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kell_yeah_reads'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
when i read the first book in the series, fangirl down, i was absolutely champing at the bit for this book. a cute and spicy fmc and a hot grumpy single dad hockey player? say less.
our girl is in need of a job during her last year of grad school and our grumpy gus is in need of a live in nanny for his daughter. watching tallulah blossom into an adventurer while dragging daddy savage along was such an enjoyable trip.
and then there was this lil snippet: "she'd walked right into that sticky web of knowledge..." i'm sorry but i stopped reading and rocking in my chair and stared at the sky thinking about this for minutes. i sent it to everyone i know. i'm different now.
we've got forced proximity, single dad, age gap, and hockey. i am always all in for basically all of these.
per my spreadsheet:
spice š¶ - a 4 š¶ spicy (romance.io scale)
length - just right
reading speed - read in 3 days
did it make me cry? - yup
our girl is in need of a job during her last year of grad school and our grumpy gus is in need of a live in nanny for his daughter. watching tallulah blossom into an adventurer while dragging daddy savage along was such an enjoyable trip.
and then there was this lil snippet: "she'd walked right into that sticky web of knowledge..." i'm sorry but i stopped reading and rocking in my chair and stared at the sky thinking about this for minutes. i sent it to everyone i know. i'm different now.
we've got forced proximity, single dad, age gap, and hockey. i am always all in for basically all of these.
per my spreadsheet:
spice š¶ - a 4 š¶ spicy (romance.io scale)
length - just right
reading speed - read in 3 days
did it make me cry? - yup
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Stalking
Minor: Confinement, Death, and Violence
readingrevival's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Stalking
capmorrow's review
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Stalking
Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
downsophialane's review
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
I fear that Tessa Bailey's editors have decided she is too big to fail. I generally enjoy nanny romances but this was a was a bizarre book which I think ultimately comes down to it reading like an unpolished draft. There was a lack of care taken witht the heroine's trauma (stalking/kidnapping/confinement by an ex-hookup) , both in the construction of her character and the narration, as well as by the hero even after he finds out the details of why she doesn't trust easily. Tessa Bailey is clearly doing a "he falls first and hard" thing with these Big Shot heroes which I usually love, but this hero just seems to bowl straight through whatever boundaries she tries to establish, because he's decided they are endgame.
It's an easy enough one-day read but I wouldn't expect too much. I hope Tessa's coming novel is a bit more thoughtful and consistent in its characterisation.
It's an easy enough one-day read but I wouldn't expect too much. I hope Tessa's coming novel is a bit more thoughtful and consistent in its characterisation.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Stalking
booksalacarte's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
tense
fast-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
3.0
3āļø3š¶ļø
3rd person
Contemporary romance
Romcom
Sports romance
Divorced daddy
Age gap
Forced proximity
He falls first
Opposites attract
This book is the corniest shit Iāve ever read by Tessa Bailey. She compared it, in her own book, to a p*rn categoryā¦ that should tell you something, right there. The angst was so over blown and not sexy.
The lack of care taken with the trauma of the FMC is astounding. No mention of therapy or ptsd to help cope. Just ārunning away to Antarcticaā. The MMC could have helped her by suggesting it, or doing something other than beat his chest at her.
There was no lead up to the spice. So often intimate scenes seemed to come out of no where, with internal monologue whiplash. Itās like they went from talking about job responsibilities to making out in public when the FMC is drunk. The MMC went from speaking to her with respect and care to calling her gorgeous and propositioning her in one conversation.
It just wasnāt consistent or in good taste.
The next book looks like itās going to be about a guy and his soon to be step sisterā¦.. talk about an over exaggerated p*rn category. Itās like thatās where she gets her relationship dynamics fromā¦ Iām not a fan.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
jaynovara's review against another edition
lighthearted
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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Stalking
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
vaguelyredhead's review against another edition
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
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Medical content
Minor: Violence
beckyyreadss's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I wanted to read this book because anything that Tessa Bailey writes, Iāll read. It's simple as that. I adored the first book in this series and hoped that this one would follow. However, I was slightly disappointed compared to Fangirl Down.
This book has two points of view. The first is Tallulah. She is smart, vivacious and studying to be a marine biologist. She is also twenty-six and broke. So when Burgess, a battle-scarred hockey veteran and newly single dad, offers her a job as his live-in nanny, she jumps at the opportunity to get paid while living in a super fancy neighbourhood and being around Lissa, his cool but introverted tween. Tallulah wants to keep her head down and get through school without getting any more attention, even though she needs the money from Burgess, she is nervous about living with him and has even asked for extra security measures to be taken. The second point of view is Burgess, he believes his tween daughter needs help with fitting in at school and according to everyone besides Burgess, he needs to get back on the dating scene and Tallulah has decided to show him how. But as the boundaries set by both of them are slowly crossed and Burgess finds himself pulled between his daughter, who wants her parents to get back together, and his insane chemistry with Tallulah, a huge rift is formed, and Tallulah does the right thing and breaks her own heart and walks away. Though Burgess knows itās for the best ā he's too jaded, with too much baggage ā a chance meeting, and a new push from his daughter, forces him to put everything on the line and fight to prove he learned his lessons well and is worthy of a happily ever after with Tallulah.
