ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

This book was previously released but has been since updated and has a new cover. I didn’t know that I needed Gloria and Aldo’s story but I desperately did! It put together so many of the missing pieces from the first book and showed a lot of that story from other characters points of view. I loved getting an insight into their love story and the epilogue was perfection! If you’re into romance with happily ever after, small towns, and friends like family, check out this series!

More than half of this book is just a repeat of Pretend You’re Mine. And I don’t mean similar tropes or events—literally the same book. I liked Aldo and Gloria fine but this isn’t the captivating writing that I’m used to from Score. Thank you to NetGalley for a digital copy

It was just as sweet as the first one, I could not put it down once again the author made it feel like you were right there beside the characters going through the same struggles and emotions as them. Once again she wrote a book that I didn't want to put down or wanted to end. I can not wait to read any of her future books. A has been in love with G since high school but was too scared to make a move. Now that they are older he is determined to make her his wife. He asks her to wait for him to come home from the war and when he does it is because he got injured and lost a leg. He thought G would not want him because of that and started to ignore her so that G could move on. But after a friend talked sense into him he started to pursue her and make her want to marry him and have a family with him. They had a happy ever after which was sweet and romantic all at once. She is an amazing writer who will continue to write amazing books.

I love Lucy Score so much, but initially Finally Mine was not very enjoyable as it is the second in a series and relies heavily on the plot of the first. I did end up stopping and reading the first in the series before finishing Finally Mine and appreciated it so much more! Lucy excels in a good happily ever after without needless drama. Don't get me wrong, there is drama but it is all the right kind.

Lucy Score is an automatic buy for me! This one was pretty good! I could take or leave it honestly. I loved other ones of hers much more than this one. If you enjoy her books I would still give it a go!

This was a wonderful book showcasing how love can overcome an extremely dark past. Gloria was abused by her boyfriend for 10 years and finally broke it off. Of course, she suffers from the mental consequences of not just the abuse but the feeling of weakness that comes from staying within an abusive relationship for so long. This is particularly what is done well- Gloria grows within the story and shows that even a dark past can be overridden with love and hope.

Aldo also has his cross to bear. A wonderful person, he is a soldier and comes back from his deployment missing a leg. Used to being the strongest, fastest, etc, this damages his psyche. How can he overcome that so that he and Gloria have a shot at happiness?

While this is book 2 in the series, it can be read as standalone. A good proportion of the book is actually repetitive with the first book in the series- it's just that you start to see the interaction from another perspective. At first it was jarring but then I liked the reminder since I enjoyed book 1 too. I loved the different supporting characters (including the characters from the first book as well as a closer look at Mrs Moretta who is hilarious!)

Just a note that this is a rerelease so the book was available with a different cover.

* I received an ecopy of this book from NetGalley. Thank you NetGalley and Bloom Books for this book. All thoughts are my own.

Look I really liked Aldo and Gloria together in Pretend You’re Mine, and I still do here, but this book felt unnecessary. About a third of this book is just Pretend You’re Mine but from a different POV. It’s also pretty choppy and rushed. I felt like we actually barely got Aldo and Gloria and when we did their relationship was not super developed. Also the ending was almost exactly the same ending as Pretend You’re Mine (get back together and immediately get engaged).

You’re better off reading either Pretend You’re Mine or Finally Mine but not both.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and Lucy Score for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this story, this is the first book I’ve read by Lucy and I will definitely be looking for more.
I thought the storyline was interesting and didn’t drag on like some stories do.
I especially enjoyed the bonus epilogue at the end

Tougher read. Hate that no one helped Gloria especially the man who says he has loved her for years. Rough to get through this book.
Happy Gloria gets her happily ever after and that Aldo is there for her

This story grabs you from the beginning, even though as a book 2 in the series you know the basic outline of what is going to happen as you read. It follows the same timeline as Pretend your mine, so events overlap, seeing them from Gloria and Aldo's perspective. This book also has heart wrenching range if emotion. Their chemistry is obvious. I love reading about characters that get each other. Lucy has a wonderful way of writing believable characters and story lines. My biggest problem with the book is if that town is in each other's business as much as she writes, someone should have gotten Gloria help sooner.

Thank you Netgalley for this advanced copy in exchange for a review.
I requested this book because of the cover but I stayed for the plot! I absolutely loved this book and can’t wait to read more by this author!

Lucy Score once again delivers with Finally Mine. The love that I was able to build for Aldo over the course of this book is impeccable. I truly enjoyed the character development throughout this book was incredible. I loved being able to see real insecurities that the characters struggled with that are relatable to more people. I would definitely recommend this book.

