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bluereads99's review against another edition
4.5
lowkey a dream to get engaged after a week of dating
illusie's review against another edition
3.0
This book was both funny and annoying. I like the humor, but Niko annoyed me. I'm not sure if I should continue reading the series.
mflake's review
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
yodamom's review against another edition
3.0
Quickly-Hot Italian comedic hunk, struggles with desire for his life time love (Dr.Wanna Becoldass) who loved someone else and has closed her heart.
Elizabeth- I liked the fact that the female lead was not a ditty blond but an accomplished self-made Dr. She is suffering from a pain so deep her life revolves around the scar. She stays away distant, uses people till they get close then she walks away. She gave herself to Nico, years ago and regrets it and is devastated when she is trapped into working near him treating his ill niece. This begins her amazing rant and crazy ass process of avoiding having a conversation about what happened. Her character lost me for a bit here. She was outspoken honest and blurted out very personal information to co workers and friends but couldn't talk to her "friend". This was a guy she had known her whole life. I found it irritating how she acted and out of character. Okay I must be fair it was explained by her juvenile heartbreak and horrible childhood experience. Meh, it was over played IMHO. I liked her nerdy love of Start Wars and her references to lines form the movies. I loved her knitting club, what a bunch of quirky nutty drunken fun women. I finished the book thinking I may want to learn to knit.
Nico- Italian mega hunk, ex underwear model and current TV star. He was childhood friends with Elizebeth, we he tortured her like any little boy does when he likes a girl. He stood by and watched her fall for another boy, held her when that boy died and loved her for the first time. He has naked gorgeous women throwing themselves at him, and it makes hard to try to reconnect with this girl. She walked out on him like she did all her "men" without another word after one night when they were 17. Now he's taking care of his sick niece, and demands she be their Dr. His mother is all for this, and plays one funny matchmaker. He cooks nearly naked, speaks Italian, successful, is tall dark and handsome, yeh everyone wants him. His mind is set on one girl, but he finds his one may not happen.
Power read last night. This one started out strong, then slowed towards the middle and then raced me through the last quarter of the story. This is not a little short story it is a full length novel. I really liked Nico, he was sucker punched by Elizebeth and still kept his cool. His family were the perfect mix of everything and lots of fun. Elizebeth, was a difficult character to like. She needed therapy years ago to recover from her issues. I really liked her ability to stand up bush her butt off and move on. I just found her constant self questioning and cold as stone attitude to be irritating. It was semi predictable, when is a romance not ? I liked it, not loved it. I would read this authors work again.
Elizabeth- I liked the fact that the female lead was not a ditty blond but an accomplished self-made Dr. She is suffering from a pain so deep her life revolves around the scar. She stays away distant, uses people till they get close then she walks away. She gave herself to Nico, years ago and regrets it and is devastated when she is trapped into working near him treating his ill niece. This begins her amazing rant and crazy ass process of avoiding having a conversation about what happened. Her character lost me for a bit here. She was outspoken honest and blurted out very personal information to co workers and friends but couldn't talk to her "friend". This was a guy she had known her whole life. I found it irritating how she acted and out of character. Okay I must be fair it was explained by her juvenile heartbreak and horrible childhood experience. Meh, it was over played IMHO. I liked her nerdy love of Start Wars and her references to lines form the movies. I loved her knitting club, what a bunch of quirky nutty drunken fun women. I finished the book thinking I may want to learn to knit.
Nico- Italian mega hunk, ex underwear model and current TV star. He was childhood friends with Elizebeth, we he tortured her like any little boy does when he likes a girl. He stood by and watched her fall for another boy, held her when that boy died and loved her for the first time. He has naked gorgeous women throwing themselves at him, and it makes hard to try to reconnect with this girl. She walked out on him like she did all her "men" without another word after one night when they were 17. Now he's taking care of his sick niece, and demands she be their Dr. His mother is all for this, and plays one funny matchmaker. He cooks nearly naked, speaks Italian, successful, is tall dark and handsome, yeh everyone wants him. His mind is set on one girl, but he finds his one may not happen.
Power read last night. This one started out strong, then slowed towards the middle and then raced me through the last quarter of the story. This is not a little short story it is a full length novel. I really liked Nico, he was sucker punched by Elizebeth and still kept his cool. His family were the perfect mix of everything and lots of fun. Elizebeth, was a difficult character to like. She needed therapy years ago to recover from her issues. I really liked her ability to stand up bush her butt off and move on. I just found her constant self questioning and cold as stone attitude to be irritating. It was semi predictable, when is a romance not ? I liked it, not loved it. I would read this authors work again.
mrood00's review against another edition
2.0
Dnf at 40%
I don’t know if it was the audiobook or the writing that didn’t work for me but whatever it was I couldn’t take anymore of it. I didn’t love the narrator’s depiction of Nico and I didn’t feel the connection between the two main characters pretty much at all and at the point I stopped at I was finding Elizabeth to be quite annoying. Again it’s hard to tell if the audiobook is what made me feel that way about those things so I might revisit this one day and read it physically to see if my opinion changes.
