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krisjayne's review
4.0
Entertaining novel with a slightly unconventional hero. The heroine was incredibly relatable, and at the end, I found myself cheering out loud for her.
howjessicareads's review against another edition
3.0
Not quite as good as the first in the series, but still a lot of fun!
keys_on_fire's review
4.0
I really enjoy Tracy Brogan's books. They are written in a style that immediately draws you in, and keeps you interested by the modern voice that the characters have and the humor which pops off the pages.
Sometimes things can be a little bit predictable, but I think this is common of the genre. There are only so many ways that someone can struggle through figuring out if someone is the right one for them or not! :)
I totally would recommend ANY of Tracy Brogan's books to someone who likes a little romance, a little humor, and a very light and easy read!
Sometimes things can be a little bit predictable, but I think this is common of the genre. There are only so many ways that someone can struggle through figuring out if someone is the right one for them or not! :)
I totally would recommend ANY of Tracy Brogan's books to someone who likes a little romance, a little humor, and a very light and easy read!
prpltrtl946's review against another edition
4.0
Sweet, fun, happily ever after
Laughs and fun characters made this an easy to read romance. The two sides of the tracks get a thorough exploration here.
Laughs and fun characters made this an easy to read romance. The two sides of the tracks get a thorough exploration here.
wanderinglynn's review against another edition
1.0
DNF’d. Made it through chapter four and had to stop. Not my cup of tea. Frustratingly stereotypical and rather insulting. I like romance stories, but not one set up this way.
Evie, a successful professional woman is being bombarded with messages from her friends and family that she’s somehow incomplete (or even a failure) because she isn’t married or doesn’t have a beau at age 35. And worse, she seems to buy into this nonsense. Now enter the hot male love interest who by accounts is a hot mess (he was arrested the first time they met) and eight years younger. The age difference isn’t a huge deal other than he seems to act half that (getting drunk and stealing a jet ski?). But the story is already setting up some major differences between them (education, socio-economic).
Regardless, I kept getting more irritated at the message that a woman has to have a spouse in order to somehow be complete. It’s bullshit and I wish female authors would stop perpetuating this ridiculous notion. There are other, better ways to set up a romance story than to make women feel like they must have a husband to be whole.
Evie, a successful professional woman is being bombarded with messages from her friends and family that she’s somehow incomplete (or even a failure) because she isn’t married or doesn’t have a beau at age 35. And worse, she seems to buy into this nonsense. Now enter the hot male love interest who by accounts is a hot mess (he was arrested the first time they met) and eight years younger. The age difference isn’t a huge deal other than he seems to act half that (getting drunk and stealing a jet ski?). But the story is already setting up some major differences between them (education, socio-economic).
Regardless, I kept getting more irritated at the message that a woman has to have a spouse in order to somehow be complete. It’s bullshit and I wish female authors would stop perpetuating this ridiculous notion. There are other, better ways to set up a romance story than to make women feel like they must have a husband to be whole.
aimee70807's review against another edition
5.0
I'm giving this book five stars because it really worked, even though I have a quibble with one of the threads. I thoroughly enjoy chick lit like this that mixes a romance with a more soul-searching thread. Our heroine is a 35-year-old type-A plastic surgeon who has to learn to loosen her hands on the reins of life and admit that a guy who doesn't look good on paper might be the perfect fit.
The thread that bothered me was her biological clock starting to tick. Throughout the book, it felt like the author was setting the heroine up to realize that she didn't really want kids after all --- she was uncomfortable holding a baby (although apparently got gooey anyway) and didn't feel she had enough time in her doctor schedule to walk a dog twice a day (raising the question --- what would she do with a kid who presumably needs more than 15 minutes of her attention?). But that thread wasn't really resolved at the end of the book at all, one way or the other.
Anyway, other than that, the book was a light, fun read. And if the book had included an epilogue, I probably wouldn't have been left feeling like the story was somehow incomplete.
The thread that bothered me was her biological clock starting to tick. Throughout the book, it felt like the author was setting the heroine up to realize that she didn't really want kids after all --- she was uncomfortable holding a baby (although apparently got gooey anyway) and didn't feel she had enough time in her doctor schedule to walk a dog twice a day (raising the question --- what would she do with a kid who presumably needs more than 15 minutes of her attention?). But that thread wasn't really resolved at the end of the book at all, one way or the other.
Anyway, other than that, the book was a light, fun read. And if the book had included an epilogue, I probably wouldn't have been left feeling like the story was somehow incomplete.
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