Save Me (O'Brien Family, #5) by Cecy Robson

Mar 16, 2018 Book-Bosomed blog rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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Apr 17, 2018 Nicola rated it did not like it

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DNF @ 25%.

One sentence—all it took to send me fleeing faster than a rat up a drainpipe.

I’m just telling you to change the way you dress around me.”

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The H was already skating on very thin ice after salivating in the the h’s face over her sister’s “smokin’” body, so when that comment came it sent him crashing through it. No time for a man like that.

I generally try to work to the mantra of if you’ve nothing good to say, say nothing, but sod that, this has hit a nerve. A shame as I have enjoye ...more

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Apr 29, 2018 DJ Sakata rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: netgalley, adult-contemporary-romance, humor

Favorite Quotes:

There are a few grays on my temples, too, but for some reason the chest hair seems to bother him more… “It’s what the ladies call dignified.” They really don’t. More to the point, they say things like, “Ride me, cowboy” or “faster, my probation officer will be here soon.” The latter only happened once, okay twice, but in my defense, it was with the same broad.

I wanted to get married on the beach with just us. But no. Ma insists I get married in a church or risk God releasing a pl Favorite Quotes:

There are a few grays on my temples, too, but for some reason the chest hair seems to bother him more… “It’s what the ladies call dignified.” They really don’t. More to the point, they say things like, “Ride me, cowboy” or “faster, my probation officer will be here soon.” The latter only happened once, okay twice, but in my defense, it was with the same broad.

I wanted to get married on the beach with just us. But no. Ma insists I get married in a church or risk God releasing a plague that will have flying monkeys shooting out of my lady bits. No one needs that…

We just don’t want you to be alone, you know? You hear about those spinster women found dead, their faces half-eaten by their twenty cats. We don’t want that to be you. We don’t want to find you dead, alone, surrounded by asshole cats licking their whiskers.

We’re going to need to drop a few bills on new clothes. The hair, I know someone who can fix it… You look like a Mormon and not the good kind. I mean the cult kind. The one with multiple wives and three hundred kids. The kind that make us Irish look infertile. Seriously, Allie. You’re sexy and everything. But if you told me you’re number four of six sister wives, I’d believe you based on what you’re wearing.

I try to tone down my smirk. It doesn’t work. Smirks are like wolves. You have to let them loose to run free.

She thought the guy was a manager at CBS. Turns out he’s a manager at CVS. She’s freaking out, trying to get it annulled, even though they spent the night banging like grizzlies in the woods with cymbals.

My Review:

I haven’t had this much fun in ages. Save Me was outrageously witty and highly amusing. I smirked and barked aloud more than a few times as I read. This is only my second time reading the delightfully clever words of Cecy Robson, but I am now a devoted and rabid fangirl. I adore and admire her to such a massive degree she could hit me up for a kidney if she were in need of a spare. I gleefully inhaled this engaging tale that not only had me howling with mirthful laughter but also found me choking up with sweet tears during a tenderly written and emotionally moving wedding scene. I am greedy to read all the previous books in this series as well as every other book this talented scribe has produced. I gluttonously covet all her clever words.
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Mar 18, 2018 Kate rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: gives-me-the-tingles, ebooks, rom-contemp, series-completed, arcs, 4-stars, bliming-hilarious, wounded-warriors, blue-collar

3.5

The fighting Irish? I think they had the O’Briens in mind when they came up with that saying.

Now when the end of a series has come, said series must end with a bang and Ms. Robson delivered. I’m sad to see the end of them. But there are always rereads.

The Characters.

Allie Mendes has always been the dutiful daughter. The good daughter although she has been overlooked all her life and has stood in her sisters shadow. Her sister did the unthinkable and stole her boyfriend that cuts deep but se ...more

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Apr 01, 2018 Kiki marked it as avoid · review of another edition

Shelves: review-says-nope-pass, slutshaming-so-not-cool, personal-preference

I also might have to add a new shelf “can’t get past title”!

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Mar 19, 2018 Alex ♈ marked it as no-thanks-but-no · review of another edition

ARC for an HONEST??? opinion?

Really?

