Quick Thoughts: Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score

Maggie Moves On

by Lucy Score

June 21, 2022

Goodreads Summary:

Can these opposites turn up the heat… without burning down the house?

House-flipping sensation and YouTube star Maggie Nichols can’t wait to dig into her next challenge. Arriving in tiny Kinship, Idaho, with only a cot and a coffeemaker, Maggie is prepared to restore a crumbling Victorian mansion in four months or less. She has her to-do lists, her blueprints, and her team. What she doesn’t have is time for sexy, laid-back landscaper Silas Wright.

The man takes flirtation to a whole new level. And he does it shirtless…sometimes pants-less. He and his service school-dropout dog are impressively persistent. But she’s not interested in putting down roots. Not when fans tune in to watch her travel the country turning dilapidated houses into dream homes. A short-term fling on the other hand could fit nicely into her calendar. After all, Maggie remembers what fun is like. Vaguely.

As their summer gets downright steamy, Silas manages to demolish the emotional walls she’s spent years building, sending Maggie into a panic. He’s the wrench in her carefully constructed plans. With the end of the project looming, she has a decision to make. But how can she stay when her entire career is built on moving on?

Review

Maggie Moves On is a book I wish I liked a whole lot more than I actually did. While I found Maggie to be very likable, her love interest, Silas's possessive behaviour annoyed me. I ended up skimming through quite a bit of the story.

What I Liked:

- Maggie's independence

- the contrast between Maggie and Silas- she's a planner and he's a in-the-moment guy

- Silas and his siblings were a hoot

- acknowledging past wrongs and working on repairing relationships

- found family with Dean and Cody

- the story within the story was fun

- Kevin and the kittens

The Not So Much:

- insta-love/lust from the love interest

- too many cheesy moments

- Silas's alpha actions made me cringe hard

- everyone was just so nice there was barely any conflicts in the story

"...it doesn't matter how much you have, if it's not what you want. You can't just decide to be happy with less than." (p. 299)

"You don't have to need something just to treat yourself." (p. 313)