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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
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โ๐๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ.โ
Just when you thought the Love and Hockey series couldnโt get any better, Lauren drops book three and exceeds all your expectations! Asher and Maeveโs story was so incredibly cute, funny, emotional and very steamy (that first real kiss as husband and wife? Good lord!); it just might be my favorite so far!
Asher and Maeve are the definition of meant to be. They really stole my heart! Their friendship was so special and the way they supported one another no matter what was really beautiful. Their journey to realizing that they were madly in love with each other was a highlight, even though they both were difficult and in denial about their feelings at times! I definitely had some moments where I had to yell out loud in frustration because of how stubborn they were being! It made the happy ending that much more satisfying, though. You could feel how honest and authentic their love was from the very beginning and just knew they belonged together.
Overall, I loved this book so much and canโt wait for The Girlfriend Zone! Thank you so much to Lauren Blakely and KP Simmons for the ARC!
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๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ โ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต.
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Probably my favorite Lauren Blakely book so far! LOVED the depictions of mental health issues and trauma. Maeve and Asher are so well suited and I absolutely adored their best friends to lovers arc. Despite it being a longer romance book, the pacing was nearly flawless for me. Conflicts ebbed and flowed nicely and there was a delicious tension throughout that felt realistic. Asher is a dream guy for sure and Maeve is relatable in her struggles as an artist and her deep seated fears of being โtoo muchโ. I loved watching Maeveโs confidence grow (also relatable and inspiring). Also, so so happy that Asher started therapy. His statement about CBT being all about recognizing patterns sparked a realization for me. This book also contained two (three?) of my favorite microtropes โitโs always been youโ and boy obsessed/he falls first. Friends to lovers is also my favorite romance trope so this was made for me. ALSO, when Maeve said โyouโre my new dreamโ, I was internally screaming with delight (507). It made me think of Tangled, but it didnโt feel like it was copying Rapunzel and Eugeneโs arc. Anyway this was almost a 5 star read. The main thing that kept it from being 5 stars was that some of the spice scenes were not reallly my thing. They were good, donโt get me wrong, just not really my cup of tea. Overall this was fantastic. Not quite 5 stars-itโs missing that indescribable extra โoomphโ for me-but itโs still a top tier friends to lovers story!
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
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
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
Best friends to lovers. Such a fun read and the characters were so adorable
The Proposal Play was a sweet, and streamy friends to lovers romance. I loved the friendship between Maeve and Asher and all of their flirty banter. These two have been best friends since they had met grief support group after losing loved ones. After winning him at the team auction they get married in Vegas and after things spiral they end up staying married. I loved watching their relationship progress when the fake marriage turns into much more. This book was a great feel good romance that will leave you smiling and it will still tug on your heartstrings.
Vanessa Edwin and Robert Hatchet narrated this book in duet and were an amazing duo at bringing to life these characters. They did an amazing job delivering the banter, charm and chemistry between Maeve and Asher.
Thank you to Lauren and her team for an alc!
Vanessa Edwin and Robert Hatchet narrated this book in duet and were an amazing duo at bringing to life these characters. They did an amazing job delivering the banter, charm and chemistry between Maeve and Asher.
Thank you to Lauren and her team for an alc!
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced