I'm struggling a bit trying to come up with a fitting review for this book. When I picked it up I was expecting a light, slightly soap-opera-y romance; and that I got. However, and despite going into it with almost no expectations, I was still slightly disappointed.

Now, before I go any further, I need to say that I have not read the previous books in the series - I still managed to make sense of the characters and their relationships (in other words, I don't think it's necessary to have read the first two books in order to understand this one). That being said, would having read the first two books have made me enjoy this one more? Maybe... but i don't really care enough to try and find out.

Now that that's out of the way, I have to admit that the characters were quite the disappointment. Again, I have not read the previous books in the series, but if that's them after two books worth of character development... I was right to not read the entire series. I seriously found all of them either underdeveloped, annoying, or a mix of both. I was quite fond of Lexi and Jesse until I found out Lexi used to be Jesse's intern when they started dating which is just a bit weird? They obviously have a great relationship right now, but the beginning of their love story is not really my cup of tea.

As for Sam and Lucy? First of all, I was not feeling it. I just can't understand how and when their feelings for each other developed. Sure, they were attracted to each other from the very beginning, but when did they fall in love? More importantly, why did they fall in love? I honestly couldn't tell you. It was all a bit too-much-sex-not-enough-romance. Despite not being a massive fan of their relationship, I thought Sam was an okay character, and she definitely had her moments. Lucy, I was not a fan of. How is a woman in her thirties so insecure about and conscious of her girlfriend's past love life? Seriously, get a grip. I hate the whole "I want to be the only one to touch you/make you feel this way / your past bothers me" trope SO MUCH. I've been on the receiving end of such behaviour and honestly it. sucks. Especially since Sam is a woman in her late twenties - is she supposed to not have a romantic/sexual past?? I'm so frustrated.

I was, however, quite fond of Sasha, even if she was done dirty. Again, I have not read the previous books, so I don't really know how that plotline played out, but why is the only bisexual character of the book a cheater? I thought we had moved past such stereotypical and harmful depictions. In my opinion, she was the book's most compelling character, but I can't overlook these aspects of her characterization.

Overall, I can't say I particularly enjoyed this book. I certainly liked the sense of community and certain sweet moments between the characters (even if they occurred more often in their platonic than their romantic relationships), but ultimately, it was not the book for me.

There was nothing wrong with the book apart from the fact that the story just did not grab me. I found myself feeling obligated to read it, instead of reading it for pleasure. The writing itself was solid, but it was just personal opinion.

Received from NetGalley for my honest review
Completed 1/27/18
254 page ebook

Was so glad to get back to Bay West, my favorite lesbian community. This series is just good. There's little pettiness, there's real like situations, there's lovable characters. It's everything you want in a series about a tight knit community.

The things I want to praise about are all spoilery, so I don't wanna go there. :/ I like what finally happened with Meg, because ugh the start of the book. I didn't like, at all, what was going on with Lexi/Jesse. Unfortunately if that continues on in the next book, with more than just a blurb about it, I will probably have to end my love affair with these books. We'll see. The books tend to be about Meg and whoever new is in town, as long as it stays that way, we'll be all good. If it focuses on the other stuff, I'll be super disappointed, but that's just me.

Recommended for GLBT fans, and those who like reading about the ongoing sagas of a small community.

Setting = A
Plot = B
Conflict = B
Characters = B+ 
Theme = A

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I love the fact that this series doesn't focus on one main couple in each book, it focuses on a group of friends and what is going on with each of them. In that way there is more than one romance running at a time. It is nice to keep up with each of them, and their strong friendships are the foundation for a great series.
I enjoyed getting to know Sam better in this book and I see her in a whole new light now. I really liked her character in this story. As always, Meg and Lexi take leading roles in the storyline too. I can't wait to see what happens next at Bay West!

Great book. Wish it didn't end. The characters were very well developed and were easily likable. The romance was amazing. Everything you could want to read about. Thanks netgalley for the chance to read and review this book!

I was unable to review this book because of a conflict in my schedule. Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused the publisher or the author of the work. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to review for you and  I look forward to reviewing for you in the future.

I loved the third book in this series. Actually, I think it was the best of the three. 
This book mostly revolves around Sam and her move and subsequent reintegration with the Bay West crew. Meg also figures a lot of stuff out personally too. Sam, of course, falls in love and moves back into Bay West. And it kinda feels like Meg has finally found some closure. I'm not sure if that means no more Bay West books, but I hope not. 
I didn't know I was cheering for a closeted heartbreaker when I started this book, but despite my best efforts I ended up hoping Meg and Sasha would get their shit together. The various love stories paid me back for sticking with this series and I honestly found them ultimately delightful. If you like reading simple quiet love stories then this is a great book to pick up.

