Boy Toy by Sarina Bowen and Tayna Eby

Pages: 451
Publish date: August 14, 2018
Publisher: Tuxbury Publishing LLC
ASIN: B07D9X3HW9
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Boy Toy:

I received an e-arc of Boy Toy from the authors in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book. 

I didn’t know how I was feeling before I started reading Boy Toy by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby. I hadn’t been a massive fan of the previous two book in this series;  Man Hands and Man Card. I enjoyed them, but I didn’t particularly love them. But as soon as I started reading  Boy Toy, a lot of things changed. 

Boy Toy by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby follows recently divorced mother of twin daughters Sadie as she tries to re-navigate her life as a single woman. So it’s a surprise when she drops her kids off at daycare and sees someone she used to babysit. And he definitely isn’t a boy anymore. Liam hasn’t seen Sadie in nearly fifteen years, and when he sees her walk, it’s like he is teen again and his crush has risen straight to the surface. Sadie doesn’t think she is ready to jump into a new relationship and Liam isn’t going to be around forever, but hey who says you can’t have fun. 

Boy Toy was a massive surprise for me. As I said before I wasn’t a massive fan of this duo’s previous books in this series. And I am not sure what it was exactly, but I was able to connect with the protagonist a lot better in this one. Sadie and Luke were both very raw characters and so in turn so was the romance. It was still sexy, but there was this innocence about it, like first love or falling in love for the first. 

I really enjoyed Sadie as a protagonist in  Boy Toy. She was witty and charming and I loved seeing her try new things again. After a really heartbreaking and somewhat loveless marriage, it was really nice to see Sadie, not only fall for someone again but also love herself. Throughout the previous two novels we really get to see Sadie at some of her worse and in  Boy Toy, we finally see her at her best. I adored the interactions with her daughters and from the get-go, the reader is able to see that she will do anything for them. 

Liam, ah what an amazing human being this man is. From the start the reader is able to see Liam interest in Sadie, he doesn’t really hide it well and gosh it made up for a few laughs. I also adored his Liam’s want and need to care for the kids at the daycare. Especially Sadie’s little girls. Liam’s kindness, love, and thoughtfulness shines throughout the whole book and adds depth to an already interesting character. He would do anything for Sadie and her girls and gosh that just hit me right in the heart. 

I loved seeing how nervous both Sadie and Liam were going forward, but also how much they wanted to. Sadie’s previous marriage really took a toll on her self-esteem and throughout Boy Toy, Liam is able to break down the walls and make Sadie love herself again. I think that was such an important part of their relationship and really stood out to be. Sadie also has time, believing that she has failed as a mother. And Liam is able to show that Sadie is totally the opposite and excels at what she does and her love for her twins beats nothing. 

Overall,  Boy Toy was such a fun, entertaining read. This rom-com has it all, romance, laughs, and best of all family. I just fell in love with the characters and their lives and couldn’t put the book down for a second.  Boy Toy explores the notion of second chances, loving yourself and being a family. It’s about sacrifice and learning to take what life throws at you. If you are looking for a fun, entertaining but also heart pulling read, then this one is for you.