Built To Last

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Built to Last is Erin Hahn’s first adult romance, and it is sizzling. It has all the characteristics of a Hahn novel – realistic characters, chemistry, music, and a cast of friends you just know you’ll see again in a future sequel. She writes about people readers care about – even the old college roommate who already has his happily ever after.

Hahn’s books are always delightful; now she’s added sexual innuendo and sex. Swoon.

In this debut adult romance novel, Hahn stokes the fire with hot, sexy chemistry. This shift into the world of consenting adults allowed her to bring the sex, and she did just that. In fact, she brought it so hard that after her next YA novel, Even If It Breaks Your Heart scheduled for publication in 2024, Hahn has hinted that she’ll keep playing with fire and stick to adult novels.

Built To Last is about two former co-stars who have left the acting world and grown up. They hooked up once as teens, and both consider the other as “the one who got away.” When Shelby Springfield is asked to film a pilot for a tv show that involves her new career of home renovation, she is (predictably) blindsided by her surprise co-star, Cameron Riggs.

The chemistry is still there, and they both struggle to work together again, on camera. It’s a beautiful tension, stoked on both sides by wonderful friends. Shelby’s ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend team up to try sabotaging the show and the potential relationship with Cameron.

The book is sweet, funny, and very romantic. With lines like, “I’m three hundred and seventeen pounds of pure sex, Riggs. I can’t be contained by a mere belt.” Hahn made me laugh out loud.

She also made me cry.

“You are the best part of me,“ Shelby’s father says. “I don’t tell you that enough, but it’s the truth.“

Shelby and Cameron both have one crappy parent on one amazing one. They also have incredible friends.

Shelby’s best friend writes a song called, “What They Have,” and she tells Shelby it’s inspired by “you and Cam and how gross you are,” and asks them to “act out your side of the story in a video.” Cam takes over the conceptualization of the music video, and everything that unfolds afterwards is absolutely wonderful.

The description of the subsequent music video is lovely – I could picture it vividly – and I want to see this book made into a movie just for the chance to see this music video.

The epilogue is presented as an interview of the characters, which is not only brilliant, but a great way to end the book.

Built To Last is another captivating book with songs threaded throughout that readers can practically hear… only this time there’s adult sexiness.

Labeled as a “second chance romance” novel, Hahn’s latest book is so good it already has a sequel (of sorts) coming out later this year, featuring the singer best-friend. While I love her YA novels, I hope she keeps making these sexy adult ones because she’s good at it.

Let’s face it – I’ll read anything Hahn writes, but I absolutely love a series that makes sure the friends and family also get happily ever afters, and I hope to see more of Shelby and Cam in Friends Don’t Fall In Love later this year.

I follow the author on Instagram, and you should, too.

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Visit the author’s website and follow her on Twitter and/or Instagram.

Built To Last cover design credit: Kerri Resnick.

Built To Last cover illustration credit: Maja Tomljanovic.

Advance Reading Copy provided by St. Martin’s Press via Netgalley at my request.

I also purchased the audiobook version for my collection via Audible.

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