town and watching this relationship grow. Definitely a great sequel.

Tessa Bailey does it again and this one could be even better than the first book in the series! There is a real palpable connection between the two lead characters and the setting and side characters really help the romance come alive!

am new to the world of ARC’s, but when I got this one, I audibly squealed. Loudly. My co-workers and I have passed around “It Happened Last Summer” for the past month, and we’ve had this follow-up on our radar for awhile. It did not disappoint. I may have even loved it even more (gasp-I know!). Heading back to Westport gave me all the feels, and I absolutely adored Hannah and Fox, loved the humor, romance, and spice that Tessa Bailey brought in the last book. It was all there again, and it was *perfect.* Getting to catch up with Piper and Brendan was the cherry on top! Honestly, no duology has any business being this good. And this loveable. But here we are. This one drops March 1st, and after you’ve read the first Bellinger sisters book, go ahead and preorder this one. You won’t regret it.
Thank you SO MUCH to NetGalley, Avon, and Harper Voyage for this ARC!

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I really thought I’d like this novel, but I thought it was just too repetitive. The hero would think about how he is undeserving of the heroine and how much he desires her. Then the heroine will wonder about the hero and think about how hot he is. Rinse, repeat. I think there was a much more interesting novel there because these were interesting characters who needed to overcome their insecurities, but the author just kept repeating these internal monologues.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.

This was a really sweet and steamy romance novel that I think a wide variety of people would enjoy. However, I did have a few problems with the author's choices to include long-winded and repetitive inner monologues about small down life and the value of fishing. It got a little bit preachy in my opinion. Besides that, I really enjoyed the romance as well as the humor and writing throughout the book.

3.5 stars! Hook, Line, and Sinker is the second book in the Bellinger Sisters series by Tessa Bailey, and I enjoyed this book much more than book 1.

Fox is a much more likable main character compared to Brendan in my opinion - a mushy cinnamon roll instead of a grump. I adored Fox and Hannah's characters - but I almost preferred them separately! I didn't ~feel~ the romance as much as I wanted to. I loved watching Hannah figure out what she wanted for her career & chase her dreams, I feel like her character is extremely relatable to a lot of people.

I struggled getting behind the romance due to the extreme miscommunications throughout the entire story. It went from miscommunication to love VERY quick. It didn't feel super realistic, but what can you expect! The epilogue brought it all together for me, and that was definitely a major highlight of the book!

I am in LOVE with this book, with Fox, with Hannah, and their relationship. To get the obvious out of the way, yes Tessa Bailey delivered the steam we were waiting for! But what I wasn't expecting was the emotional aspect of this book. Fox was such a unique male character because he did not want to embrace the playboy persona and he wasn't cocky about it. He had a lot of personal identity struggles and I loved that Hannah was able to help him heal. Fox also helped Hannah become the leading lady of her own life and seeing her become more confident throughout the book was inspiring. This book had the perfect combination of love, steam, cute moments, and more serious topics that helped deepen the relationship. However, the best part of this book, in my opinion, is how Tessa Bailey tackled the topic of toxic masculinity and showed how it can impact the men themselves! It was well written in my opinion and these bigger themes were addressed while still tying into the romantic comedy genre!

"It Happened One Summer" was such fun and this sequel did not disappoint! A bit less spicy (but only a bit...I only say that because the spice level in Book One was off the charts), and more feelings-oriented, but who doesn't love friends-to-lovers with so much uncontrollable longing?

Hook, Line and Sinker is not only the title of the latest Tessa Bailey masterpiece, but it's also exactly exactly how the reader feels once they pick up this novel! Tessa Bailey keeps your page turning as she interjects humor and romance in all the right places. True music lovers will love how Bailey captures Hannah's wit and personality through song titles and lyrical puns. She even had me questioning whether or not I should start my own personal vinyl collection! It was great to see Hannah's personality come to life and to see The Bellinger Sisters love and support each other fiercely throughout this book. Overall, excellent sequel to Bailey's It Happened One Summer.

10/10 Would highly recommend! Could not put this book down.

Similar to the first book, this is a steamyyyy one. Fox and Hannah are both like-able characters and I enjoyed the way they evolved separately as well as together. I found this one to be a little more predictable but if you enjoy a good friends-to-lovers, this is for you!

This is the second book in the Bellinger Sisters series, the first being It Happened One Summer centering around party girl, Piper. In this book we get to see Hannah and Fox’s story that started unfolding in book one. This is a very hot friends to lovers book with a lot of spice-Tessa Bailey has yet to disappoint in this area. The relationship between Fox and Hannah is so sincere and their HEA is 100% earned. And as a result of this book (along with book one) I am now actively fantasizing about king crab fisherman. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC! I loved this book so much and was happy to share a review with fellow readers.

For those who love the friends-to-lovers trope in romance novels, look no further. Tessa Bailey's new novel, "Hook, Line, and Sinker" is the perfect follow-up novel to the first in the Bellinger sister series. Hannah and Fox's story is first alluded to there, setting the stage for this terrific contemporary romance. Make no mistake, this can be read as a standalone, but reading "It Happened One Summer" gives some insight into Hannah's relationship with her sister and with Fox Thornton.

Fox has a reputation for being a player, but he and Hannah have connected in a way he has never connected with a woman before. Hannah sees right past his player reputation through to the 'real' Fox that everyone around him seems to consistently overlook. Hannah's back in town for work, and staying with Fox in his apartment. Initially he seeks to help her catch the eye of her long time crush. Slowly as they get to know each other better, and let their respective guards down, both expose their vulnerability and let the truth of their relationship come through. Hannah and Fox have great chemistry which make this novel an easy read.

Another great contemporary romance by Tessa Bailey. Starts out as a somewhat slow burn, but for those who like a steamy romance, Bailey delivers! Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

We return to Westport for Hannah’s story. She makes music and Fox would love to find his groove with her. Except, he has the reputation of being the good time guy, no commitments. Fox realizes he wants to make beautiful music with Hannah for life, but can it work?
Once again Bailey has made the characters leap of the pages. The heat between Fox and Hannah will scorch readers. The message Fox left to Hannah is one of the best scenes in the book.
I liked the glimpse in the future as well.
Cast your line out for this one and reel it in to read.

I had really high hopes for this friends-to-lovers romance novel, and honestly, it was just fine? I liked our two main characters but I think perhaps since I had not read the first one in this series (It Happened One Summer) I missed some of the early development of their relationship that was needed to be fully invested. It is also a bit of a departure for Tessa Bailey away from like super-sexy times into more like emotional intimacy, which was interesting but not what I was quite looking for, I think. Thank you to Avon nevertheless for providing me with an early copy, however! Hook, Line, and Sinker comes out March 1.

The second Bellinger sisters books is even better than the first! I love Fox and Hannah, they have a lot of chemistry and their journey to self-love and loving each other romantically is so much fun, I love Fox's angst and his backstory is great, it really fleshes him out and makes him a guy worth rooting for. Hannah had a great arc too, I loved that she started to connect to people and stopped keeping herself aloof. Such a great one, will totally reread!

Thanks NetGalley for the eARC.
Tessa Bailey is an expert at crafting engaging, tension building romantic stories. Hook, Line, and Sinker is no exception. Hannah and Fox are well fleshed out characters with their own baggage to work through and the tension between them is well crafted. Fox's narrative about himself was so great as was Hannah's journey with her emotions about her father, it might make you want to go back to reread the first book through this lens! No surprises here, if you enjoyed It Happened One Summer you'll love Hook, Line, and Sinker.