Rowena’s review of Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis.
Hero: Brady Miller
Heroine: Lilah Young
Co-owner of the town’s only kennel, Lilah Young has lived in Sunshine, Idaho, all her life. Pilot-for-hire Brady Miller is just passing through. But he soon has Lilah abandoning her instincts and giving in to a primal desire.
It’s Brady’s nature to resist being tied down, but there’s something about Lilah and her menagerie that keeps him coming back for more.
Reading a Jill Shalvis book never fails to put a smile on my face. Â Her characters are always charming, quirky and just the right amount of crazy to keep me interested in reading her stories. Â This book is no exception.
Brady Miller is passing through town to visit his brothers Dell and Adam Connelly. Â He doesn’t plan on staying long because his lifestyle hasn’t ever been about setting down roots. Â He’s a fly by the seat of his pants kind of guy and he likes it that way. Â But when he meets Lilah Young and all of her many animals, he can’t help but be intrigued.
This is the first book in the Animal Magnetism series and it’s a good contemporary romance with two characters that just leap right off the pages and into your heart. Â I came to adore the heck out of Brady, issues and all and Lilah was a great match for him. Â She was funny, she was caring and her issues were normal everyday women issues. Â She wasn’t this perfect heroine that is good at everything and she wasn’t this total klutz that had no clue, she was a great mixture of both and I liked getting to know her.
The romance between her and Brady was hot and sweaty and perfect. Â I really enjoyed getting to know the both of them and the secondary characters really popped as well. Â Dell, Adam and Jade all rounded out a charming cast that had me laughing throughout the entire book.
This was a great start to the Anigmal Magnetism series and I’m so glad that I re-read this book because it made me giddy for more and really, I can’t wait for Griffin and Kate’s story. Can’t freaking wait!
Grade: 4.5 out of 5
This book is available from Berkley. You can buy it here or here in e-format. This book was provided by the publisher for an honest review.
I love this book! I have read it 3 x’s already! The best hero & heroine!
I really enjoyed this book and I am so glad that there are going to be more books in the series!
Aw, thanks for the review!!!
@Sharlene: Yeah, this book was a good one. Shalvis is one of my favorite authors because of books like this one.
@Marg: Me too…I’m still doing my happy dance from when I found out that Griff and Kate are getting their own book. Yay!
@Jill Shalvis: You are very welcome. =)
Animal Attraction is one of my very favorite contemporaries. Animal Magnatism was good, but oooh boy Dell is my favorite! 🙂