Review: Grounding Griffin by Lucy Lennox
SYNOPSIS:
Griff: I learned early on that the easiest way to avoid a broken heart is to always be the first out the door. Caring about anyone or anything is asking to be disappointed, which is why I avoid relationships and chase freelance gigs — ghost writing restaurant reviews and penning articles about the efficacy of cheesy pick up lines — instead of chasing my dreams.
Besides, dreams don’t come true for people like me. And no one, not even the sexy-as-hell bartender at the club can convince me otherwise. Because I’m never risking my heart again.
Sam: As a bartender I’ve watched a million pick-up artists work their magic, but none as talented as Griffin Marian. He’s a flirt, a good time. Hooking up with him was supposed to be just a fling. I wasn’t supposed to care abut his fractured past or his buried dreams. I have my own future to worry about, especially after that stupid food critic scuttled my hopes of finally opening my own restaurant.
But, the more time I spend with Griff, the more I’m beginning to realize that my plans mean nothing without him. If only I can convince him to give us a chance to follow our dreams together.
Fair warning: this book includes flirty sweetness, detailed descriptions of man parts touching, and the dirtiest thing to come out of Aunt Tilly’s mouth yet.
REVIEW:
I tried to stick out this series, I really did but Ground Griffin will be the last Made Marian book I read. These stories are adorable and have so much potential but I can no longer look past these cringey, horridly-uncomfortable grannies. It’s not even cute or funny, it’s just creepy and disturbing at this point.
Griffin is a little rough around the edges, which given his backstory is understandable. I really liked Griffin and Sam’s meet cute, an unconventional take on the bartender-customer troupe. They have endless flirty banter that had me smiling and feeling hopeful. But Griffin is the definition of commitment-phobia. And he really puts Sam through the ringer. In fact on several occasions, I thought Griffin should have been the one seeking forgiveness, not Sam.
A lot of the story felt like Sam chasing Griffin and Griffin blindly running away from his own feelings. There was a little plot twist to their relationship, that was kind of predictable but did add some necessary drama and character development. There are a ton of glimpses of the Marian gang and I adored how they loved on Griffin, whether he wanted it or not.
But a hard deal breaker for me is these grannies. It’s to the point where I am extremely uncomfortable whenever they appear. And their appearances are random and creepy. For example, they showed up at Sam’s house and barged into his room while him and Griffin were sleeping. How did they even find out where Sam lived? Ginger is giving birth and the grannies stroll into the hospital as if they were going to a comedy show. But the worst is how they literally sexually accost any new man introduced to the family. There is a line between funny and not and these old ladies are so far past it, there is no return.
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