Backlist Review: Grounding Griffin by Lucy Lennox

- April 25, 2022

Review:

This was released in 2019, it seems so long ago, but making it through my TBR list is hard, and sometimes I feel like I hold off reading the ones I know I’m going to love, kinda afraid they’ll be gone once I’ve gotten through them. All that to say, I love the Made Marian series. I love the MCs, I love the side characters, I love the settings, I love Lucy’s books!

Grounding Griffin is the 4th book in the series of Marian brothers. Griffin is one of the youngest of 9 siblings, adopted after being kicked out and having spent some time in the system and on the streets. It’s left him with some trust issues and a fear of dreaming.

Sam has family, but really he’s been fending for himself and his sister alone for a long time. Maybe what they both need is one person who they can believe in and will believe in them.

This has lots of fun moments, often fueled by misunderstandings and some jealousy, but it also has a lot of tenderness, love, and frustration. Try as you may, you can’t run away from love. Between laughs, a few tears are shed, but you’ll get the happy ending you were hoping they’d get.

As usual, the real MVP is Aunt Tilly, always up for some fun and the dirtiest most inappropriate comments that can be had! She’s always a hoot.

Stars: 5

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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.

Grounding Griffin is the fourth book in the best-selling Made Marian series. It can be read on its own but is much more fun read as part of the series. The series begins with Borrowing Blue and each book follows a Marian brother's search for his HEA.