I don’t know if it was the audiobook or the writing that didn’t work for me but whatever it was I couldn’t take anymore of it. I didn’t love the narrator’s depiction of Nico and I didn’t feel the connection between the two main characters pretty much at all and at the point I stopped at I was finding Elizabeth to be quite annoying. Again it’s hard to tell if the audiobook is what made me feel that way about those things so I might revisit this one day and read it physically to see if my opinion changes.
llamalluv's review against another edition
5.0
This book made me cry my eyes out. Then I made the mistake of listening to the Nico Playlist.
nerdynatreads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Wow. This is one of the strangest experiences I’ve had with a book in a while. Similar to Grady Hendrix’s Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, this book was enjoyable but also enraged me so much.
The setup, second chance romance, childhood enemies, ex’s best friend, all of that I was pretty on board with, but the downfall of all of them was the FMC, Elizabeth. She was so incredibly frustrating because I actually quite liked her, but she is also one of the most emotionally constipated characters I’ve read in a while. I was literally chanting for her to attend therapy (and with another member of the Knitting circle being a therapist, I really thought it would happen a lot sooner.) She is a perfect example of why grief counseling is really important when a young person goes through something traumatic. That said, her qualms made perfect sense for why she was so hesitant to date Nico, but it was still frustrating how long things went in circles because she couldn’t deal with her own shit.
Nico was actually a real highlight of this book for me. I definitely was marking some red flags when Elizabeth discussed their high school days. He bullied her because he couldn’t handle his feelings, but I was impressed at how mature he responded when confronted with that. Still not my favorite thing in a romance, but I was surprised at how the author managed to change my tune. This man is head over heels for Elizabeth, so he was down-right adorable, romantic, and funny, but I’ll admit, pushing things too far at times when Elizabeth was clearly uncomfortable. The third act conflict comes about because he puts on the breaks for, what I believe, to be a very logical reason, but this is a romance book, so screw logic right? The way this book ends had me smacking myself with the book. I had to suspend so much disbelief to live in their romantic bubble, but still pretty damn cute, I’ll admit. Even though I did have so many logistical questions to raise.
I also had some issues with the writing, though I would remind myself this was only Reid’s second book. First, rather than actually writing a swear word, Reid would just state that the character was cursing. I don’t mind that occasionally, but sometimes it did seem a little silly. Just say fuck! Second, there were also a few phrases that were repeated here and there which isn’t inherently a bad thing, but I felt like the fact that I picked up on many of them did make the writing feel repetitive. Finally, I have a personal issue with the number of times Elizabeth said “bottom” to refer to her ass. Idk, it reminds me of my grandma, plus felt oddly juvenile.
Most of the time I was reading this, I actually really enjoyed it. I was laughing and kicking my feet, but I also was so freaking annoyed by Elizabeth. I liked this book, but it also irritated me, though not in the same way Neanderthal Seeks Human did. However, it did make me more invested in some of the future heroines in the series to continue.
The setup, second chance romance, childhood enemies, ex’s best friend, all of that I was pretty on board with, but the downfall of all of them was the FMC, Elizabeth. She was so incredibly frustrating because I actually quite liked her, but she is also one of the most emotionally constipated characters I’ve read in a while. I was literally chanting for her to attend therapy (and with another member of the Knitting circle being a therapist, I really thought it would happen a lot sooner.) She is a perfect example of why grief counseling is really important when a young person goes through something traumatic. That said, her qualms made perfect sense for why she was so hesitant to date Nico, but it was still frustrating how long things went in circles because she couldn’t deal with her own shit.
Nico was actually a real highlight of this book for me. I definitely was marking some red flags when Elizabeth discussed their high school days. He bullied her because he couldn’t handle his feelings, but I was impressed at how mature he responded when confronted with that. Still not my favorite thing in a romance, but I was surprised at how the author managed to change my tune. This man is head over heels for Elizabeth, so he was down-right adorable, romantic, and funny, but I’ll admit, pushing things too far at times when Elizabeth was clearly uncomfortable. The third act conflict comes about because he puts on the breaks for, what I believe, to be a very logical reason, but this is a romance book, so screw logic right? The way this book ends had me smacking myself with the book. I had to suspend so much disbelief to live in their romantic bubble, but still pretty damn cute, I’ll admit. Even though I did have so many logistical questions to raise.
I also had some issues with the writing, though I would remind myself this was only Reid’s second book. First, rather than actually writing a swear word, Reid would just state that the character was cursing. I don’t mind that occasionally, but sometimes it did seem a little silly. Just say fuck! Second, there were also a few phrases that were repeated here and there which isn’t inherently a bad thing, but I felt like the fact that I picked up on many of them did make the writing feel repetitive. Finally, I have a personal issue with the number of times Elizabeth said “bottom” to refer to her ass. Idk, it reminds me of my grandma, plus felt oddly juvenile.
