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vanesst's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Minor: Dementia, Stalking, and Infidelity
gracescanlon's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
4.5
An utterly adorable, slightly steamy (closed-door) romance!
I didn't read the precursor to this novel, When in Rome, but Practice Makes Perfect stands perfectly well on its own.
I can't believe that first guy, Mr. Khakis-and-no-effort-or-personality, had the gall to call Annie boring! Any time the story was told from her POV, I found myself laughing out loud at least twice. She's a total hoot! I could completely understood the ideas her family and the town at large had about her and the boxes they put her in could chafe over a lifetime of living in Rome. Annie was hilarious, interesting, smart, original, and caring, an excellent female MC.
Will was a sensitive and sexy, but not flawless, male MC. His imperfections made me love him, because he felt real. I loved how he sees Annie - really sees her - and how amazing she is, from page one. He doesn't want her to change, and he's right that she neither should nor needs to change.
The sibling relationships were all lovely. I thought the opposite reactions Will and his brother had after their upbringing was both an interesting contrast and quite believable. Their opening up to one another was a heartwarming moment. The love between Annie and her sisters, especially with their wholehearted addition of Amelia Rose to their ranks, was a delight. I love seeing women support and love and have fun with one another!
Man oh man, I didn't know that a closed-door romance would be so...steamy. I don't know how Adams flustered me so fully without any explicit scenes, but she did, and I'm impressed!
Steamy without being explicit, but also funny and adorable, I'd definitely recommend Practice Makes Perfect!
I didn't read the precursor to this novel, When in Rome, but Practice Makes Perfect stands perfectly well on its own.
I can't believe that first guy, Mr. Khakis-and-no-effort-or-personality, had the gall to call Annie boring! Any time the story was told from her POV, I found myself laughing out loud at least twice. She's a total hoot! I could completely understood the ideas her family and the town at large had about her and the boxes they put her in could chafe over a lifetime of living in Rome. Annie was hilarious, interesting, smart, original, and caring, an excellent female MC.
Will was a sensitive and sexy, but not flawless, male MC. His imperfections made me love him, because he felt real. I loved how he sees Annie - really sees her - and how amazing she is, from page one. He doesn't want her to change, and he's right that she neither should nor needs to change.
The sibling relationships were all lovely. I thought the opposite reactions Will and his brother had after their upbringing was both an interesting contrast and quite believable. Their opening up to one another was a heartwarming moment. The love between Annie and her sisters, especially with their wholehearted addition of Amelia Rose to their ranks, was a delight. I love seeing women support and love and have fun with one another!
Man oh man, I didn't know that a closed-door romance would be so...steamy. I don't know how Adams flustered me so fully without any explicit scenes, but she did, and I'm impressed!
Steamy without being explicit, but also funny and adorable, I'd definitely recommend Practice Makes Perfect!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Stalking
Minor: Kidnapping
sophs_mood_reading's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This was a cute book. We have Annie, the small town florist who is the innocent, virginal, sweet town angel and Will the tattoo wearing, player, body guard to Annie’s future popstar sister in law.
Annie can’t get a date or keep a man to save herself so of course her sister in law decides Will on his down time should teach her how to be a good date. (Because of course that’s the first thing you think of when your SIL is single).
Therefore we dive into a duel point of view, small town, fake dating romance. This was everything it promised to be. We have the quirky, nosy town people, the Insta lust/love couple too afraid to admit what they really feel and best of all multiple mentions of pirate romance novels (yes you read that correctly).
Will you guess everything that will happen (nearly yes) will you giggle at moments (yes again) we aren’t going for Pulitzer here peeps. It’s not exactly closed door romance. Maybe more behind the curtain lol but if you want a fun little romance then I recommend you give it a go.
Annie can’t get a date or keep a man to save herself so of course her sister in law decides Will on his down time should teach her how to be a good date. (Because of course that’s the first thing you think of when your SIL is single).
Therefore we dive into a duel point of view, small town, fake dating romance. This was everything it promised to be. We have the quirky, nosy town people, the Insta lust/love couple too afraid to admit what they really feel and best of all multiple mentions of pirate romance novels (yes you read that correctly).
Will you guess everything that will happen (nearly yes) will you giggle at moments (yes again) we aren’t going for Pulitzer here peeps. It’s not exactly closed door romance. Maybe more behind the curtain lol but if you want a fun little romance then I recommend you give it a go.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
carlyjoann's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Grief and Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity
louisallama's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This was adorable. Such a good modern romance where the love interests are both so respectful towards one another and there aren't any miscommunications.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief and Death of parent
Minor: Toxic relationship
taliabasma's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-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
4.75
I loved this book and the climax wasn’t an unexpected or forced breakup so that’s a bonus! I will say there were a few reparative moments. The MC mentions being really close to Amelia more than her sisters three times in the beginning of the book at I was thinking I accidentally reworded my audiobook.
Otherwise I loved the plot and adored the MCs as well as the side characters.
Otherwise I loved the plot and adored the MCs as well as the side characters.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent
samchase112's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Just lovely! Such a fun plot, with lovable characters that I couldn't help swooning over. I flew through the pages and overall had a great time. I also really appreciated the communication between the main characters and the way their relationship developed naturally for the characters — if a bit insta-lovey and "let's get married" too early, which is one of my movie pet peeves even if it doesn't crop up as much in books. Yet something tells me I won't remember it in a few weeks… which is sad, because it had favorite potential. Still, I have nothing negative to say — I definitely recommend!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity
givemaribooks's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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? It's complicated
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. I was worried I would not like the fmc because of what we knew about her in the previous book, but turns out there was more to her than what people saw. I liked seeing her push herself out of her comfort zone and start living the life she wanted. I’m glad she was finally able to show her family (and the town) who she really is. The mmc frustrated me at times but he got there in the end. For a closed door book, there sure was a lot of chemistry between the MCs. I’m looking forward to the reading the rest of the siblings’ books.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent
peachani's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief and Emotional abuse
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent
abbypeekreads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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
4.5
My favorite by Sarah Adams so far! I loved Annie and as a soft, introverted social anxiety girlie myself, I totally related to her struggles. Will made my heart melt for so many reasons, and I loved watching how he slowly but surely let himself fall for Annie. The growth both characters went through was so heartfelt and compelling, and i loved reading every second of it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Toxic relationship