4.5 stars 
 Love is many things. It's every raw human emotion all rolled up into one messy four letter word. There's no rule book and definitely no guarantees. 
 Ready for You is a great second chance love story. Garrett and Mia were high school sweethearts, until Mia left town with no word and no way for Garrett to find her. 
 Garrett has been a workaholic, long since given up enjoying anything in life, except occasional moments with his family, and his family can't remember the last time they saw him smile a real smile. 
 Mia ran eight years ago when she left home. When she finds herself running once again, she runs back to the one place she said she'd never go again. 
 As Mia and Garrett's backstory came out, the source of Garrett's pain became clear and, oh, did I hurt for him. I also quickly fell in love with Mia. She is one of those characters you can't help but empathize with because her remorse and grief just pour out of everything she does. But finding her way back after eight years was never going to be an easy feat, and Garrett isn't the only one who needs to forgive her. 
 I thought When You're Ready had me in tears? This one was right up there emotionally. Garret's secrets from his family, Mia's secrets from Garrett: there was so much emotional damage to undo that I went from heartbreak to joy, laughter to tears, over and over. 
 As has been established about this series, the extended family is just as important to the story as the main couple. Garrett's parents play a big role in the story, as well as the extended family of Clare and Logan, and Leah and Declan. I love that Leah is back meddling in the lives of those she loves. She quickly becomes a great friend to Mia, and her support as family-but-not gives Mia a great person to turn to (or hide from, as the case may be). 
 What I think I love most about this series as a whole is it's non-traditional family formations. Just because there isn't a blood tie between a group of people, doesn't mean it's not family. Leah, Logan, Declan, Asher. So many of these characters have no ties to each other beyond what they have formed themselves. At the heart of these books is finding and creating family. And I absolutely love that. 
 I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review. This review is also posted at Reviews by Tammy and Kim.