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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC and advanced warning for extremely minor spoilers!
My main issue with this book is that I felt like I got to about 65% and I still didn’t really know the characters, nor did I think they really knew much about each other. It seemed like most of the time when one was talking about the other, it was about how much they liked each other but I felt like I was missing the part where they actually got to know one another.
I also wished I had more explanation as to why, seemingly randomly, Will’s parents were so awful when everyone else in the generations above and below were wonderful? It didn’t make a lot of sense to me.
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.
This was a great romance! I needed this people. I had some duds this year and some days I really didn't want to pick up a book. But this past weekend I needed some books to get me through and somehow finished I think 6 of them. This was one of the 6 and it was great. Fake romance that leads to real romance is one of my favorite sub-genres in romances.
"Can't Help Falling in Love" follows Lexi Danby and Will Grand. Lexi used to be a high school/college superstar in track. Then her father died and everything changed. Years later she is working two jobs trying to dig herself and her mother out of the hole her father left them in. Will Grand is one of the heirs to the Grand company based in Seattle. Will is tired of his mother setting him up with dates with women he would happily run away from. When he meets Lexi while she's waitressing he finds himself drawn to her. And Lexi who has sworn off love, likes Will. When people get the wrong idea they are engaged, they go with it because they both do want to date and see where things may lead...
And that's why the above works for me. Fake romances where the two go in denying they like each other or find each other hot does not work for me. But when the fake romances go in saying, yep, I like you, and using the fake romance to 'real date' each other, shennigans and happy hears exploding continues.
I really loved Lexi and Will. They were both right about things and wrong about them in equal measure. I thought that Sullivan did a great job developing the other characters in this one so no one came across as a caricature too.
The flow worked from beginning to end and thought that Sullivan did a great job of incorporating Seattle and some of the fictional places/things that the two were doing into the book.
I also get a slight hint this may be part of a larger series, but time will tell.
Five enthusiastic stars!
This was a great romance! I needed this people. I had some duds this year and some days I really didn't want to pick up a book. But this past weekend I needed some books to get me through and somehow finished I think 6 of them. This was one of the 6 and it was great. Fake romance that leads to real romance is one of my favorite sub-genres in romances.
"Can't Help Falling in Love" follows Lexi Danby and Will Grand. Lexi used to be a high school/college superstar in track. Then her father died and everything changed. Years later she is working two jobs trying to dig herself and her mother out of the hole her father left them in. Will Grand is one of the heirs to the Grand company based in Seattle. Will is tired of his mother setting him up with dates with women he would happily run away from. When he meets Lexi while she's waitressing he finds himself drawn to her. And Lexi who has sworn off love, likes Will. When people get the wrong idea they are engaged, they go with it because they both do want to date and see where things may lead...
And that's why the above works for me. Fake romances where the two go in denying they like each other or find each other hot does not work for me. But when the fake romances go in saying, yep, I like you, and using the fake romance to 'real date' each other, shennigans and happy hears exploding continues.
I really loved Lexi and Will. They were both right about things and wrong about them in equal measure. I thought that Sullivan did a great job developing the other characters in this one so no one came across as a caricature too.
The flow worked from beginning to end and thought that Sullivan did a great job of incorporating Seattle and some of the fictional places/things that the two were doing into the book.
I also get a slight hint this may be part of a larger series, but time will tell.
Five enthusiastic stars!
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
Yes
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m not made to like 3rd person books. I got bored with the writing & found it kinda cringy millennial & questioned DNF’ing, but I just can’t quit. I will say Will was attentive, didn’t allow Lexi to shrug off his compliments & didn’t allow Lexi to diminish herself, which is sweet. Please stop giving me an Epilogue that isn’t far into the future.
emotional
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:
Yes
This was a sweet story 💕 I loved following along on the journey with the characters! I felt like I had a smile on my face from beginning to end.
There wasn't anything I particularly loved, and nothing I didn't like. It was just okay for me. A sweet, easy read story, that kept me engaged throughout.
This was the first by this author for me, and I look forward to checking out some more 💕💕
There wasn't anything I particularly loved, and nothing I didn't like. It was just okay for me. A sweet, easy read story, that kept me engaged throughout.
This was the first by this author for me, and I look forward to checking out some more 💕💕
writing and plot just not for me
DNFd after three or four chapters. I hate when authors act like being clumsy or useless is a cute personality trait for an FMC to have. 🙄