Novel Of The Week: Beautiful Redemption by Jamie McGuire

Happy Sunday everyone! Here to you my review and thoughts on the catching new novel by Jamie McGuire: Beautiful Redemption. (SPOILERS? ... a bit!)

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This second book from the series dedicated to the Maddox brothers follows the oldest of them, Thomas Maddox, and likewise every other Jamie McGuire's book, also in “Beautiful Oblivion” the point of view isn’t his, but the girl’s he falls in love with, Liis Lindy. 

Liis is a Chicago-born and raised young woman and she just moved from there to San Diego’s FBI office. She’s a very talented FBI translator and analyst and she took the chance of moving to California mainly because of her career dream goal: to work in Quantico…it’s a plus add the fact that she broke up with her long-time boyfriend and needed a fresh start.

On her first night in town, Liis meets a very handsome and charismatic man and, after a few drinks, the two spend the night together. Liis thought she would never meet the guy again, but not only he lives in her same flat, but he’s also her new boss: Thomas Maddox.

Thomas’ reputation precedes him: he was discreet but happy when he was in a relationship with the 

girl who eventually broke his heart. Now he’s a completely different person: rude, of bad manners, and married to his job, Thomas doesn’t allow any mistake, from himself and his FBI team as well…but the coming of Liis changed everything.

Now not only do they have to work together on a delicate Asian/Italian mob case in Las Vegas, but they also have to recruit Thomas’ brother Travis. They both are stubborn and control maniacs, they like each other, but for one reason or another, they can’t seem to get along…They are both scared to let themselves go to their feelings (especially Liis) and undercover work would definitely make things worse…or better?

What I liked

This book is different because is no longer a romance between college students, but two adult people who have a very delicate job and have been (or don’t want to be) hurt. I like the fact that the female protagonist is strong, in seek of independency, and, on the other hand, the male protagonist is not afraid to show that he needs her, and he's honest about his past and what he feels for Liis.

What I did not like

Maybe Liis is too hard on herself and Thomas. Sometimes she exaggerates and wants to prove she could be on her own that she almost pushed Thomas away. She wanted constantly to talk about Thomas’ previous relationship, even knowing that would make them argue about it. I found this aspect boring; yes, Thomas loved someone before you, but now he loves you. Case closed!

I still have to read the main trilogy “Beautiful Disaster” and (if you read my review of Beautiful Oblivion) you should remember I didn’t understand its final, but thanks to Beautiful Redemption now things are clearer. 
I finished reading the book in two days, Jamie McGuire has a flowy writing style and, as always, also the secondary characters are interesting and funny. This time the story is a bit more complicated due to the two protagonists' particular jobs, but the base is the good same old: a love story. I liked Beautiful Oblivion a bit more, but I think Beautiful Redemption will make readers sympathize and understand why Thomas and Liis acted like they did.

Beautiful Oblivion: my review HERE

My Vote: 7½ /10