Thank you for the egalley to read and give my honest review.
Since I enjoyed the first book in this series, I was ready to jump into the second one. I honestly had no idea where it might go since the first in the series gave me my HEA and I didn't see any cliffhangers that could be. And here we go with the honeymoon phase wearing off and seeing if their relationship can withstand whatever gets thrown at it.
Again we follow Talia and Bran. Their relationship is sturdy, it can weather whatever is thrown at it. They are such real characters that are easy to connect with. I continue to enjoy Talia. She's really grown into who she is and accepts her faults. But this book gave us much more about Bran, which I truly enjoyed. He is full of anger, and often broods. But Talia seems to balance him out and show him what there is in life that is worth living for.
Once again Riley has good pacing and an interesting plot, Her writing is spot on and easy to read.
Overall it was a good follow up from the first book.

If I could, I would rate this more than 5 stars!!!

Sideswipe had everything I love in a book! I swooned nonstop! I was up until the AM reading this book and not wanting it to be over!

Sideswiped by Lia Riley

This Off the Map series is so much fun, and this book is about as close as I'll get to Australia anytime soon! I love Bran's and Talia's story, and their chemistry is so wonderful. I liked learning about Talia's family in this story, whereas we learned about Bran's in the first book. I loved the dual points of view, too. I'm not used to one love story spanning three books like this series is doing, so of course I'm left wanting more once again. This book does end with a happily ever after, albeit different than I was expecting, but there's definitely more that needs to happen!