Not the 1st case I read about on GR.
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Apr 26, 2018 Sissy's Romance Book Review rated it really liked it

Shelves: arc-author-publisher, series, 2018-read, kindle-sent, indiesage-pr, trt, 4-star, contemporary

SAVE ME by Cecy Robson is book 5 in the O'Brien Family series. This is the story of Allie Mendes and Seamus O’Brien. I have read the previous book but feel this can be a standalone book.
This was really a sweet romance that was hard to put down for me. Allie is the good girl and is overlooked a lot by her family and has to accept her sister taking her boyfriend. Now they are getting married and Allie has to participate in it. Seamus seems to attract the women that aren't to stable and now he is ...more

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Apr 24, 2018 Sophia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: net-galley-reads, contemporary-romance

A smidge of Catholic guilt, a series of family weddings, and Seamus finds himself desperately in need of a 'girl I can bring home to my mother' type of date. Too bad, Seamus' contact list is full of quite the opposite, but then a sweet woman desperately whispers, 'Save Me' and he's all in. The final book in the O'Brien Family series was irreverent fun, tender, sensual, and a whole lot of the feels.

Save Me is book five in the O'Brien Family and works as a romance for the last single O'Brien and a A smidge of Catholic guilt, a series of family weddings, and Seamus finds himself desperately in need of a 'girl I can bring home to my mother' type of date. Too bad, Seamus' contact list is full of quite the opposite, but then a sweet woman desperately whispers, 'Save Me' and he's all in. The final book in the O'Brien Family series was irreverent fun, tender, sensual, and a whole lot of the feels.

Save Me is book five in the O'Brien Family and works as a romance for the last single O'Brien and a follow-up on the lives of all the rest. This is a culmination of a fantastic, deeply satisfying series and its not a good place to start.

The O'Briens are an Irish Philadelphia family who are boisterous, colorful, inappropriate, loyal, and loving. Raised by their mother, there are six brothers and one sister. Seamus is the third born and last to be single. Most think he's a tomcat, but Seamus really does want a wife and family if only the right woman comes along.

Sharing this romance with Seamus is a girl from the old neighborhood who made good, Ally Mendes. Ally has put her life into her real estate business after her gorgeous, family-favorite sister stole her boyfriend right when she was expecting to have the white picket fence and everything Seamus is the first person to see beyond the dowdy clothes, bad hairstyle, and mousy persona she hides behind while staying far away from her toxic mother and sister. When her sister announces that she's marrying Ally's ex, she does something desperate to avoid the misery of still seeming hung up on the guy. Fake relationship time and trusting Seamus to help her with a sexy make over.

Much of this story can get unreal, but families and weddings can turn reality on its ear. Seamus is a blue-collar guy, as confident as they come, and honest- brutally so- to a tee, but Seamus is in for as big a shock as Ally. They start out awkwardly faking it, but its not long before they are both secretly longing for the real thing.

In between the scenes of Seamus and Ally spending time together and building a friendship into something else, I had a good time with the O'Brien family encounters. We have beautiful O'Brien weddings and babies. Sigh. On the other end, there are those ugly encounters with Ally's family. Man, where is the bus that needs to run over her narcissistic and horrid sister when you need one.

As has happened with each of these books, when I wasn't embarrassing myself with gut-wrenching laughter or enjoying the sensual friends to lovers fake mates romance, I found the true depth was when this couple had the intense heart to heart in the turning point of the book. Seamus, if I didn't love him already, just tugged on my heart with that story from his past. He grew up hard in ways, but he had his proud loving mother and his wonderful family of siblings, but Ally being stuck as the ignored child and sibling was equally heartbreaking. Seeing Ally come into her own and stand up for herself had me nearly standing on the couch and cheering.

So, yes, this was the end. Only comfort I have is all the O'Brien stories on my Kindle that I can come back and visit later. For those who want a strong element of family in their romances, I can heartily recommend this series and the Shattered Past trio this one spun off of. Do yourselves a solid and don't miss these.

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Apr 29, 2018 Sarah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own-kindle, netgalley, for-review-read, read-in-2018

Save Me is the final book in Cecy Robson's O'Brien Family series and it was a fitting ending that gave us a chance to catch up with the previous couples as well as see Seamus finally get his own happily ever after. I have to admit Seamus took a while to grow on me, he has a very high opinion of himself and that makes him come across as rather cocky and arrogant in the beginning of the story but luckily there is more to him than that and he can actually be really sweet when you get to know him.

