'Beautiful Oblivion' (The Maddox Brothers #1) by Jamie McGuire

‘Beautiful Oblivion’ Goodreads Synopsis –

Fiercely independent Camille "Cami" Camlin gladly moved on from her childhood before it was over. She has held down a job since before she could drive, and moved into her own apartment after her freshman year of college. Now tending bar at The Red Door, Cami doesn’t have time for much else besides work and classes, until a trip to see her boyfriend is cancelled, leaving her with a first weekend off in almost a year. Trenton Maddox was the king of Eastern State University, dating co-eds before he even graduated high school. His friends wanted to be him, and women wanted to tame him, but after a tragic accident turned his world upside down, Trenton leaves campus to come to grips with the crushing guilt. Eighteen months later, Trenton is living at home with his widower father, and works full-time at a local tattoo parlour to help with the bills. Just when he thinks his life is returning to normal, he notices Cami sitting alone at a table at The Red. As the baby sister of four rowdy brothers, Cami believes she’ll have no problem keeping her new friendship with Trenton Maddox strictly platonic. But when a Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever—even if she is the only reason their already broken family could fall apart.

‘Beautiful Oblivion’ Novel Review –

I feel like it’s been such a long time since I’ve read a Jamie McGuire novel, and I’m having withdrawals! ‘Beautiful Oblivion’ is technically a spin off from the ‘Beautiful Disaster’ series following the leads of the other Maddox brothers. Finishing this novel, I have given it an overall rating of 3/5 stars.

I was beyond excited to start this series but ‘Beautiful Oblivion’ has disappointed me!

One thing I did like about this novel was the fiery main female character. She was witty, extremely funny and very independent. Also, Trent was drool worthy. I love a good Maddox brother story and reading from his perspective was really nice.

While I loved the ‘Beautiful Disaster’ series, I felt like ‘Beautiful Oblivion’ didn’t exactly follow on from that. The story was a little jumbled and that lead to me not fully understanding the story.

Another thing I didn't enjoy was how Cami as independent and “adult” she was, she made some very poor decisions. In the end I found her to become annoying and somewhat needy.

All in all, if you loved the ‘Beautiful’ series and you’re a pretty big fan of McGuire’s writing then give this series a go. This is a New Adult contemporary novel, so I would recommend for more mature readers to give it a read.

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