I must say that I absolutely loved this book...I couldn’t put it down. I was leery going into this one because as much as I like the others they were tough for me to really sink into at first. This one though pulled me right in from the very beginning.

It was an emotional roller coaster of a read from the very beginning up until the very end, which is something I usually don’t like a lot of in books but i loved it in this book.
Helen from the start was wronged by everyone and cast aside like a convict for something she didn’t do. Alex was on of the worst ones to cast those stones at her but when he runs into her while she’s working everything in his world stops. He goes from hating Helen to uncontrollable lust in a matter of seconds and it pisses him off because in his mind she’s the enemy. Helen for all her ups and downs I must say I was shocked at her first interaction with Alex after 12 years...she held nothing against him at first and he deserved her anger. She was wrongfully accused and punished for her father’s mistakes.

In the end I ended up loving this book...so much so that when I got to the end I was like, “What??? There’s no more!!!”
I don’t give 5 star reviews anymore unless a book really gets inside me and makes me feel, this one did that in spades. I can’t wait to read what comes next!

I haven't read any of the other books in this series but I didn't feel that it effected my enjoyment of this story. I was a little put off by the way Alex felt so strongly about Helen, but overall it did make sense. The connection between Helen and Alex started way back when they were young. The past effected each of them deeply. The story and the writing flowed easily. Overall I liked the book. Thank you to Net Galley for an advance copy.

Sidney Halston writes an unique love story about two people who face a difficult situation together. Alex and Helen both come from elite financial families. Both of their fathers are accused of financial Ponzi schemes and fraud but each of their fathers take a different path. Now they must learn to deal with that outcome as adults. Alex has dedicated his life to rebuilding his family and is now a financial success. Helen who was so young at 18 didn’t end up so lucky. Can they overlook their fathers mistakes to find love or even friendship? Can they fix their future? This book was a five star read and I loved the backstory of the fathers. It’s was so good and how the family and friends interact with the characters. It’s also got a lot of steamy scenes and great character building moments in it. Alex and Helen are a great couple that you just want to keep reading more about.

I have loved this series from the beginning and What About Us has moved up to my favorite of the series. Al l the animosity between Alex and Helen was so thick you could feel coming through the pages of the book. But you could also feel the love they had for one another. This was such an emotional book from start to finish, I really didn't think I was going to be ok after reading it. After they reconnect the hell they go through it unimaginable, but will they be able to make it through to the other side. This one is a MUST read!!!

It’s a solid romance. It was mentioned that the hero’s father had Aspergers. It seemed like the hero did as well, but that wasn’t mentioned. I found that an interesting choice. While I wish the chemistry was a bit stronger between the H and h, this is a nice second chance romance.

I received an ARC of this book, from the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Two people who had once been close friends who grew up with riches, until a betrayal ripped them and their families apart. Fast-forward twelve years and they bump into each other for the first time since everything went to hell. You can really feel the tension and bad blood between Alex and Helen, but had it all been a misunderstanding? They feel as drawn to each other as they did that night twelve years ago, but they don't trust each other. Turns out they had each other all wrong this whole time, and the more time they spend together, the more the truth and lies of their past is revealed. These two have been through a lot in those twelve years, which is what helped shape them into the people they are as adult when they found each other.

With each book from this series I’ve thought, “That was my favorite.” But truly, What About Us is definitely one to beat the others and the reasons are Helen and Alex. They are both so unique and completely developed that I felt like I had known them my whole life.

Helen is sassy and quirky but man can she tell you like it is. She doesn’t take any bull from Alex and let me tell you, he tosses a lot of it her way. With a tough outer shell, inside she’s really all marshmallowy soft despite the past years that have made her walk through fire. I loved her complete dedication to remaining the woman her trials had made her even when Alex is able to give her back the life she once had. She wasn’t going to take the easy way out by relying on him financially. That’s kind of my catnip.

Alex doesn’t like loud groups of people and he struggles to communicate his feelings...all the time. When he does speak he pretty much tells it like it is and in the process projects a real a holery vibe to the one he’s talking to, mainly Helen. But man, when he finally finds it within himself to open up he doesn’t go second rate. I loved watching him react to Helen and then fall in love with her. She was all he needed and sometimes his needs meant taking care of her in ways she didn’t want to accept. I loved every moment of it.

This is a fast paced enemies to lovers romance that knocked my socks off with its heat and intensity between these characters. They argued, they sexed it up and they developed a relationship with so much feeling it permeated every page, every word. Despite being part of a series, this can definitely be read as a standalone and it gives a wonderful epilogue that was absolute perfection. I hated to see this couple’s story come to an official close. I highly recommend this to any and everyone!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book provided by NetGalley and Loveswept. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I didn’t realize what I requested this that it was #4 in a series. I’ve never read anything by this author before and it wasn’t too bad. I didn’t feel lost or anything but I am intrigued about this club, it sounds cool. I thought Helen and Alex were a pretty good couple. Poor Helen went through some crazy stuff because of her father and ex. But she didn’t let that ruin her life, she got through it the best way she knew how. I might check out the other books in this series to see what’s up with the club.