Se Save Me is the final book in Cecy Robson's O'Brien Family series and it was a fitting ending that gave us a chance to catch up with the previous couples as well as see Seamus finally get his own happily ever after. I have to admit Seamus took a while to grow on me, he has a very high opinion of himself and that makes him come across as rather cocky and arrogant in the beginning of the story but luckily there is more to him than that and he can actually be really sweet when you get to know him.

Seamus always wanted to get married and have a family but the women he's usually attracted to are more likely to steal from him than settle down. With a whole bunch of family wedding's coming up he's sick of his family meddling in his love life so he needs a fake girlfriend to keep them all off his back. Allie is the perfect woman for the job, a successful business woman who takes time out of her life to volunteer at church and help others she's nothing like the normal girls he's brought home to meet his family. She's also in her own sticky situation having to watch her sister marry her own ex-fiance so she could use some back up herself.

Allie was the sweetest girl, she spends all her time and energy helping others but has very little confidence in herself so it was wonderful to see her come out of her shell with Seamus' help. They got on really well and made a perfect couple but he was worried about not being good enough for her so was worried about telling her how he really felt. I love the whole O'Brien family and how welcoming they were towards Allie, the banter has been amusing throughout the whole series and the three family weddings we got to witness were all very heartwarming and fitting for the different couples. Allie's family on the other hand were absolutely awful and I was so glad to see her finally stand up to them. I'm kind of sad that we're not getting a book about the oldest brother Angus, he obviously put a lot of his life on hold to care for his mother and younger siblings and I'd have loved to see him get a happy ending with his finance of 20 years Molly. It did seem like the two of them were happier now but I still feel like that's a bit of an unfinished thread in the series.

I've still enjoyed all of these stories though and I'm looking forward to seeing what Cecy Robson comes up with next. ...more

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Apr 24, 2018 Nerdy Dirty & Flirty rated it it was amazing

Bittersweet ending…

What a sweet, funny, snarky, romantic ending to this series! I’ve loved the O’Briens from the beginning, cherishing each sibling’s story, squirreling away all the feels and laughter to take out and hug when needed. I started Seamus’ story knowing this was the last one so I read very, very slowly….

I laughed so much with the antics of Allie and Seamus! Seamus is hot, wicked, with a wonderful, raunchy sense of humour and a protective streak that embraces Allie from the start. He ...more

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Apr 28, 2018 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

Seamus and Allie's story is my favorite in the O'Brien series. I read it in one sitting. I simply couldn't put it down!

Seamus is the last of the O'Brien family to find his HEA and Allie perfect for him. Their "relationship" starts where she needs saving from her mother and sister and Seamus being the nice guy he that he is, acts like they are together. He doesn't miss the opportunity to grab her butt in the process, he might be sweet but he still a horn dog and Allie is super cute. LOL

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Feb 19, 2018 ☕️Kimberly added it

So blessed to have been able to beta read Seamus' s story. I laughed and cried. A terrific final book. ...more

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Apr 17, 2018 Irene rated it liked it

Shelves: great-series, romance, beautiful-cover, galley-arc, love-this-series, enjoy-this-authors-work, april-arc

3 stars

The O'Brien Family series by Cecy Robson has been a very enjoyable read.
I've enjoyed watching the O'Brien siblings find their soul mates and couldn't wait to read Seamus's book.
Now having read Save Me I'm struggling with my feelings.
The things I loved were getting to spend time with all the O'Brien's again. They continued to make me laugh and swoon and they reminded me why I've enjoyed this series so much.

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May 08, 2018 Elaine rated it really liked it

Shelves: adult, funny, netgalley, contemporary, contemporary-romance, fake-relationship, small-community, authors-to-look-out-for, romance, series

This is a funny story of fake to real romance with a notorious Irish/American Catholic family, the O'Briens, at its heart. In this story it is the oldest son, Seamus, who is being pressured by his younger siblings finding the loves of their lives and planning to get married. He wants to bring his own date to their weddings but most of his recent dates have really not been the kind you bring to your family - not if you want their possessions to be safe, anyway!

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May 08, 2018 Miriam rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series, contemporary

So... This story. It was okay. At times. Other times, it was overwhelming. The characters were, to be precise.

Seamus is not my ideal hero. He's crass, brash, conceited, and arrogant. His age, experience, and wealth might be reason enough to be the way he is but it was cringe-worthy reading about him. Two qualities I did like: his age and his persistence. But even those things didn't sway me towards me him anymore by the time I reached the end.