I really enjoy this series and would recommend going back and reading the previous two books before getting in to this one. It helps as all the previous characters are back, in particular the return of Sam & Lucy which is center in this book. For those that don't remember, Sam and Lucy were in the first book in totally separate situations. In this book they meet and sparks fly from the get-go, despite both of them not interested in a relationship. I liked both characters, which was a little of a surprise as I wasn't the fondest of Sam's initially. 

I don't really have much in the way of critiques for this book. It was a smooth and pleasant read, where I felt like I was coming back to old friends. The only thing I wish we would have gotten was more of Lexi and Jesse with the whole wanting a baby and picking a donor. It's such a big deal and I felt like there wasn't enough time spent on that part of their life, when you have a book that does go back and forth from characters POVs.

This is book 3 of Bay West Social series about a group of friends living in a lesbian condo in Staten Island. I haven't read the previous two so I feel that I lost a bit on the background story of some characters. However, 'Definite possibility' reads as a stand alone novel. The story revolves around two couples: ex girlfriends Meg and Sasha and the owner of Lucy's coffee store and butch/player Sam. The two parallel romances gives a quicker pace to the book with more drama and romance. There's even an unexpected twist at the end involving Lucy's sister that came as a complete surprise to me. But what I really liked is that the story goes beyond both romances and is a tale of friendship, family and love. I only wish I had read the previous books first in order to enjoy it fully.

Overall, a heart warming and feel good story with a bit of drama on the side. 4 stars.

ARC provided by Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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I enjoyed this book, well written with well developed characters, including some familiar faces from the previous book in the series. The leads had good chemistry and the angst level was just right. It was an enjoyable read for a quiet afternoon.

This is a light and soapy story with two central f/f romance arcs and lots of drama and jealousy and lack of communication. It didn't work for me; I found myself at turns annoyed or bored, and had to push myself to finish reading. I didn't really care about any of the characters, and wasn't rooting for the couples to be together. 

This was set in Staten Island, but in some version of it that didn't feel real, where everyone was white and middle class. This is not the NYC I am from. The book refers to Staten Island as a "suburb of NY" which is not only inaccurate but also reflective of the vision of imaginary (very white) Staten Island it presents. I went into the story excited about found family and queer community setting (in a lesbian housing complex), but it didn't give me warm queer community feels. Instead, it seemed filled mostly with the things I find difficult about queer communities: lots of alcohol consumption, a meat market singles scene, characters that are full of prejudice and judgment, and social dynamics driven by jealousy and hatred of bi people. 

I was excited to read a story that had a central butch character. She was too thinly drawn, but so were all the other characters so it's not much of a surprise. I just especially yearn for butch characters and wanted deeper characterization. I did appreciate the scenes with a strap on, even though they did not resonate with my own strap on experience. (Most notably, the MC wearing a strap on didn't seem to have any sensory experience of that, it references it as if all that is hot is the visual.) Strap on sex is so rare to find in f/f romance, I was especially glad to see it here. 

I had a hard time with the way Meg was so intensely judgmental about secondary characters in an open relationship. There was no reason to include such intense judgment (she refers to open relationships as not normal), and it made me dislike her immensely. It's fine if she wants monogamy  if all the MCs want monogamy, but as a polyamorous reader it was extremely irritating to have that kind of judgment included without being challenged, it read like the book was endorsing her thoughts. Similarly, they make a derisive pointless joke about BDSM in the same scene, which was there for no reason, and was irritating to me as a kinky reader.

By the time the book was over I was wishing Sasha would find someone else, because Meg was so full of prejudice and judgment and was so intensely caught up in her hatred of bisexuality that she couldn't even see Sasha at all. The way she talks about Sasha, talks to Sasha, and thinks about her felt like it was steeped in her prejudice against bisexuality. It made her so intensely unlikable to me. 

I didn't care about the couples or their arcs, and was bored by all the intense jealousy and conflicts around jealousy in both romance arcs. One of the relationships with the jealousy bordered on controlling in a way that made me uncomfortable. I was also troubled that a discussion of jealousy and insecurity in a relationship would be the prelude to the first time the characters have sex. Mostly, though, I was just bored by this book. It's possible I might care more about it had I read the prior two books in the series. 

Trigger Warnings: Anti polyamory prejudice. Anti-BDSM comment. Bisexual antagonism that drives one of the romance arcs. Cultural appropriation. None of which are challenged. Secondary thread about cheating. One of the MCs cheated on her love interest in the past.

This is the 3rd book in the Bay West Social Series, set in Staten Island, NY.  I loved the first two and was so looking forward to catching up on the stories of Meg, Lexi, Jesse and all of the other women living in the amazing lesbian condo community. ‘Definite Possibility’ is just as addictive as its predecessors! The family feel of Bay West is what makes these books special and there is so much scope for the series to run and run. 

