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Can’t Get Enough is a book about love, friendship, family, community, ambitions, and taking risks.

Summary of the book 

Published in 2025, Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan is a contemporary romance novel about a woman named Hendrix Barry who has been living the life of her dreams. Sadly she is navigating the challenges of taking care of an aging parent. Her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s the year prior.  The last thing on her mind is getting into a serious relationship. Besides, her business is thriving and she is surrounded by people who love her deeply. What more could a girl want? That is, until she meets Maverick Bell. Despite their undeniable attraction to each other, Hen doesn’t initially want to pursue any type of relationship with this man. To her, Mav is a forbidden fruit. But when Mav decides to pursue Hen, she is left with the tough choice to make of whether or not he is worth risking it all. 

My Review

I will start off this review by saying that Kennedy Ryan has one of my favourite writing styles. Writing style is the way that “ a writer conveys their message through tone, structure, word choice, and rhythm, shaping how content is perceived and understood.” If you are not familiar with Ryan’s writing style I would describe it as expressive, immersive, engaging and sensual. She does a great job of getting us inside the character’s minds and learning about how they interact with the world around them.

Can’t Get Enough is the third and final book in the Skyland Series that follows the lives of three friends, Soledad in This Could Be Us, Yasmen in Before I let Go and Hendrix in Can’t Get Enough. If you haven’t already, I would encourage you to read the first two books in this series before you read this one. 

Can’t Get Enough is written in first-person dual POV, in the voices of Hendrix and Maverick. However, most of the book is written from Hendrix’s POV, as she is the main character. The story starts out with Hendrix arriving at her childhood home from Atlanta where she is based, only to find that her mother, Betty, is missing.

“When we first got the Alzheimer’s diagnosis, of course the doctors told us wandering was a possibility, but it’s not something we’ve had to deal with much before. Not like this…Mama’s missing…I— who always know what to do, where to go, what the next step should be—stand frozen in place with a sinking sense of dread and awful knowing.”

Eventually, Hendrix finds her mother and it is decided that Betty could no longer live alone. The beginning of the book sets the tone for the rest of the book. Hendrix’s priority is taking care of her mother and there’s nothing or no one that will get in the way of that. Even when Maverick Bell comes into the picture, Hendrix isn’t easily moved, despite their attraction to each other. Their romance is a slow-burn. At first I had a hard time reading this book at my usual pace because of this slow-burn romance but I understood that Hendrix was not someone who would just commit to any man. She was not going to lower her standards for anyone, not even a rich handsome man. Mav had to put in the work. 

Something I appreciated about this book was how Ryan wrote about the complexities of taking care of an aging parent who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She wrote about it with care and responsibility. In her author’s note she shares a little about her own personal experience with a family member who had dementia.

The theme of friends who have become family was also something I really liked about this book. The sisterhood among Hendrix, Soledad and Yasmen was beautiful to see. Romantic relationships do not have to replace platonic relationships and the book does a good job at showing us that.

The book does contain open door romance scenes and a bit of colourful language which might not be for everyone. I didn’t have any issues with this. However, I didn’t like that the first time Hen and Mav slept together, they didn’t use protection. I thought it was irresponsible for them to not practice safe sex considering they barely knew each other. I also think it contradicted the nature of their characters because they are portrayed as responsible adults and they both didn’t want children. (Mav already had one child who was now a teenager and he didn’t want any more kids.)

Final Thoughts

I would recommend this book to anyone who loves contemporary romance books that are not afraid of including the complexities of real life. I would not recommend this book if you are not a fan of billionaires (Mav is a rich man with resources that he uses to pursue Hen), influencing as a career path, colourful language and open door romance scenes. 

My overall rating of this book is a 4.5—mainly because of the scene where the deed was done without protection. 

Thanks for reading! Have you read this book? If so what where your thoughts on it?