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Mar 25, 2018 Maranda rated it liked it

Shelves: netgalley, cecy-reviews, caffinated

Cecy Robson is an author that hit the mark with her Weird Girls series. "Save Me" is the fifth in the O'Brien Family collection. Seamus O'Brien is the oldest in a family whose sibling are all paired up with the loves of their lives. Allie Mendes is a successful business women who resides in the shadow of her sister Valentina who is marrying her previous boyfriend Andres. This is a stand alone novel but it spent a great deal of time revisiting the prior O'Brien couples. Characters just fell short ...more

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Apr 23, 2018 Lucy Dosch (EBookObsessed) rated it it was amazing

A sweet goodbye to a wonderful series. I will miss the O’Briens greatly.

Saying goodbye to the O’Briens is like finding out your favorite cousin is moving across the country. I am going to miss them so much. The romances were sweet, the characters were delightful and the stories of their crazy childhood always made me laugh out loud.

In this final story, Seamus is taking some slack from his siblings for being thirty-seven and still spending his time with non-virtuous ladies of questionable upbring A sweet goodbye to a wonderful series. I will miss the O’Briens greatly.

Saying goodbye to the O’Briens is like finding out your favorite cousin is moving across the country. I am going to miss them so much. The romances were sweet, the characters were delightful and the stories of their crazy childhood always made me laugh out loud.

In this final story, Seamus is taking some slack from his siblings for being thirty-seven and still spending his time with non-virtuous ladies of questionable upbringing, or as Wren would say, skanks. While his choices might be been perfect for a night of fun in his twenties, it seems a little sadder as he approaches forty.

The fact that Seamus will be attending the weddings of two of his younger siblings, and that all his siblings have found love and are settling down are causing Seamus to be a bit introspective…or as introspective as Seamus can be. No matter how handsome Seamus believes himself to be, part of his insecurity is that after their father died, it was Angus and Seamus who dropped out of school to provide for their younger siblings. Seamus doesn’t begrudge the sacrifice made for his siblings, but there still is a small part of him that doesn’t feel worthy of a better class of woman. Plus, he likes the way the skanks dress. It is while helping Wren with pre-wedding errands that Seamus stumbles into Allie and learns that he isn’t the only one with sibling issues and desperate need of a date.

Allie Mendes grew up in the same neighborhood as the O’Briens. In fact, she attempted to teach religious education to several of the younger O’Briens. Of course, Seamus only remembers Allie’s hot sister, Valentina, which makes Allie’s day all that much worse. Her sister is the only one anyone remembers and the only one her mother seems to care about. Valentina is the one who went on to become a successful model, the one who is an international success, and the one who stole the man Allie was going to marry. The man Valentina is now going to marry. Allie and Andres were both awkward geeks in high school. They lived together as they finished college, and Allie worked to support Andres through his masters. After Andres sold his invention to the government and became a multi-millionaire, Valentine stepped in and seduced him away. As Valentine was also Andres dream girl it wasn’t that hard to do, and that little bit of knowledge hurt Allie even more.

Allie is a successful real estate agent, but her mother measures Allie’s every success against her sister, who is more beautiful and more beloved by all. Her mother is also forcing Allie to be part of the wedding party of her sister and her former lover, with no sympathy for Allie’s feelings.

Seamus and Allie join forces to support and shield each other against the overwhelming happiness of their siblings. And while we celebrate the happiness and love of the O’Briens and their new spouses, we also enjoy the train-wreck coming in the form of Valentina’s wedding.

Seamus helps Allie stand up to her mother and step out her sister’s shadow, and as they spend time together, Seamus remembers the deeds of the sweet, lovely woman at his side and realizes that Allie outshown her sister as a person once you strip away the shallow fascade. If only Seamus can see beyond his own “shortcomings” and maybe they can find their own happiness.

I am really going to miss spending time with the O’Brien clan.

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May 02, 2018 LeeAnne rated it it was amazing

This series is just epic and awesome – I’ve loved each of the books a little more than the last! Seamus and Allie are probably my favorite couple so far, they’re just such a perfect balance for one another and their camaraderie had me in stitches.