Most of the time I was reading this, I actually really enjoyed it. I was laughing and kicking my feet, but I also was so freaking annoyed by Elizabeth. I liked this book, but it also irritated me, though not in the same way Neanderthal Seeks Human did. However, it did make me more invested in some of the future heroines in the series to continue.
cobaltbookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
“You can’t tell me that I don’t know you. I see you. I see you better than you see yourself. And everything about you is beautiful.”
I enjoyed this book. Elisabeth and Nico ..I felt for them, their story is of unrequited love and low key second chance romance. Elisabeth stubbornness was annoying at times but her character development is great. I wish story has more Nico's pov.
I like the Knitting Circle and can't wait to read other girls stories.
I enjoyed this book. Elisabeth and Nico ..I felt for them, their story is of unrequited love and low key second chance romance. Elisabeth stubbornness was annoying at times but her character development is great. I wish story has more Nico's pov.
I like the Knitting Circle and can't wait to read other girls stories.
zaza_bdp's review
4.0
J'ai dévoré ce petit VO en un rien de temps, c'est un vrai petit bonbon sucré comme je les aime. Le pitch de base est basique, le coup des retrouvailles est un sujet très exploité en romance qui peut même être casse-gu**le.
Elisabeth et Nico se connaissent depuis leur plus tendre enfance. Ils ont entretenu une relation chaotique, dont Elisabeth garde de très mauvais souvenirs. Mais à l'adolescence, la donne va changer et ils vont se rapprocher, pour ensuite ne plus se voir pendant 11 ans.
Au début du livre, ils se retrouvent dans un contexte professionnel, et vont vite reprendre contact. Dès le départ, on connaît la nature de leurs sentiments respectifs, et à partir de là ça pourrait devenir plat et ennuyeux. Sauf que ... Sauf que Penny Reid a une écriture enlevée, légère et drôle. Je ne compte pas le nombre de fois où j'ai ri ou souri dans ce livre, bien qu'il y ait des passages douloureux. Ses personnages ont tous un grain de folie, qui se manifeste parfois dans des scènes franchement hilarantes.
En parallèle des retrouvailles amoureuses (enfin plutôt du combat de Nico pour conquérir sa belle), on retrouve les copines de club de tricot, on côtoie les collègues d'Elisabeth (eux aussi sont bien cinglés, à leur manière), et on découvre les inconvénients de la vie des célébrités (Nico est un comédien/humoriste très célèbre, et il est harcelé par une femme particulièrement dérangée de la cafetière ...).
Le chapitre 22 montre toute la malice de l'auteur : elle ouvre ce chapitre par un petit encart signé de son nom pour expliquer qu'elle propose une double alternative : le chapitre avec la scène coquine où la porte sera fermée (et donc on ne saura RIEN de ce qui s'est passé), ou ... le chapitre avec la porte ouverte (où là, évidemment, on sait tout des cabrioles de nos amoureux). Elle nous laisse le choix, et là je vous avoue qu'une fois encore j'ai bien ri.
Ce livre offre un combo rire/swoon vraiment équilibré, j'ai passé un vrai bon moment de lecture, qui m'a fait un bien fou. Vivement la suite !
Elisabeth et Nico se connaissent depuis leur plus tendre enfance. Ils ont entretenu une relation chaotique, dont Elisabeth garde de très mauvais souvenirs. Mais à l'adolescence, la donne va changer et ils vont se rapprocher, pour ensuite ne plus se voir pendant 11 ans.
Au début du livre, ils se retrouvent dans un contexte professionnel, et vont vite reprendre contact. Dès le départ, on connaît la nature de leurs sentiments respectifs, et à partir de là ça pourrait devenir plat et ennuyeux. Sauf que ... Sauf que Penny Reid a une écriture enlevée, légère et drôle. Je ne compte pas le nombre de fois où j'ai ri ou souri dans ce livre, bien qu'il y ait des passages douloureux. Ses personnages ont tous un grain de folie, qui se manifeste parfois dans des scènes franchement hilarantes.
En parallèle des retrouvailles amoureuses (enfin plutôt du combat de Nico pour conquérir sa belle), on retrouve les copines de club de tricot, on côtoie les collègues d'Elisabeth (eux aussi sont bien cinglés, à leur manière), et on découvre les inconvénients de la vie des célébrités (Nico est un comédien/humoriste très célèbre, et il est harcelé par une femme particulièrement dérangée de la cafetière ...).
Le chapitre 22 montre toute la malice de l'auteur : elle ouvre ce chapitre par un petit encart signé de son nom pour expliquer qu'elle propose une double alternative : le chapitre avec la scène coquine où la porte sera fermée (et donc on ne saura RIEN de ce qui s'est passé), ou ... le chapitre avec la porte ouverte (où là, évidemment, on sait tout des cabrioles de nos amoureux). Elle nous laisse le choix, et là je vous avoue qu'une fois encore j'ai bien ri.
Ce livre offre un combo rire/swoon vraiment équilibré, j'ai passé un vrai bon moment de lecture, qui m'a fait un bien fou. Vivement la suite !