I Can't Even by Lani Lynn Vale Pages: 252
Series: Carter Brothers #2
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Setting: Dallas, TX
Source: ARC, Publisher/PR
Also in this series: No Cap, Thirst Trap, Clap Back, Rent Free, Time To Bounce, Yolo
Also by this author: Execution Style, Charlie Foxtrot, Coup de Grace, Right to my Wrong, Shock Advised, Hail No, Beard Mode, Lights To My Siren, Fear the Beard, I Like Big Dragons and I Cannot Lie , I'm Only Here for the Beard, Dragons Need Love, Too , Oh, My Dragon, Kevlar To My Vest , Keys To My Cuffs, Life To My Flight , Hissy Fit, Talkin' Trash, Lord Have Mercy, Hide Your Crazy, How About No, I'd Rather Not, Make Me, Sinners are Winners, If You Say So, Just Kidding, Herd That, Fries Before Guys, Crazy Heifer, Maybe Swearing Will Help, Keep it Classy, Chute Yeah, Get Bucked, May Contain Wine, Jokes on You, Somethin' About That Boy, Join the Club, Any Day Now, Say It Ain't So, Officially Over It, Nobody Knows, Depends on Who's Asking, Repeat Offender, Conjugal Visits, Jailbait, Quit Bein' Ugly, Doin' a Dime, Kitty Kitty, No Rep, Gen Pop, Jerk It, Inmate of the Month , Chalk Dirty to Me, Shakedown , Always Someone's Monster, Make Me Your Villain , Rattle Some Cages , Get Tragic , Strange and Unusual, Suck This, Never Trust the Living, Nobody Cares Unless You're Pretty, Good Trouble, Cute But Psycho, Annoyed At First Sight, The Voices Are Back, Special Kind of Twisted, I'll Just Date Myself, Fun House, Freak Show, Show Off, Clown Motel, Big Nick Energy, Sold to the Circus, Killing Booth, The Fool, No Cap, Thirst Trap, Clap Back, Rent Free, Time To Bounce, Yolo
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Ellodie Cassandra Solaire made a single, solitary New Year’s resolution.
That resolution was set in stone, and she wouldn’t be breaking it, no matter what.
It was simple: Say yes to every person who asks her out on a date until she finds a boyfriend.
Easy, right?
Wrong.
She breaks that New Year’s resolution three months into the year after a guy gives her serial killer vibes.
Fast forward three months, and she’s unhappily saying yes to any man who asks.
Until one day, there she is, eating a chicken burrito waiting for traffic to clear, and he appears like a knight in shining armor.
One second, she’s counting down the seconds until the parade dissipates so she can go home, and the next, a car is flying through the air directly beside her, courtesy of a hot cop performing a PIT maneuver.
It’s during the middle of the arrest when Quaid Carter’s eyes find hers.
From that moment on, she’s lost to anyone else but him.
The only problem is that serial killer vibe she got off of her potential date a few months ago isn’t just a vibe. It’s a full-blown obsession. And the serial killer decides that she won’t be the one to get away.
Quaid Carter has different ideas, though.
I Can’t Even is book 2 in the Carter Brothers series, this time featuring triplet Quaid. He is also a police officer and is currently the sergeant in charge of the beat cops. He meets Elliodie after a dramatic car chase and its a great meet cute. Quaid falls first, but realizes that Ellodie is a bit of a walking disaster. She just thinks he a hot cop. But, nothing in Ellodie’s life is going well right now and Quaid is about to dive in.
Ellodie is a nurse who is in school to become a nurse anesthetist. She is tired of how dangerous the ER is. She also decided to say yes to every guy who asked her out that year. She has been on many miserable dates with creeps and losers. The only guy she turned down, breaking her rule, turns out to be a killer. He wants Ellodie, the one who got away. Quaid falls for Ellodie quickly as they run into each other freqently and when he learns she has a connection to this killer, he and his family of cops swoop in to help keep her safe. Overall, I really enjoyed Quaid and Ellodie! They have a great relationship and it felt really natural, given the very unnatural events. The serial killer aspect really keeps you guessing, not just about who it is (although, I did figure that one out) but when he might strike. And there were some additional surprises as well. Overall, I Can’t Even is a great edition to the Carter Brothers series and I am excited to get more of this family!
- POV: dual 1st
- Tears: a few
- Trope: he falls first, protector
- Triggers: View Spoiler »
- Series/Standalone: stand alone within an interconnected series
- Cliffhanger: View Spoiler »
- HEA: View Spoiler »
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authors like Susan Stoker, Aurora Rose Reynolds, Abbie Zanders…then you will probably like I Can’t Even!
You read a lot of this author! I like the sound of this one though, this series even.
Hands down, my most read author. I just know I will always enjoy her books. Haven’t read one I didn’t give at least 3.5 stars to!