Seamus is always being bugged by his 6 siblings and his mother about the fact that he’s not settled down yet, Seamus is just happy being a playboy. Until his families comments start to break through his thick exterior and Seamus starts to think that may ...more

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Apr 10, 2018 Jeannine added it

Shelves: funny-ha-ha, first-time-author-for-me, arc, netgalley, read-in-2018

I didn't realize when I clicked on this that it was book #5 in a series. I read the description and I thought it would be interesting, and it certainly was. OMG Seamus is one of 7 in a big Irish family. Since I didn't read the other 4, I totally need to read the others because the O'Brien's are something else. So many shenanigans between the brothers. I was cracking up at Seamus. I just couldn't get over some of the things that would come out of his mouth. Now, he has horrible taste in women and ...more

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Apr 21, 2018 Isha Coleman rated it it was amazing

Shelves: first-reads, netgalley

Shamelessly sexy. Utterly clueless. Hard to resist. Seamus O'Brien feels like the last man standing in a family that's dropping like flies. Love is reeking havoc in his family and he seems to keep missing the blow. That is until the girl he never saw, becomes the woman he can't forget. A chance encounter and a desperate favor have Allie Mendes and Seamus O'Brien rethinking everything they thought they knew about love. Cecy Robson is an emotional writer. She targets the heart with humorous dialog ...more

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Mar 15, 2018 Alison rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-read, annoying-siblings, contemporary, friends-to-lovers, irritating-seniors, self-esteem-issues, wedding-centred, arc, irish, fake-relationship

I think this is a love-it or hate-it book. I veered between three and a half and four stars but in the end I decided on four stars.

Seamus O'Brien is (I think) the third oldest of the seven O'Brien siblings. This is the fifth book in the series and I have only read one previously, Feel Me which features Seamus' older brother Declan, the DA.

Seamus is a big contrast to Declan. He's loud, opinionated, attracted to crazy women and has a VERY high opinion of himself. His little sister Wren is getting I think this is a love-it or hate-it book. I veered between three and a half and four stars but in the end I decided on four stars.

Seamus O'Brien is (I think) the third oldest of the seven O'Brien siblings. This is the fifth book in the series and I have only read one previously, Feel Me which features Seamus' older brother Declan, the DA.

Seamus is a big contrast to Declan. He's loud, opinionated, attracted to crazy women and has a VERY high opinion of himself. His little sister Wren is getting married and she (and his mother) are badgering him about bringing a 'nice' date to the wedding. One who isn't already married, or on parole, or will set the church on fire, literally. When cornered Seamus can't stop talking and so he makes up a fake girlfriend, someone 'nice'.

Forced to assist in Wren's wedding plans by choosing various pastries for one of the events he is queueing at a local bakery when he runs into Allie Mendes. Although he doesn't recognise or remember Allie they grew up together, she taught his younger siblings at Sunday School, they went to the same school etc. Allie too has a wedding-related problem. Her sister Valentina is getting married, to Allie's high school sweetheart, the man Allie thought she was going to marry. So Seamus and Allie agree to help each other out. Seamus will help make Allie look and feel more attractive and in return Allie will be Seamus' date to three weddings due to take place.

Seamus was a problem character for me. At first he was just a bit blunt, a 'say it as I see it' kind of guy. Then around the halfway mark he and his family became that obnoxious group of loud mouthed people who make offensive comments - you know the ones that you ALWAYS get sat next to in a family restaurant. None of them seemed to have filters and all of them felt it was appropriate to say whatever the hell they wanted. Maybe that's what people are like in Philly? Anyway I started to get that Elle Casey feel about the book but I persevered. And what do you know? Under that uber-confident exterior is a man who thinks all he deserves are skanks and crazies, that nice women only want one or two 'dates' before they leave him for a real man with prospects, like a doctor or a lawyer.

Despite my mid-book misgivings about Seamus I really enjoyed this book, I liked the way that Seamus and Allie fell in love quietly and almost unnoticed. I liked the way their fake relationship went on, not a two week insta-lurve thing but weeks of texts and calls and dinner with Seamus' family and wedding rehearsals and dress shopping - yeah they were dating and they didn't even realise!

I think Cecy Robson may have a tendency to draw her characters a little too broad - you know the baddies have no redeeming qualities and everyone is a Character with a big C - but this was still a charming and thoughtful romance where I really felt they way that Allie and Seamus got to know each other slowly, supported each other and most of all made each other laugh.

