Review: Mack Daddy by Penelope Ward --> 4.5 Stars!
TITLE: Mack Daddy AUTHOR:Penelope Ward
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: February 13th, 2017
They called him Mack Daddy. No, seriously, his name was Mack. Short for Mackenzie. Thus, the nickname. Perfect, right?
So was he: perfect. The perfect physical male specimen.
At the private school where I taught, Mack Morrison was the only man around in a sea of women.
Everyone wanted a piece of the hot single father of the sweet little boy.
I was riddled with jealousy, because they didn’t know that—to me—he was much more.
They didn’t know about our past.
He’d chosen my school for his son on purpose, because Mack and I, we had unfinished business.
As my friend Lorelai so eloquently put it: “Unfinished business between two people who are clearly attracted to each other is like an eternal case of blue balls.” And I was suffering in pain from my case.
I was still intensely attracted to Mack. I tried to resist him, immersing myself further into a relationship with another man just to protect my heart.
Not to mention, getting involved with a parent was strictly against school rules. But seeing Mack day in and day out was breaking me down.
And soon I might be breaking all the rules.
Once again Penelope Ward managed to captivate me with another stunning story. Mack Daddy remarkably turned out a way I wasn’t expecting and was filled with emotions that made my heart bursts. Such an exquisite and powerful love story. The kind of love portrayed between these pages was so pure and perfect, but with a lot of hardship!
Mack and Frankie were incontestably made for each other, but their love never came easy. They started as roommates than turned best friends and deeper feelings arose from there. They struggled with these new feelings for each other due to surrounding circumstances and never got to be a couple.
Now years later, Mack is back in town and one thing is sure, he wants Frankie as his, once and for all. He enrolls his son Jonah in her first grader class in the hope to conquer her, but there’s still multiple obstacles this time again before they can live their love: he has a jealous ex and she has a boyfriend. But even with the years apart, it’s easy to see that their hearts always yearned for each other.
That’s all this book is about, a boy and a girl fighting obstacles for this one of a kind love!
I loved how the present and past was narrated. I adored the parts in the past where I could see a cocky Mack and an awkwardly cute Frankie. Even if they were completely opposites, they just clicked and Mack never judged her, even in her embarrassing moments. Their incontestable dynamic and the ever present feelings for each other brought an anticipation to finally see them together.
Mack Daddy was a very strong read that made me dreamy. I fell in love with Mack and Frankie’s relationship and all the struggles they faced. Penelope Ward succeeded in showing me that second chance romances never get old; the hope, love and passion in these pages is truthfully sublime!
PENELOPE WARD
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a more family-friendly career. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 11-year-old girl with autism and a 9-year-old boy. Penelope and her family reside in Rhode Island.