Alex and Helen were best friends for most of their childhood. However, once they turned into teens they started to develop feelings for one another. Tragedy strikes and drives a wedge between Alex and Helen and their families. Once united together, now separated, full of anger and loneliness.

Fast Forward Twelve years, a chance encounter happens at Duality. Helen is excited to see him, but Alex wants nothing to do with her. He is still harboring all that anger which saddens Helen. But deep down Alex is feeling something other than hate for Helen. She is still the girl he once wanted something with, but can he allow himself to move past the past. Can he allow Helen into his heart?

If you love second chance love stories this is a story that you need to read. Two childhood best friends torn apart by their families crappy decisions. There is a lot of tension between these two which is always so delicious to read. Alex is kind of a jerk and you will not like him, but in the end he will win you over. While this is not my favorite of all of them, I have been waiting for this book.

Sidney gave us a HEA and made each book different in this series. Her writing and ideas sometimes just amaze me. I can't wait to see what she has in store for us next!

It pains me,to say this, as I usually enjoy this author, but this one was a miss for me. I know there has to a certain degree of suspension of disbelief, but these characters were rediculous. No one can possibly be so willfully naive as Helen. She is supposed to be 30 but acts like a teen. On the other hand a ruthless businessman holding a grudge hasn't researched his nemesis? And the ending....10 pages and everything is solved! Just didn't work for me.

This series is how I came to love romantic suspense. I would have never called myself a fan before but, I'm such a fan of this author that I had to give it a try.

I loved everything about the first two books but there's something a little different about this one. I felt less suspense and more second chance romance. The characters have a history and reconnecting after many years apart is where we meet them.

I didn't love this one. I didn't hate it - I just didn't love it. I felt a little lost at times and never really connected with the characters. I really wanted to love it but it left me feeling just kind of, meh. I wish there had been more meat to the story. I found myself asking a lot of questions that were never really answered. I think more background info would have made it easier for me. I had a hard time liking both of these characters (the side characters weren't much better) at various points in the book. And I know I won't like every character in a book all the time but, I just couldn't connect with these two.

It wasn't all bad. There were points somewhere around the middle that I thought the story would turn around for me but I still left it feeling kinda blah. The previous books in the series really pulled at my emotions and I definitely recommend them. This one I'm on the fence about. I debating 3 or 3.5 stars. Not sure what I difference it makes but I'm going with 3 for now which pains me because really am a big fan of this author.

I'm pretty certain this book won't be for everyone. The main characters are a bit tough to take and do little to endear the reader to them. I also found the beginning a bit rough and it took me a while to get into the story.

There is a lot of push-pull between Alex and Helen, and some of it doesn't always make complete sense. They have difficult backgrounds that they both had to overcome their own ways.

There is never much explanation of how Alex became outrageously wealthy after having lost just about everything. I kept waiting for the punchline that never came as far as explaining this. I also wondered how a homeless girl (Helen) managed to hang onto to a suitcase that saved her future.

Alex and Helen have a shared history and a definitely sad background. They distrust each other at the same time as they are attracted to each other. It generally comes across as over the top.

I actually finally started to enjoy the story somewhere around the middle of the book, but the ending let me down again. So I'm waffling between 2 and 3 stars.

Just as she did in her previous book in this series, a parent had to do something completely out of character in order for the story to have its HEA. In this case, Alex's mother goes from being a cartoonish character to one who will defy her friends with a steely backbone she instantly develops. Sorry. Nope. I'm not convinced.

I think it's time to retire this series. It started out great and ended up with a whimper. It had potential, but it ended up too much of a fairy tale for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC given in exchange for my honest review.

When I started What About Us by Sidney Halston I had not read the book blurb or heard anything about what the story would entail, but I was pleasantly surprised to find the type of storyline that Sidney Halston weaves that draws me in immediately. Alex and Helen have history, a rough and misunderstood history where assumptions were made by both characters, but love prevails in this HEA. I enjoyed the intrigue as the story progressed regarding the dealings of both Helen’s and Alex’s fathers as to how they arrived at the position they find themselves in now. I wish there was a little more mystery into how and why Helen’s father did what he did, but this is a HEA after all so I accept how the storyline was laid out for the reader.

"Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review."

Loved this book very much. It had just enough sweet romance and the storyline was great! I highly recommend!

