Excellent book by Erin Nicholas. This was a great love story between Max and Bree.
Bree is a total adrenaline junkie who has trouble sticking with the same anything. Max is her best friend who does all the exhilarating activities with her. But he doesn't feel he could live up to being her exciting man all the time. He feels she will be bored with him quickly.
They are working together chasing tornadoes and helping the town rebuild after a tornado when they finally decide to try to make it work between them. They have a lot of insecurities they have to overcome in order to make it work.
Thanks NetGalley for a copy of this book.

Book received from Goodreads Giveaways and NetGalley. Somehow I ended up with two.

Read for the Emojiathon Romance/Contemporary challenge.

This is the first book I have ever read by Erin Nicholas and I will definitely be reading more. The story is about two friends where the male of the 'ship wants out of the friend zone. She's a wild child/free spirit who is enjoying life and her male friend's role in it. The male lead is a storm chaser so he has a bit of a wild streak as well. I enjoy this trope quite a bit and enjoyed how she wrote the characters. I do think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read the first book in the series.

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Mary Jo – ☆☆☆☆
BFFs since childhood, Bree and Max have danced around the sexual attraction between them for years. When a tornado forces them into close quarters, they give in to desire and neither of them knows how to handle it.

As an adrenaline junkie, Bree likes to try new things and Max believes that he's just a latest thing she's focused on. His reluctance to see the true Bree, of who and what she is beyond their adventures, threatens their future more than anything that Bree could do.

Bree lives life to its fullest, it’s something that she's done every day of her life. She was born less than a year after her 11-year-old brother died and her parents pushed her to live every minute. She understands where Max is coming from, but what he doesn't understand is that she only wants to try new things with him.

This road to a happily ever after is full of twists and turns, and they can only be happy if Max will truly see Bree for who and what she is – his.

I love Erin's books and Tangled Up was no different. I liked Max right away, but it took me a little to warm up to Bree. Max and Bree have been friends since childhood and Max has always loved Bree, even when she broke up with him because she thought he was boring. Bree is happy with how their relationship is, but when they are faced with a tornado that is barreling towards them, things change and their relationship is driven to a different level.

Even though I really liked Tangled Up, I struggled to like Bree and found her annoying at times BUT Max saved this book for me. I liked him in Twisted Up, when we first got to meet him with Jake and Avery after the tornado at their reunion.

Can’t wait for the next book.

Do not read this book unless you can sit and read it in one sitting. Once you start it you will not want to put it down. I cannot wait for Dillon's story.

This story is about 3 cousins who fall for 3 best friends in the Tornado riddled town of Chance.

Max is the storm chaser and construction expert, Bree is a town deputy. MAx and Bree have been close friends all of their life. Max doesn't think Bree has staying power and she believes what he says. But then she realizes he is wrong, Can Bree convince him otherwise?

ERIN NICHOLAS… OMG Thank you for writing this phenomenal book. I LOVED absolutely every windblown word!!! Ice cream will never be the same for me!! Bree and Max were just phenomenal together. Reading their story and their backgrounds, and the way they kept coming back to each other never realizing that they felt the same. SIGH… I am just glad they BOTH got their heads out of their a… butts and realized what they meant to each other.
This is the second book in this wonderful crazy series, and just as well written as the first. I cannot wait to read the next and to see what happens to the wonderful doctors.
I was gifted with a copy of this wonderful book for my honest opinion.
Do you love a great romance novel? Then this book is definitely for you.
Thank you for reading my review.

Initially I didn't love the idea of a "storm chaser." Glad I went ahead and read the book. Particularly liked that the author has a strong connection with the subject matter of tornadoes....maybe that's why the story worked so well. A great read!

Genre: Romance – Contemporary, Friends-to-Lovers
Stand Alone: Yes
Part of a Series: Yes – Book 2 of the Taking Chances Series
POV: Dual – Bree and Max
Steam Level: Toasty Warm
3.5/5

Tangled Up is the second book in the Taking chances series. While well written I was a bit disappointed in the story. This story takes place at the exact same time as Twisted Up and has some of the same scenes, just with a different couple's point of view. The story itself diverges enough so that it can be, and is, its own story with some of the same scenes glossed over rather than retold (such as when Jake and Max went to go find the little girl who was looking for her dog) but others (the major plot points) are retold in their entirety.

The ice cream humor/metaphors makes this book pretty funny which was a plus but I found myself getting annoyed with the characters telling each what they are thinking/feeling (such as Max telling Bree what Bree is thinking/feeling).

One of the bigger plot points in both books is getting the town rebuilt so that it's presentable for the family that is thinking about moving there, however neither closes that loop and tells up whether or not they do.

Unlike book 1, this story is that there is an epilogue which was nice...but also leads me to believe that it's a lead into a third book (???).

If you want a fun escape this is a great book with an excellent mix of fun, action, and steam.

I received this book for free from the author/publisher via NetGalley. I'm voluntarily giving an honest review.

As ever a great read from Erin! Her books are always really easy to get into and hard to put down.

While a typical friends to lovers story, the writing was fresh and made it feel not so typical.

3.75 stars

Storm chasers have always fascinated me, one of my favorite movies was about one. That was a draw to this series aside from the small town factor. The time line somewhat parallel the what happens in book one with Jake and Avery. Right then I noticed Max and Bree had something brewing, well even when they were young at least for Max it seems. Being best friends ever sinceIt will be interesting to watch it boil over and then some. I liked that they were buddies before anything else.

