4.11 AVERAGE

caraaubrey's review

5.0

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I AM OBSESSED. Frankie is top notch book boyfriend material and I absolutely adorded the chemistry between him and Ophelia. And his mouth... goood lordy the dirty talk and follow through was ON POINT.
Sweet, smutty, so so good! I could pick it up and re-read it again with how much I enjoyed this book.
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kaytrain71's review

5.0

Wow , wow. I was given an ARC review for my honest opinion, and I feel like this book put me through the 7 stages of joy.

Something I adore about this book, and Karissa's writing in general, that really sets her apart from other romance writers, is that both love interests have a little thing I like to call EMOTIONAL MATURITY. As a woman in her 30s, I get so sick of miscommunication and people who refuse to talk and just stew. 3rd act break up? Karissa has never heard of her. Walking in on someone "cheating" and misunderstanding and running away? Karissa says thank you, NEXT. It feels so much more REAL and it's easier to escape because I'm not spending the book frustrated as all fuck.

The banter was FANTASTIC. I started highlighting everything that made me laugh out loud, and it soon became ridiculous how much I was highlighting. I'm a sucker for good dialog, and this was top TIER.

Chapter 39 is some of the hottest shit I've ever read because I've been in that exact situation and fuck was it raw and unscripted and real AF. It made me ACHE deep in my chest and then tear up moments later because I know these feelings all too well and she hit the nail on the head.

Karissa doesn't just write books, she writes an EXPERIENCE.

P.S. I may have screamed a little when I realized we are getting the other members of delta. I'm a whore of Tyler already. I can tell. I can fix him. Or...make him WORSE.
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mirelagabrielle's review

5.0

I rarely write reviews but this book was deserving. I've never read such a beautiful written and executed romcom in my entire life. The chemistry was out of this world and I wish there was more! 10/10 recommend this book to everyone and will be reading this every year around the holidays!
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bex_bookshelf's review

5.0

One of my all time favorite tropes is “right person, wrong place”. They are just two people looking for fun while on vacation and the bam feelings get involved but they have to say goodbye. It’s so heartbreaking! This book had that heartbreaking moment along with so of the funniest moments I ever read. Ophelia & Frankie’s dialogue was so funny and so sweet, I just couldn’t get enough!
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Her writing is better than ali hazelwood's, i fear. There's a character development but imo not strong cus it feels so SO NATURAL. Like pea said, she stop when it gets too real, cus guys😭😭😭😭 SAME😭😭😭😭 They're sooo in love and lovable 

candles_and_books's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 21%

Dnf'ed this book at almost a 100 pages. The writing is not really good and the characters act like teenagers and i just could not read through another 400 pages

Was cute— steamy hallmark Christmas in Florida. 
lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated