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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
I loved this book from the moment I started until the moment I finished it. It was intriguing and fascinating and warmhearted and humorous. It was also a wonderful slow burn with a mystery that kept me guessing for most of the book.
When the book starts, we see Rose and Jack getting married. Cue the song from Titanic, except there’s no drowning here, unless you count Rose drowning in Jack’s intense blue eyes. This is a fake marriage, concocted by Jack, who convinced Rose, to save her coffee house dream.
For years, Rose has been saving and dreaming of her own coffee house. Her uncle had promised to help her with a building in Madison Avenue, New York City. Yet, he died before she could finalize their contract, and instead he left the building to her future husband, if she were to be married at the time of his death. Since she had recently been dumped by her fiancee, she had no hopes until Jack approaches her with this plan of a fake marriage. He will honor the contract her uncle had promised and in return he would get a wife to accompany him to social events. Jack is a partner in the same law firm as her uncle’s lawyer.
So, they marry and Rose enters into a strange life with a total stranger whose typical facial expression is an eternal frown, he’s relentlessly serious all the time, and at times he seems very complacent but at others he seems exasperated. Rose very soon took his measure, realized that although he’s a grumpy man, his bark was worse than his bite. Although he was very aloof, he picked her up from her coffee shop every afternoon, helped with physical chores that were too heavy for Rose, and was very attentive to her wishes and dreams. I immediately realized there were hidden depths to this guy and things were not as they seem.
I loved how Rose kept sassing Jack, and how she domesticated him. With Rose, Jack learned to greet the doorman of his building and to chat with their driver and to say thank you to servers. When she scolded him, he took her instructions to heart and behaved better next time. He seems grouchy and yet, he was quiet, intense and attentive. She kept counting smiles every day and it took a long time of sassing and sarcasm and endless chatter until she started to see her coveted smiles. All this meant that they were falling hard for each other, and that was inevitable. Rose was irresistible, she was all heart and enthusiasm and caring. I also fell in love with Jack because his demeanor was taught by breeding but he saw the light and changed his game. They were delightful together, a power couple.
Of course, not everything was paradise, and soon the problems started and the mystery started to unravel and this book changed from a slow burn to an impending implosion. Fantastic reading!
When the book starts, we see Rose and Jack getting married. Cue the song from Titanic, except there’s no drowning here, unless you count Rose drowning in Jack’s intense blue eyes. This is a fake marriage, concocted by Jack, who convinced Rose, to save her coffee house dream.
For years, Rose has been saving and dreaming of her own coffee house. Her uncle had promised to help her with a building in Madison Avenue, New York City. Yet, he died before she could finalize their contract, and instead he left the building to her future husband, if she were to be married at the time of his death. Since she had recently been dumped by her fiancee, she had no hopes until Jack approaches her with this plan of a fake marriage. He will honor the contract her uncle had promised and in return he would get a wife to accompany him to social events. Jack is a partner in the same law firm as her uncle’s lawyer.
So, they marry and Rose enters into a strange life with a total stranger whose typical facial expression is an eternal frown, he’s relentlessly serious all the time, and at times he seems very complacent but at others he seems exasperated. Rose very soon took his measure, realized that although he’s a grumpy man, his bark was worse than his bite. Although he was very aloof, he picked her up from her coffee shop every afternoon, helped with physical chores that were too heavy for Rose, and was very attentive to her wishes and dreams. I immediately realized there were hidden depths to this guy and things were not as they seem.
I loved how Rose kept sassing Jack, and how she domesticated him. With Rose, Jack learned to greet the doorman of his building and to chat with their driver and to say thank you to servers. When she scolded him, he took her instructions to heart and behaved better next time. He seems grouchy and yet, he was quiet, intense and attentive. She kept counting smiles every day and it took a long time of sassing and sarcasm and endless chatter until she started to see her coveted smiles. All this meant that they were falling hard for each other, and that was inevitable. Rose was irresistible, she was all heart and enthusiasm and caring. I also fell in love with Jack because his demeanor was taught by breeding but he saw the light and changed his game. They were delightful together, a power couple.
Of course, not everything was paradise, and soon the problems started and the mystery started to unravel and this book changed from a slow burn to an impending implosion. Fantastic reading!
this book was just a good slice of happiness.
the entire thing was so fluffy and cute i definitely felt like my heart was going to burst. jack hawthorne is as cold and calculating as they come, but unlike most characters with that definition jack just finds a to not actually be a huge jerk, even when he is.
rose too was a great character, if jack hand't snatched her up i think i definitely would have wanted to.
the only real flaw i have with this book is that it's a little too long for what it is, when i was around 75% in i felt it drag on for a few chapters, rehashing the same things but after those few chapters it picked up again. and before that the slow burn was SWEET. the drama was also handled well, and different than what i thought was going to happen. but of course i was nicely surprised.
all in all this was a fluffy loving book with a beautifully done fake marriage plot, a fantastic slow burn and a jerk male lead who wasn't actually a huge jerk. i would definitely recommend.
the entire thing was so fluffy and cute i definitely felt like my heart was going to burst. jack hawthorne is as cold and calculating as they come, but unlike most characters with that definition jack just finds a to not actually be a huge jerk, even when he is.
rose too was a great character, if jack hand't snatched her up i think i definitely would have wanted to.
the only real flaw i have with this book is that it's a little too long for what it is, when i was around 75% in i felt it drag on for a few chapters, rehashing the same things but after those few chapters it picked up again. and before that the slow burn was SWEET. the drama was also handled well, and different than what i thought was going to happen. but of course i was nicely surprised.
all in all this was a fluffy loving book with a beautifully done fake marriage plot, a fantastic slow burn and a jerk male lead who wasn't actually a huge jerk. i would definitely recommend.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
It screams domestic and affection. It points out how significant communication and making conscious effort in a relationship. It was so relaxing to read. Though, I think the conflicts wasn't emphasized enough.
so cute :( wish there was more plot tho something was missing
Does not deserve the false tiktok hype, as always.
I loved it. I love their love. Jack and Rose are so cute together. I loved the way she changed him for the better. I loved the way he took care of her.
If you think that a marriage of convenience might just be the perfect solution to your problems (fictional ofcourse
This was such a hefty and long slow burn but damn did I enjoy every single minute of it! Grumpy x Sunshine, marriage of convenience, and slow burn all in one book. Also even though this was a pretty thicc book I was a bit sad to know that I wouldn’t be reading about Rose and Jacks flirting and banters anymore!