Bree was always at the center of mischief growing up and this hasn't lost that. Adrenaline seeker but a strong female character who was also self aware. These two could have been great together, knowing each other and getting along well. Too bad that Max is looking to settle and Bree is always looking for new adventures. Max is a pretty solid guy, smart, dependable, adventurous, passionate, fun, and good friend. This coming storm might be the last one for Max and Bree for a while have to make the most of it. Maybe it could also bring people together.

It was interesting how Bree's adventure seeking ways reflect her psyche too. That there was deeper meaning in the why she move on a lot and can't stay steady. It also has an effect on her relationship with Max and if they can move on. I found the analogies a bit confusing at times, kind of went over my head in way. Maybe a mote direct approach, say something the song comes to mind. I like that it was smart and not the usual too. They had lots to overcome though.

I like sweet small town books and the residents of Chance are charming and endear you to them. What I like most about these books are the women hold positions of importance, very different but great to see. They may not always be strong but they're real. I still like this series and I'm eager for Kitt and Dillon's book next!

Max and Bree have tried dating before but have settled for friendship. Now with new danger of a tornado, their relationship rekindled .
Enjoy the setting and characterization of this author's books. This is the second of the Taking Chances series.

Ebook from Netgalley and publishers with thanks. Opinions are entirely my own.

this was a new author to me. Guess what they found themselves a new reader. Loved everything about this book.

Tangled Up is an enjoyable story of two high school friends who reunited over a tornado. Max is a great character while Bree is a so-so character. Supposedly these two are best friends, but I had to wonder: how can you be best friends if one thinks the other is boring?

The tornado brings about some excitement, but other parts of the book feel stale. This is a standalone story although it is book 2 in a series. I had not read the first story but felt no loss of connection with the events of the story.

A really great friends to lovers story.

Probably one of the best books I've read this year and I recommend this to anyone who enjoys a great romance book. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for a honest review.

Taking chances series. Just as good as the first book if not better. Love this series and can't wait for the next book, I didn't want to put the book down. Has you hooked from start to finished and just loved Max and Bree as they went from friends to lovers story. I would recommend this book, don't miss out on a great series

Tangled Up was a super fun and enjoyable read that wonderfully tied together with the first book in the Taking Chances series, Twisted Up.

Tangled Up takes place the same time as the first book, Twisted Up, but follows a different couple. Max and Bree have been best friends for most of their lives. Whenever Max and Bree spend time with each other, they do a ton of crazy, exciting things to get their fill of adrenaline until the next time they're together. When they're not off on some crazy adventure, Bree is a police officer in their hometown of Chance, Nebraska and Max is a storm chaser and emergency disaster specialist.

Tangled Up begins with Max and Bree heading out to watch a storm that Max believes is going to turn into a tornado. This storm chasing leads to a very heated encounter while they're hunkering down in a ditch to ride out the storm. The chemistry between Max and Bree was off the charts. In all of their encounters, their attraction to each other was very easily apparent. I enjoyed that in addition to the physical attraction, you could tell they were attracted to each other based on who they were as people. The author did an excellent job building up their friendship which helped ease the way from friends to more. The only aspect of their relationship I disliked was that Max spent way too much time believing Bree would never want a relationship that wasn't full of excitement 24/7. Had he listened to Bree sooner, a lot of the conflict in their relationship would have been dealt with earlier on.

It was very unique reading a book that took place during the same timeline as the previous book in the series and I believe this is the first time I've encountered it. There are some scenes that overlap if they were ones that took place with the main couple of the first book, Jake and Avery, but for the most part you get to experience different aspects of the cleanup in Chance after the tornado. I liked that while there were a few of the overlapping scenes, it didn't get too repetitive and Tangled Up still felt like its own book.

Overall, Tangled Up was an excellent addition to the Taking Chances series and I'm excited for Dillon and Kit's book (at least I hope there's a third book coming). I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys friends to lovers romances and romances with a lot of excitement.

** I received an advance copy from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.**

Having just come from reading the previous book in this series, I was really hoping to get much more in depth with this installment, but instead we got mostly a re-hashing of the events that happened in the previous book, just with different characters. It felt like the author just plugged in the new characters, gave them new backstories, and changed the points of view of the major plot points from the previous novel and went to town with it! I was so bored with the book while reading it!

I had a hard time connecting with Bree overall. I could tell she was an unhealthy character, long before we're actually told her reasons for acting the way she does. She came across as very immature overall.

Max was somewhat of a redeeming factor for me. I loved the storm chasing science of this book, and he was associated with every part of that. This made me think of the movie Twister, and I enjoyed the snippets of information that I learned because of him.

Overall, I was bored with this entire book. I will abandon the series here, as I think the third book will be yet another re-hashing of the same old events. I'm sorry to say I would not recommend this to others, and I will probably avoid the author in the future.

I loved Bree and Max so much, that I don't know how I can put my feelings into words. Friends to lovers is my favorite trope. Erin Nicholas did an awesome job with bringing these best friends together. This book gave me all the feels! I read it in on sitting. I loved seeing the rest of the characters in Chance too. I can't wait for Kit and Dillon's story!