Review: Hook, Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey

Rating: 3.5/5
Series: Bellinger Sisters, #2
Tropes: Friends to lovers, close proximity, small town,
PoP: 72%

Hannah always considers herself as supporting actress, not a leading lady. She thinks she’s hype girl as her sister Piper always demanded the spotlight.  And Hannah patiently waited in the wings, waiting for her right time to be announced as best supporting actress. Fed up with playing the supporting character Hannah take the risk and comes clean with her long-time crush director Sergio. She is share all of it, her feelings, and her passion to work at the musical department.

A last, Hannah misses her sister and her time she spent in Westport.  She might also be missing a certain charming king crab fisherman she’s been texting for seven months. Luckily, she convinces Sergio to move the last movie’s production location to Westport from L. A.

Of course things must go wrong…  Piper’s parent in laws’ visiting at the same time forces Hannah to move to this charming fisherman’s spare bedroom! Having spent some time at the convention center together, Hannah couldn’t get him out of her mind. Fox felt the same. The element of attraction is there on both sides but both of them were too stubborn to talk about their feelings.

Fox doesn’t think he is good enough. Even his best friend Brendan doesn’t trust him with Hannah. Fox has a reputation in town as a player.  His upbringing and an unfortunate incident at college changed his perspective to relationships. He doesn’t trust or believe in himself.  He feels like everything he touches is destroyed. His self pity and being a man whore at times comes off as sad. I am over the man whore who is reforming to be loved.
Seeing Hannah in his own apartment, getting envious of her with her jerk of a director change something in him!

Hannah and Fox’s story is more intense and sentimental. There were a lot more emotions and big feels in play in this story than I was expecting. I do like Hannah a lot! I think when she is on the page, she steals the show. She outshines her sister in so many way. 

The ten years later epilogue really rounds the story out and will have you sighing in love at the end.  The big feels of it will leave you feeling all the things.

I really enjoyed this book so much more than the first one. I loved Hannah and Fox.  Hannah has a kindness about her that makes her perfect for Fox.   Fox is a sweet and endearing character and is so afraid of his past he keeps Hannah in the friend zone a little longer than I wanted him too.  It’s surprisingly slow burn for a Tessa Bailey romance and I did want more steam in this story.