I am definitely going to go back and find the first three books to see how Seamus' other siblings found love.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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Mar 17, 2018 Cali Gals rated it it was amazing

Wow let me tell you why I love this book! Seamus and his family are SO FUNNY. They all are full of sarcastic whit and no filter. Allie is such a sweet soul who is trying to live through the hurts of the past that she now is reliving due to her thoughtless, selfish family. I spent the majority of this book wanting to harm them (eekk). Seamus and Allie together take us on a magical journey, full of emotion, crazy conversations, and wild events. Love the very different family weddings they attend. ...more

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Apr 18, 2018 Sharon Jones rated it it was amazing

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This book!!! It was so incredibly good. Seamus has to be the best male lead character I have read this year. He is just so gloriously inappropriate. From the thoughts in his head, to the times he actually voices them, he had me chuckling along page after page. He is very confident in not only his looks, but how he is as a person. And deservedly so. When Allie and Seamus meet in the bakery it was absolutely hilarious.
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Mar 20, 2018 Melliane rated it really liked it

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It’s finally Seamus’ turn to present his story and as for all the novels in the series, I was really looking forward to immerse myself in this new story! It must be said that Cecy Robson rarely disappoints!

We discover this O’Brien brother and Allie, two characters that everything seems to oppose! While all his siblings have found their half and are about to get married, the oldest of all seems irretrievably alone. But now, the marriage is approaching, he is s ...more

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Mar 22, 2018 Mommaleena rated it it was amazing

Save Me (O’Brien Family #5) by Cecy Robson
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Another amazing HEA O'Brien story! Cecy has done a wonderful job with this family s series. Is believable and makes you not only shake your head along with the characters but she makes you wanna scream oh and don't forget crying, and laughing... Just a rainbow of emotions, but oh SOOOOOO worth it!! I still have to read the first 2 within this series but know I'll reread the entire series from the beginning again, bits and pieces of this serie ...more

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Apr 21, 2018 Laura rated it it was ok

***ARC Provided by the Publisher via NetGalley***

I wanted to like this title. I have read other books by this author and I have enjoyed them, so I was looking forward to it.

And, there were parts of this title that I enjoyed. However, the way the dialog was written, I was not ever able to feel fully connected to the characters. I know it seems small, but they always felt like carictares and like they were not real, but the stereotypical character.

I don't know, they could be based on real people, ...more

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Mar 02, 2018 Kristin rated it it was amazing

4.5 stars but I only took that 1/2 star off b/c there wasn’t more of the “good, sexy sex stuff”, if you know what I mean 😉 Great happily ever after for the O’Briens (and maybe a few other characters you might know from a certain other series - yay!!). This really cheered me up!

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Apr 20, 2018 The Word Nerd Reviews Blog rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arc-reviews, rip-my-heart-out-why-don-t-ya, read-2020

Save Me by Cecy Robson is the fifth book in the O’Brien Family series, which incidentally, is an offshoot of the Shattered Pasts series (just a bit of trivia!). In its most basic form, the story revolves around two lonely people, in need of saving, who save each other.

Save Me revolves around the third eldest O’Brien child Seamus, who, let’s face it, is a carefree womaniser. His family adore him but think that as he’s getting older, and they are all settling down themselves, he needs to find a go description

Save Me by Cecy Robson is the fifth book in the O’Brien Family series, which incidentally, is an offshoot of the Shattered Pasts series (just a bit of trivia!). In its most basic form, the story revolves around two lonely people, in need of saving, who save each other.

Save Me revolves around the third eldest O’Brien child Seamus, who, let’s face it, is a carefree womaniser. His family adore him but think that as he’s getting older, and they are all settling down themselves, he needs to find a good woman, preferably one that won’t steal their wallets whenever they are not looking! The loving pressure from his family has Seamus inventing a ‘good girl’ girlfriend; the only problem he hasn’t met her yet. Enter Allie Mendes. Allie has problems of her own, but unlike Seamus’ family’s loving encouragement, Allie is the recipient of disinterested disrespect from all members of her family. A family occasion and a chance reunification with Seamus leads to an arrangement where they will be each other’s, romantic partners... Let the games begin!

