Bulldozer by Caitlyn CoakleyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Fun With a Side Order of Trauma
As with all these books, the author has managed to blend funny, witty banter with difficult and emotional subjects. It’s a fine line to walk but she manages it well.
Quinn is the last remaining bachelor of the five Tobin sons. He’s used to being the runner up as the second born and wants someone to put him first. The woman he loved didn’t wait for him to get his act together and married someone else and no one has ever lived up to her since. So, he has spent his life in short meaningless relationships and one night stands, exploring his kinkier side.
Nicole is Lissa’s sister. After the disappearance of her father and the alcoholism of her mother, she and Lissa were placed in foster care. They were bounced around, managing to stay together until she aged out and in the months before she was able to claim custody of Lissa, something awful happened to her. Nicole never felt worthy of happiness after that. She loved someone who didn’t know she existed and she punished herself by never allowing herself to love or be loved.
When Lissa fell in love with Shane, Quinn’s youngest brother, they decided to try and match up their siblings by forcing them together through the many long and detailed wedding plans. It seems like it works but they are both still hiding behind walls and rules and games, until someone slashes Quinn’s tyres.
I love how sex positive this series is. Even Mama Tobin, a staunch Catholic, refuses to allow any of her family to slut shame, mainly because she can’t stand hypocrisy. Nicole and Quinn are honest about their needs and desires and there is no shame. The whole series has a healthy attitude to non-vanilla sex that is appealing.
Through all the sex and banter there is a strong thread of emotion and need for connection that is subtly woven throughout, and keeps the book from being too predictable. This emotional content and the appealing characters are the reason I will keep reading this author, because she always entertains without forcing me to switch off my brain.
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