Manhattan: A Small Town Friends-to-Lovers Romance (Becker Brothers Book 3) by Kandi Steiner

  Manhattan by Kandi Steiner

Manhattan is a stand-alone, small town, country romance in the Becker Brothers Series.

Everyone knows not to fall in love with your best friend.

But when your best friend is Michael Becker, it’s impossible not to.

He’s everything our town knows a Becker brother to be: devastatingly handsome, charming as a thief, and the icing on the cake — a sentimental musician who’s never without his guitar.

And he was mine. At least, that’s what I’d convinced myself.

Our bond was born in elementary school, strengthened by circumstance and the promise to always be there for each other, no matter what. And the best thing about my life was being friends with Michael Becker.

Until it was the worst.

I watched him fall in love with someone else, and helped patch him back up when she left him behind. But when he drops the bomb that he’s moving to New York, I realize it’s my last chance to tell him how I feel. And I ask him to make one more promise.

One summer. One list of adventures to remind him that our small town has more to offer than memories of the girl who left him behind.

One last chance to tell him I’m in love with him.

And I’m just dumb enough to believe that maybe he could love me, too. 

On the whole, I really enjoyed reading this book in the amazing becker Brother series though I must admit that it will never be my favorite one.
Even though I loved our heroine Kylie and wished her that Michael would finally pull his head out of his charming behind and see what was right in front of him, Michael's attitude and the way he was hung up on his former girlfriend who had dumped him and left him behind when she went to Nashville to make their dreams come true. On her own. Sure, I understand that that is a blow to his ego and I understand that he was in love with her and is devastated but, honestly? After a while, I just wanted to kick him and tell him to suck it up and get his life back.

But, well, do you know the Becker Brothers already? If you know them, you will also know that this family is just irresistible. They are charming and fun and absolutely loyal so, let#s just say that the rest of the family and Kylie make up for a lot.

I was a bit disappointed though that we didn't learn much more about the death of their father. Ever since the first book, the brothers have been trying to find out more about his death because the circumstances of his death...yeah. Definitely suspicious. And I must admit that I had hoped that we'd learn more about him and that fire but I guess I'll have to wait for the next and last book of the series to do so.
Despite that, I still couldn't put the book down, so it is still four stars - and I'm waiting anxiously for the next book!

★★★★