So unlike Fangirl Down where both are on a character development journey, Burgess has his character development within the last five chapters, the rest of the novel he is a possessive, non-communicated asshole. Burgess knew that Tallulah had gone through hell with her ex/stalker and then says lines that makes me want to throw up and I've not even had a stalker, but if I had a stalker, I would have run for the hills with the way he was talking to Tallulah. Tallulah sort of had a character development as she grows to be more confident but again, they just didnāt speak about the important things and then was wondering why they ended up having a huge fight over miscommunication like Jesus. Plus, if someone locked me in a cupboard for 2 days, it would take a hell of a lot more than a bodyguard whilst doing stupid shit to get over it. She needed therapy. I think it didnāt help that we had such a perfect boyfriend and slow burn with Wells and Josephine and then this book was quite small and besides the smut there wasnāt really anything there, I was waiting and hoping for more. Like the stalker to return, but he was dead so no issues. The main issue was they didnāt want people to get the wrong idea and then his daughter caught them and kicked off like, okay? I would have liked more hockey and the team rinsing Burgess and introducing themselves to Talluah and I would have liked more bonding between Lissa and Tallulah because besides Tallulah doing Lissaās hair and helping her with lines and knowing her favourite bands, there was nothing and it was pretty basic.
I liked the age gap aspect especially with Burgess falling first and then he fully shits himself when he realised, he fell for someone who was a lot younger than him, and he couldnāt and shouldnāt like her, but he does. The conversations they did have whilst doing things like skinny dipping and going to single mixers sort of helped moved the book along and you realised why they acted the way they did.
I will forever read whatever Tessa Bailey writes, but I donāt think anything can top Fangirl Down with this series and Iām also scared if the next book is a stepsiblings romance with Sig and Chloe.
This book has two points of view. The first is Tallulah. She is smart, vivacious and studying to be a marine biologist. She is also twenty-six and broke. So when Burgess, a battle-scarred hockey veteran and newly single dad, offers her a job as his live-in nanny, she jumps at the opportunity to get paid while living in a super fancy neighbourhood and being around Lissa, his cool but introverted tween. Tallulah wants to keep her head down and get through school without getting any more attention, even though she needs the money from Burgess, she is nervous about living with him and has even asked for extra security measures to be taken. The second point of view is Burgess, he believes his tween daughter needs help with fitting in at school and according to everyone besides Burgess, he needs to get back on the dating scene and Tallulah has decided to show him how. But as the boundaries set by both of them are slowly crossed and Burgess finds himself pulled between his daughter, who wants her parents to get back together, and his insane chemistry with Tallulah, a huge rift is formed, and Tallulah does the right thing and breaks her own heart and walks away. Though Burgess knows itās for the best ā he's too jaded, with too much baggage ā a chance meeting, and a new push from his daughter, forces him to put everything on the line and fight to prove he learned his lessons well and is worthy of a happily ever after with Tallulah.
So unlike Fangirl Down where both are on a character development journey, Burgess has his character development within the last five chapters, the rest of the novel he is a possessive, non-communicated asshole. Burgess knew that Tallulah had gone through hell with her ex/stalker and then says lines that makes me want to throw up and I've not even had a stalker, but if I had a stalker, I would have run for the hills with the way he was talking to Tallulah. Tallulah sort of had a character development as she grows to be more confident but again, they just didnāt speak about the important things and then was wondering why they ended up having a huge fight over miscommunication like Jesus. Plus, if someone locked me in a cupboard for 2 days, it would take a hell of a lot more than a bodyguard whilst doing stupid shit to get over it. She needed therapy. I think it didnāt help that we had such a perfect boyfriend and slow burn with Wells and Josephine and then this book was quite small and besides the smut there wasnāt really anything there, I was waiting and hoping for more. Like the stalker to return, but he was dead so no issues. The main issue was they didnāt want people to get the wrong idea and then his daughter caught them and kicked off like, okay? I would have liked more hockey and the team rinsing Burgess and introducing themselves to Talluah and I would have liked more bonding between Lissa and Tallulah because besides Tallulah doing Lissaās hair and helping her with lines and knowing her favourite bands, there was nothing and it was pretty basic.
I liked the age gap aspect especially with Burgess falling first and then he fully shits himself when he realised, he fell for someone who was a lot younger than him, and he couldnāt and shouldnāt like her, but he does. The conversations they did have whilst doing things like skinny dipping and going to single mixers sort of helped moved the book along and you realised why they acted the way they did.
I will forever read whatever Tessa Bailey writes, but I donāt think anything can top Fangirl Down with this series and Iām also scared if the next book is a stepsiblings romance with Sig and Chloe.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Stalking
Minor: Confinement, Death, Violence, and Alcohol
not_quimby's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
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
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
aileron's review against another edition
emotional
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
3.0
Sir Savage is the worst nickname.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Kidnapping
Minor: Ableism, Confinement, and Stalking