This a fluff story totally lacking the raw depth in the characters that her other books have. The characters do not act in a believable manner given their circumstances. Also didn’t love the duplicate scenes from the other book. It makes it feel like they are side characters in their own story. Having read her newer books, I know she can do so much better, but if this book had been my first I don’t think I would have kept reading her other works.

I really enjoyed this. Gloria, the heroine, became such a strong woman and we got to watch her grow throughout the book. It was a little bit of an unorthodox relationship between Gloria and Aldo because it seemed to move so quickly but that does happen in real life! It has some heavy things in it like abuse and losing a limb but it is overshadowed by the love story which is good. Thank you netgalley for the ARC.

I loved Aldo so much. He’s been in Afghanistan with his best friend Luke but he came back hurt and lost his leg.
He’s been in love with Gloria since forever but she were with her hight school sweetheart who were beating her.
This is their chance of been together, but Aldo is scarred. He’s not the same man he used to be.
This is a heartbroken story and I loved it ! The only thing that bothered me was that we already knew the whole story with the first book, and there was a lot of repetition.

Solid but i was very bored through most of this story. I didn’t feel the chemistry between Aldo and Gloria at all. The constant pushing away felt overdone. But it was still fine if you want to finish the series!

This was another Lucy Score book I’d read years ago in its original form, and I was excited to have a reason to reread it. I still love it. I loved reading about Gloria and Aldo overcoming their trauma and finding love and happiness together. It is not without bumps in the road and insecurities creating challenges, but it is real. Given the events they’re both healing from, it would be unrealistic if everything between them came easy, even if they both deserve a lifetime of easy. My biggest and only major complaint about this book is that it exists in the same timeline as Pretend You’re Mine. While we get different perspectives of scenes included in that book, it gets repetitive (especially having just read it) and I would’ve rather those pages been used for entirely fresh scenes for Gloria and Aldo. A few of the moments were truly needed to tell their story, but most of them felt like filler. Regardless of that, I still love Lucy and the town of Benevolence.

I liked Finally Mine a lot more than I liked Pretending Your Mine, Aldo and Gloria seemed slightly less toxic than Harper and Luke. I mentioned in my review of the first book that I am not the biggest fan of romance books that include military stuff (I’m a military spouse) but this one wasn’t as cringe-worthy as the first one.

Aldo goes through a traumatic, life altering event when on a 6 month deployment and is sent home early because of it. He has to come to terms with the reality of how different life is going from two legs to one, and the traumatic impact of not only that but going through the event that took place to get him there

Gloria also has a lot of trauma, this story starts with her being saved from her abusive boyfriend who has spent the past 10 years since high school gaslighting, manipulating and abusing her. She has to learn to live with her new reality and re-discover herself after her abusive relationship. She discovers the difficulty of living life without someone telling you what you can and cannot do, she experiences real love, she rekindles her relationship with her mother and gains friendship. All while she’s watching over her shoulder waiting for her abusive ex to force himself back into her life.

It’s very clear that Aldo and Gloria trauma bonded from the beginning, and also very clear that Aldo knew about her abuse for a long time and stood on the sidelines instead of helping. Was it his fault? Of course not. Could he have stepped in if he really cared about Gloria and prevented her from enduring years of abuse? Yes. Again, not his fault. But I hate that he turned a blind eye to what was happening.

Overall, I liked Aldo and Gloria’s story. It made me happy to see them sort through their trauma and find a love for each other. Lots of mistakes were made and things could have been easily avoided if they just had just had a conversation with each other.

Also if you read the first book, this is told at the same time that the plot of Pretending Your Mine, but in a different POV. So you get spoilers for each book in each other.

Read this if you enjoy:
- military romance
- traumatic storyline
- childhood friends to lovers
- FMC finding herself

Please look up trigger warnings for this one, the domestic violence is detailed. Thank you to NetGalley, SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books and Lucy Score for the eArc of Finally Mine in exchange for an honest review.

I wanted to love this like I did Pretend Your Mine. Finally Mine, to me, felt like a retelling of Pretend Your Mine. I wanted more of Gloria and Aldo from where they left off in book one. Then epilogue was new, but everything else was a repeat.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Ebook received for free through NetGalley

I read this book back to back with the previous so there was some duplicitous stuff in it. That said I loved the characters and wanted to know the story hidden between the lines in the first book. Love it but can see spacing it a bit more.