Thank you to NetGalley and Lyrical Shine for providing me with an egalley of this book to read and give an honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
I really like Melissa West. I've read all her YA and so moving into the adult realm seemed like it might not work for her. But it truly does.
I really enjoyed the first two books in this series. I didn't think I would because I don't know much about horses and racing. I figured I'd be lost. But the stories are not just about horses. They are about relationships and romance and love. Best of all it's the friends to lovers trope which is one of my favorites.
This is Nick's story. If you've read the other stories you'll understand. And of course Becca's, as well. And the story is about second chances and how they can make our lives better. I really love the Hamilton brothers so it's not surprising I love Nick. He's just as charming as his brothers. His friendship with Becca is so genuine. It's not surprising it turns into more, it's just surprising it never did prior to this story! There's a lot of push and pull with them, which was a little overdone for me, honestly. But overall I liked them together.
West does a great job with having this story in the world she has built. The pacing was good and her writing was easy and flowed well.
While you could probably read this as a stand alone, I do feel you should read the first two books in this series to really get the feel of this one.

This would have easily received a 4 star stars if it was not for that ending. I mean I love the whole grand gesture things normally but I literally felt like he just bought her love. After everything he put her through? I'm not saying he should have begged and grovelled more, who am I kidding? He totally should have begged and grovelled more. Instead after 2 weeks of not even contacting her he just buys her house and tells I love you and she takes her back? What even?????? I was literally so mad in the last few chapters, I could have screamed at him. Yeah for that reason alone I dropped one whole star. Nick Hamilton, I am not happy with you.

I couldn’t finish this book as it wasn’t something I enjoyed and not at all what I was expecting when I start it.

Melissa West is a goddess at romance novels, I will read anything and everything she writes. Silent Hearts is a another fabulous addition to the Hamilton Stables series!