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The Making of Jonty Bloom (Unfinished Business, #1)

Barbara Elsborg

Start date: March 25, 2023

Finish date: March 29, 2023

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Jul 18, 2020 Sheri rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: alltime-fav-mc, luv-2-reread, amazing-yet-tragic, opposites-attract, fave, still-smiling, oh-so-british

Cloudy. I’ve been at a loss lately and right on cue, Jonty Bloom came into my life and brought his sunshine inside. He couldn’t have timed things any better. He made me smile and laugh, it was near impossible not to catch his contagious joy. I never stood a chance and luckily, Devan didn’t either. Devan was happy…or so he thought. Until a disastrous afternoon. It wasn’t that the rug was pulled out from under his feet, more like he was punched in the gut and bitch slapped at the same time. Betray Cloudy. I’ve been at a loss lately and right on cue, Jonty Bloom came into my life and brought his sunshine inside. He couldn’t have timed things any better. He made me smile and laugh, it was near impossible not to catch his contagious joy. I never stood a chance and luckily, Devan didn’t either. Devan was happy…or so he thought. Until a disastrous afternoon. It wasn’t that the rug was pulled out from under his feet, more like he was punched in the gut and bitch slapped at the same time. Betrayal cut him hard and he wore an expensive armor of anger, charging like a bull into anyone who crossed his path. Jonty wasn’t fooled and saw straight through his facade. He was stuck with a goal, suddenly wanting to erase the sadness he knew was under that sexy spiky exterior. Fate played her hand and hoped love would prevail. Hint, she hit the jackpot! These two captivated me from the start; toss them into the breathtaking hidden beauty of Northumberland with some turmoil to overcome while fighting fiery attraction and I couldn’t get enough.

I always adore Elsborg’s witty and quirky characters but Jonty slipped through a crack in my heart and nestled in for the long run. His sassy spirit won me over instantly. It didn’t take long to see Devan was struggling to accept his abrupt change of path and then I was equally drawn to him. The devastation of his ex’s infidelity shattered his meticulous future and his heart. He is not a man of failure. Jonty helps him understand the power of recreating your own destiny regardless of unexpected wrecks. Jonty is resilient, resistant, and full of courage. He doesn’t let life race by even when it tries to plow him over. He stops to smell the flowers and doesn’t restrict his admiration to roses, he finds just as much pleasure in a dandelion puff. He doesn’t see weeds, he sees wishes. And that’s one of the many reasons that I adore Jonty Bloom. I’m confident I’m not alone and I can only hope he brings you as much happiness as he brought me.

**sidenote: I have a new pin in my ‘oh the places I want to go‘ board and hope I can see the beauty of Northumberland with my own eyes someday!
**AND…Yippppeeee it looks like we have another Unfinished Business story coming soon and I can’t wait!!

Beware of: History doesn’t always stay behind us and some chains are hard to break. Opposites crash and bang…yet occasionally complement and complete each other. Prepare for pure passion, in various forms.

This book is for: If you’re not familiar with Elsborg’s exceptional bookshelf, I would encourage you to start here and discover the many fabulous pieces of Jonty Bloom.

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Nov 03, 2020 Bev rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle-unlimited, annoyed-me, disappointing, hurt-comfort, insta-love, abuse, mm, ow-om-ex-drama

I'm in the minority with my rating, this one really didn't work for me. It started off brilliantly - a local to me setting, hurt comfort, a nice age gap, a smart mouth Jonty and a closed off Devan, I loved the banter ..... at first. But oh my gawwwwwd!!! It was fah-reaking relentless and went from funny and believable to forced, irritating and ridiculous. That kid never. bloody. shut. his. gob.

Then throw in:
A vicious little shit of an ex (Devan's)
An abusive, whacked in the head ex (Jonty's)
Evil ...more

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Jul 08, 2020 Jennifer☠Pher☠ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: lgbtq, kindle-unlimited, m-m, favorites, favorites-2020

This was so very good and is still with me a few days later. I feel like it is just stuck to my bones right now and I have this almost need to re-read it. I don’t really want to let it go and I feel like there is probably so much more greatness to discover. It just to me seems like the kind of book where you’d pick up new things on a second and third and so on read.

I loved it.

The emotions packed a punch but the balance was done expertly. I would no sooner feel like all was lost and then I’d be ...more

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