Meg is now in a relationship with dentist, Reina Ramirez but can’t seem to forget her ex, Sasha, who broke her heart. Can she ever just be friends with Sasha - or will there be more? Lexi and Jesse have settled into married bliss and Lexi seems keen on becoming more involved in the running of the complex.  I loved the insight into how it all runs and the different women all living there. Lexi’s friend Sam is back after a failed romance on the West Coast and has her sights set on coffee shop owner, Lucy, who is reluctant to commit to anything but her business. Their blossoming relationship was sweet and romantic and written with such understanding. The book was a delight to read and like all of the best romance novels left me with a happy feeling and the wish that this series could go on forever.

I was given this ARC by Bold Strokes Books and Netgalley in return for an honest review.

I have enjoyed this series so far and would say this book is definitely my fav of the 3. I think Cummings does a great job to move all stories along well and provide different stages in each story which works well! 

I really enjoyed Sam and Lucy's story. It was a great romance to read and they fit so well together! I will admit it because there are some time between books and due to so many characters in the stories it did take me some time to remember Sam and Lucy from the earlier books. But it did't take too long and I was back on track.

I was unsure on how Meg's story would good with the return on Sasha (who I honestly wasn't expecting a return). I actually thought this was done really well! I was definitely rooting for Sasha not long from the start of this book. 

It seems to me that this was the end of this series however I also felt like there was a small opening for maybe another Bay West Social series but with different main characters. Not sure what others thought.

Loved it!!

Wow, this was amazing.  This was worth the read.  Loved the story.  Strong characters that draw you in.  It's the third installment in the series and I have yet to read the first two but you can be sure I'm headed over to purchase them.  I thought this could stand alone and it does.  I can imagine the series will be icing on the cake.  I highly recommend.

This book made it hard for me to read because from the beginning I could absolute not stand Sam - she that kind of character I just don’t like in books - too sure of herself, feeling being butch gives her some kind of badge .....
I liked the other parts with Meg and her troubles with Reina and Sasha - I kind of read the book for that story line and kind of read over Sam’s storyline kind of quickly.

Definite Possibility had a little bit of everything in it to engage the reader. It was about relationships: the good, the bad, and definitely the  ugly aspects to it. There was a cheating subplot, a divorce, forgiveness, and a mutual friendly breakup. However, the plot I found most enjoyable and realistic in today’s world was concerning Jesse and Lexi’s donor dilemma. The arguments concerning the  donor- whether to go to a sperm bank or someone they knew- were realistically portrayed and the pros and cons were maturely argued. It was refreshing to see how that relationship stood strong amid life altering decisions. 
As a  native NYC resident, I was also partial to the setting. I commiserated with the characters’ bumper to bumper trek on the Belt Parkway. It did make for interesting conversation. 
Overall, the plot was good and the characters were multidimensional. The dialogue was at times witty and emotional. It was a good read. Therefore, it is a “definite possibility” that you might enjoy this book also.

Big disappointment. But let's start with the good aspects. 

The story and narration have a L Word vibe, which is nice. A lot of lesbian, some happy, some having trouble, some being downright jerk, but together they make a multidimensional portrait of the lesbian community. That's the nice part.

Now the not so nice aspects. 

The characters are:
- Biphobic
- polyamour basher
- goldstar elitist
- Over jealous 
- show yellow flag of abusive tendancies.

No actual abuse take place but most of the romantic relationship are bordeline on that aspect. As they don't cross the liNE I normally don't mention it. BUT those yellow flag are glorified both by the naration and some characters it is creepy. So it's worth taking down 1*.

2* were knocked down for :
- Almost inexistant diversity 
- Excessive description 
- almost no characters growth
- internalize misogyny
- lgbtqia+ Discrimination 

Trigger warning 
-Cheating 
- Stereotypes Butch/Femme dynamic 
- Sex, sextoys, blow job 

I don't recommend. 

ARC review.

With this third book of the Bay West Social series, I have begun to get into the atmosphere that the author wishes to reflect. The first two books were a bit confusing to me. In the first I found that the characters were childish and superficial, their problems did not reach me. In the second book, it was almost the same, superficial characters, flat relationships, little interest in general, with the add that the behavior of some of the protagonists was a bit incoherent. The first two books also seemed to me that they had too many characters to follow. Anyway, after reading this third part, I understand that without the first two books I would not have found this third part so interesting. The characters have seemed more grow and mature, especially Lexi and Meg. The different histories complement and intertwine with great fluidity. And, at the end, there are threads and new characters that predict a new chapter in the series, which I will wait with a lot of interest. A very entertaining and recomendable read.

A strong series with characters confronting realistic situations and balancing relatable relationship difficulties that are part and parcel of adult life.  I particularly like that the author continues to have no undesirable characters among the small group of women and that their apartment complex is a place that I would love to see exist, perhaps even reside in.  I hope that further books will continue to chronicle the travails of Jesse, Lexi, Meg and Sam.