Review: Waiting on You by Kristan Higgins

Rowena’s review of Waiting on You (Blue Heron #3) by Kristan Higgins.

Does being nobody’s fool mean that you’re nobody’s love?

Colleen O’Rourke is in love with love… just not when it comes to herself. Most nights, she can be found behind the bar at the Manningsport, New York, tavern she owns with her twin brother, doling out romantic advice to the lovelorn, mixing martinis and staying more or less happily single. See, ten years ago, Lucas Campbell, her first love, broke her heart… an experience Colleen doesn’t want to have again, thanks. Since then, she’s been happy with a fling here and there, some elite-level flirting and playing matchmaker to her friends.

But a family emergency has brought Lucas back to town, handsome as ever and still the only man who’s ever been able to crack her defenses. Seems like maybe they’ve got some unfinished business waiting for them—but to find out, Colleen has to let her guard down, or risk losing a second chance with the only man she’s ever loved.

*This review may contain spoilers from the book so please read at your own risk.*

I’ve heard nothing but good things about this book, so I went into it thinking that I was going to enjoy it and unfortunately, that wasn’t the case for me.

Colleen O’Rourke owns the hoppin’ bar in town with her twin brother, Connor.  She’s great at matchmaking but her time as being part of a couple are behind her.  She’s only ever been in love once and she’s starting to think that it’s also going to be the last.

Lucas Campbell left Manningsport, New York a long time ago and never really planned on going back but when his ailing uncle calls on him for help, he finds himself back in Manningsport and back to seeing the one woman that’s ever left a lasting impression on him.

There were quite a few things that didn’t work for me in this book, so let me count the ways.

Colleen doesn’t handle Lucas’ return to town well.  She’s got diarrhea of the mouth and she comes off as completely immature and I didn’t enjoy her clumsy cuteness.  I mean, I guess it was supposed to be clumsy and cute but it missed its mark with me.  It’s a shame because I liked Colleen well enough in the other books so to be so completely let down in her own book, sucked.

On top of the way that she treated Lucas when he came back into town, I was not a fan of the games she played to get Bryce to notice her new friend, Paulie.  It was all so forced and felt more like she was trying to trap Bryce than get him to notice Paulie.

The way that Lucas’ family treated him made me want to smack a monkey.  I hated that his uncle didn’t have a spine and wouldn’t speak up for a young Lucas, who lost everything he had in this world.  I hated that his uncle’s wife was a total bitch to him for so long and she basically got away with it.  I hated that his uncle died without apologizing to Lucas for being a total spineless piece of shit, especially since he had the nerve to call Lucas back “home” to help him get his shit together before he dies and then makes Lucas feel like the redheaded step child over and over again.  Lucas went above and beyond for his family and they treated him like shit.  And then all we get to resolve that whole thing was a small paragraph in a letter written to his good for nothing son, Bryce?

And then as if that wasn’t enough to drive me bat shit crazy, we find out toward the end that Colleen slept with Bryce and that pisses Lucas off…even though he didn’t have a damn leg to stand on with being pissed at Colleen for sleeping with his cousin, considering he was MARRIED at the time.

I’m trying to remember if I liked anything about this book and I will say that I loved when Connor punched Lucas out at the restaurant and then I liked Jack’s behavior on his “date” with Colleen.  But aside from those two things, I’m coming up blank.

This book was full of misunderstandings, a lot of immature behavior from grown ass adults and it really didn’t work for me at all.  Bummer.

Grade: 1 out of 5

This book is available from HQN.  You can purchase it here or here in e-format.  This book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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