Phuong ✯'s Reviews > Floored

Floored is the third standalone book in the Ward Family series. This book is following Lia Ward while she is studying at Oxford for a semester. When a one nightstand with a hot british football player turns into an accidental pregnancy, things are getting interesting.

I'll try to keep it short. I like to read the Ward Family series because of the Ward family. Who knows me, knows close-knitted family/friends groups are my ✨ kryptonite ✨. I really liked Logan and Paige story in The Marriage Effect and have been following the Ward family since then. They'll always give me this cozy and comfy feeling with how much they love and support each other. Who doesn't like to read about that?

While I do love the family aspects and all the side characters in this series, I'm not entirely sold on the romance between the main characters. It's usually just fine for me. Fine is not bad, fine is not good, it's okay. Therefore 3 stars are justified. Reading is a subjective experience. Sometimes you see chemistry when other's don't see it at all and vise versa. Karla's approach for romance is the more realistic one if you don't count the rich athlethic Heroes. That works for a lot of people. I need something more extraordinary and memorable, but do take it with a grain of salt, cause I'm pretty picky when it comes to my books. 🙈

Lia and Jude's first meeting was great. The banter, the chemistry, everything clicked but with each chapter I felt their chemistry less and less. I didn't really like their separation in the second half of the book and how they each handled it, because the distance between them, indirectly created a distance for me towards them. I was looking forward more to the Lia with her sisters and Loganpaige scenes than anything else.

Another thing I realized is that Karla Sorensen's heroes all sound the same to me. Unproblematic white boys who are professional athlethes. Change the name and the profession and you'll get a broody guy with lowkey self-esteem issues. Noah, Bauer and now Jude. They all fall in the same category and I can't really distinguish their POVs. Karla Sorensen does a better job with the heroines, cause with them I feel like they have different personalities.

The little snippet at the end of the book with Isabel and her love interest sounds interesting. From all the Ward sisters, I was intrigued by Isabel the most. Not holding my breath for the romance tho cause the guy is again an athlete who seems pretty broody. He has a kid tho and I love single dad trope so let's see. 👀

"The Wards are like their own gang. We'll defend each other to the death, and once you're in," she said ominously, "you can never get out."

Would recommend this series for people who like to follow a very close family and each of the member. Each book has a sweet romance and follows a pretty similar pattern.

WARD FAMILY SERIES

#1 Focused – 3.5 stars
#2 Faked – 3 stars
#3 Floored – 3.25 stars
#4 Forbidden – tbr