Enjoyed this installment of the Panic series. Can be read as a standalone. Although there were references to past characters I dont think not being familiar would make a difference. Nice depth of characters but the end seemed a litte rushed. Would definitely recommend this book and will read any additional books in the series.

Wasn't my favorite read of the year. It had promise but the book fell flat for me. There were slow segments that ruined the overall story.

I loved the first two books in this series and really liked Sidney. I was looking forward to this book and felt oddly disappointed reading it. It took a total curve from the other previous books. Alex was not a likable character at all, then again he wasn't supposed to be. But after an entire book of his nonsense he wore me out. I have to idea why in the world Helen would even deal with him, another point of issue I had. Sure I get they had history, I also get that Alex hated her, her family and blamed her for everything that his family went through. It didn't matter what she's gone through or was going through, having to put up with Alex and his crap. He was like a mean dog and Helen was the bone. The positive was Alex was consistently a jerk and unlikable. Right to the very end. In my lowly humble opinion he didn't redeem himself. He was still the same selfish self centered jerk he was throughout the book. Not my favorite in the Panic series. Here's hoping the next book is better!
3.5 stars

arc from NetGalley and publisher for an honest review

Growing up Alex and Helen were the best of friends, their families often spending time together at social gatherings, and once they hit their teens the friendship started to turn to more. Then tragedy strikes Helen's family, and it drives a wedge between the once close families, leaving Alex and Helen on opposite sides and Alex full of anger and Helen completely alone. Now twelve years later fate has decided to intervene and reunite them, Helen is working at Duality and Alex happens to spot her there while attending a business meeting. She is thrilled to see him again, but the happy notion isn't returned, he is cold and closed off and seems to want nothing to do with her, which hurts far more than she'd care to admit.

Alex still carries a lot of hate for Helen's family, and seeing her again brings it all to the surface, and threatens to disturb the life he has created for himself. But seeing her again has also brought up unresolved feelings and he can't help but want to save her from the shabby life she is currently living, she deserves far more than that, but he isn't so sure he is the man to give it to her... or is he?

What About Us is a second chance love story that reunites two childhood sweethearts who were drove apart by their families shady dealings. It has been twelve years of mulling over the wrongs of the past for these two, which means that there is a ton of angst and drama to be sorted out between the pages of this one. From the moment I started it I could feel the tension surrounding these two, but I also could also feel the love too, which made this one lots of fun to devour, it was a slow burning tale that kept me teetering on the edge of my seat with anticipation. It was a delightful addition to the series, and one I think readers will really enjoy! Highly recommend!

I requested an advanced copy of this title from NetGalley, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest opinion.

What About Us is the story of a teenage crush turned enemy second-chance romance. On her eighteenth birthday Helen's world shattered around her and she was left alone with not even her childhood friend, Alex, there to comfort her. 12 years later she's working at Panic and Alex is at the club closing a business deal when they see each other. While Helen is excited to see an old friend, Alex see's the revenge he's wanted on her family for 12 long years. There's undeniable chemistry between them that draws them to each other but will that be enough for Alex to give up the hate he's felt for Helen and her family all these years?

This book actually pulled the series away from the club a little more than the other books but I liked that about it. It fit for these characters to not have too much to do with Panic and it allowed them to get a good deal of background details on their characters. Yet their past and what happened to drive them apart never took over and the story was kept in the present with their current lives at the focus.

Helen and Alex were both well developed characters and I could connect easily to them. Their romance was a pretty mixed bag of second-chance, friends-to-lovers, and also enemies-to-lovers which sounds like a lot but it worked really well for them I think. We got to see them discover their friendship again and in the process those feelings that were a little more than just friendly. Overall, I thought their story was brilliant and I can't wait to see what Ms. Halston will come up with next. Maybe a certain business partner will get a story?

Alex and Helen haven’t seen each other since the day Helen turned 18. Helen’s father was caught doing a Ponzi scheme that resulted in many people losing money, one of those people was Alex’s father, who later put a bullet in his mouth.

I wasn’t a big fan of either Alex or Helen. Helen feels abandoned by Alex since they grew up together and after what happened with their fathers, Helen ended up on the streets, going from a princess lifestyle to pauper. Alex was under the impression that Helen had run off with the money her father got from the embezzling money.

At first, when Alex encounters Helen at a nightclub, he acts like a jerk. He keeps being rude to her only to feel guilty about his actions and careless words but still ends up doing something even more jerkish.
I wasn’t particularly fond of Helen because she keeps opening her mouth. She tells him he was her first kiss ever. Also after they sleep together, after he says it was a mistake, she says it was the best sex she ever had. Seemed to me like she was playing the victim.

Throw in a trashy soon to be ex-husband, and you got some romance. I didn’t like any of Alex qualities, I get he was awkward, but that’s no excuse to be a jerk.

*ARC provided to me by the publisher through Netgalley.