This series of books, along with the Shattered Pasts trilogy, is characterised by emotion with a capital E. Some of these stories have left me in tears, and while Seamus’ wicked sense of humour and just general carefree personality stop the story from becoming too heavy, it is still an emotional ride.

I love Cecy Robson’s writing style, it just grabs you from the beginning and doesn’t let go. Her characters are well developed, and you can’t help but fall a little in love with Seamus and sympathise entirely with Allie. I also loved that Angus (the eldest brother) also got his closure in this book.

It is possible to read this book without reading the previous titles in the series, but honestly, I wouldn’t recommend it. Although each book has a different couple, they all blend together to form a story that spans eight books over the two series. The books would be a much more shallow experience without knowing the backstories to the other characters, and there are a lot of inside jokes and conversations that just wouldn’t make much sense without having read the previous titles.

I have absolutely loved my time with the madcap O’Brien family, and Save Me is a fitting end to the series. I’d highly recommend this book, and series, to anyone who enjoys an emotional rollercoaster peppered with a lot of laughs and a genuine ‘feel good’ vibe.

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Apr 03, 2018 Grace rated it really liked it

Shelves: new-adult-novels, pretty-damn-good, great-reads, great-contemporary-novels, books-with-diverse-characters, new-adult-contemporary

Save Me is the fifth book in Cecy Robeson’s O’Brien Family series and was a marvel to read.

Seamus O’Brien is almost forty years old and has abysmal taste in women. This fact has never bothered him before; quite at easy with a string of one-night stands or short-term relationships, he never put much effort into finding ‘the one’. But now with all his siblings in loving relationships and three upcoming weddings, Seamus is desperate for respectable women to introduce to his rowdy ‘If you cut us, we ...more

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Apr 15, 2018 Meghan Lloyd rated it it was amazing

This was a hilarious romantic comedy that I blew through in just one afternoon! If you can only read one book on a vacation, pick this one up and at least read to Chapter 6. That chapter is one of the funniest pieces of writing I have read in quite some time. I generally pick up romances not thinking it's going to be very funny - a lot of books just seem to lean more on the heavy side these days, with lots of angst and drama. While this book did have those things as well, the comic relief brough This was a hilarious romantic comedy that I blew through in just one afternoon! If you can only read one book on a vacation, pick this one up and at least read to Chapter 6. That chapter is one of the funniest pieces of writing I have read in quite some time. I generally pick up romances not thinking it's going to be very funny - a lot of books just seem to lean more on the heavy side these days, with lots of angst and drama. While this book did have those things as well, the comic relief brought by the two main characters' interactions was exactly what the doctor ordered.

Allie Mendes is facing her worst nightmare - her sister is getting married to Allie's ex-boyfriend, who cheated on her seven years ago with said sister. Confronted by them in a bakery, standing beside a hot guy from her past, she prays to God to save her. And he gives her none other than Seamus O'Brien. There is no way that Seamus O'Brien can find a nice girl to be his date to his sister's wedding. Having slept his way through the beds of women who would rather steal his wallet than steal his heart, most women who want him do not fit the bill. But into his life crashes Allie Mendes, and with a few tweaks to her wardrobe and a large helping of self confidence, and she could be the best thing that ever happened to him. If they can just keep up their relationship charade long enough to fool their respective families. What could go wrong?

This is an adult version of the classic trope nerdy-girl-turned-popular that I haven't seen often in a romantic novel but love all the same! Seamus is a shameless flirt who just can't help being that way - at 37 years of age, it is highly unlikely he will ever change, so he just embraces himself for who he is. His family constantly mocks him for his many bad dating choices, particularly the ones who have led to him losing money, clothing, or both. What's possibly the funniest thing about his character is how nice he is and how much he wants a relationship, but he just simply has the worst case of horniness. And then there's Allie - this poor thing has really had it bad for a while! Her mom is terrible, her sister is someone I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy...okay, maybe my worst, but still...and she has been put in the really unhappy situation of being dateless during the worst time in her life. Thankfully, she and Seamus hit it off quickly, and their chemistry is off the charts. Even though they don't see it at first, it's obvious that their strong friendship is sure to become a romance soon. When it does, it just gives you a really happy feeling inside.

I have read other books by Cecy Robson and really liked them! The great thing about this series is that you don't really have to read the other books to understand this one, and so you can literally dive in at will into any of these books. I can't wait to go back and read the earlier books to learn more about the O'Brien family!

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