* I received an advanced copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.Oh, good grief. Their family is truly a family that sticks together, even if most of them are not blood. I love that Elodie and Clark still have Sunday dinners Each new person who joins them has an instant family - I loved that. All of our beloved couples have kids and Cole is doing so well. Braden's hair is graying and Joss (or should I say J.B. What I did like about this book was seeing where everyone is so many years after the beginning of this series. Further, so many of the sex scenes were borderline cheesy and lacked that signature Samantha Young tension. Overall, their relationship seemed forced to me. But all of her remarks about how attractive Cole was seemed overdone. After Shannon pushed Cole away, she began really seeing him for who he was - a nice guy. I didn't feel that spark and connection that I felt with couples in previous books. The chemistry between Cole and Shannon was way off for me in this book. New girl in town with sad past meets boy, wrongly judges boy based on looks and past experiences, pisses boy off, cue tension. After a string of abusive relationships, Shannon decides to turn over a new leaf in a new city with new friends. As fate would have it, they meet again when Shannon MacLeod moves to Edinburgh and walks right into the same tattoo shop Cole works, INKarnate. Our little Cole is all grown up and one of the top tattoo artists in Scotland.Ĭam and Shannon couple met years ago as teens on Scotland Street, a moment that neither of them forgot.

Echoes on Scotland Street takes place nearly nine years after Down London Road.

After Jo and Cam got together, Cam took Cole under his wing, enrolling him in judo and encouraging his art. Growing up, his dad wasn't around and his mom was a drunk, so he largely depended on Jo. We first met Cole in Down London Road as Jo's little brother, all angsty and artistic. Unfortunately, this book a little disappointing and the characters lacked that special spark found in some of the other previous stories.

I really liked him as a kid and couldn't wait to see what he would be like as an adult. I know I am way late to the ODS party, but I was belatedly excited when I finally met Cole in Down London Road and then realized the Echoes on Scotland Street was his book. Review originally posted on Reading Books Like a Boss Disappointing, lacked the spark of the other novels

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