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3.99 AVERAGE
emotional
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Probably the best friends-to-lovers romance I have read in all of 2024! Asher and Maeve have such good chemistry together!
Maeve and Asher have been best friends for the last decade since they met a community group for grief. Since then, they have been by each other’s sides! They have had so many great adventures together and this might be their biggest one yet….getting married in Vegas! What first started as a marriage of convenience soon turned into something real.
To me, their relationship felt so real and natural. Asher and Maeve were there for each other, no matter what. The love they had for each other was so adorable and honestly made my heart melt. The funniest part to me was that everyone around them knew they loved each other, but Asher and Maeve needed some time to realize that on their own!
This was the first book that I have read by Lauren Blakely and I will definitely be reading more! Even though this was the third book in a series of interconnect standalones, I felt like I didn’t miss a thing. I’m sure that if I read the first two novels (which I definitely will be doing) I might have more background about some of the characters!
Shoutout to Lauren Blakely and KP Simmon for the ARC!
Maeve and Asher have been best friends for the last decade since they met a community group for grief. Since then, they have been by each other’s sides! They have had so many great adventures together and this might be their biggest one yet….getting married in Vegas! What first started as a marriage of convenience soon turned into something real.
To me, their relationship felt so real and natural. Asher and Maeve were there for each other, no matter what. The love they had for each other was so adorable and honestly made my heart melt. The funniest part to me was that everyone around them knew they loved each other, but Asher and Maeve needed some time to realize that on their own!
This was the first book that I have read by Lauren Blakely and I will definitely be reading more! Even though this was the third book in a series of interconnect standalones, I felt like I didn’t miss a thing. I’m sure that if I read the first two novels (which I definitely will be doing) I might have more background about some of the characters!
Shoutout to Lauren Blakely and KP Simmon for the ARC!
Oh my gosh, this may be my new favourite from Lauren! This was everything I wanted and more. Maeve and Asher were so cute. They were already best friends so knew each other and each others quirks so it was fun seeing them dive deeper and build a stronger connection together. A marriage pact, a drunken night in Vegas and a hot kiss made for the perfect formula for these two.
There was tension, spice, angst and love and everything blended perfectly. The connection with these characters and all the feelings were practically coming out of the pages in waves. This was such a joy to read and was so easy to immerse yourself in the pages.
This definitely deserves a place in the love and hockey series. Hockey and art as their careers did play a part in the plot but didn’t take over the story. This one made references to some of the other books in this series but was easily understood on its own. I would recommend reading the series in order because this one does contain some Easter eggs for the other books but it could be read as a standalone.
If you haven’t put this one on your TBR or in your cart, get to it. This is a run don’t walk situation if you’re ready to fall in love with a book xx
There was tension, spice, angst and love and everything blended perfectly. The connection with these characters and all the feelings were practically coming out of the pages in waves. This was such a joy to read and was so easy to immerse yourself in the pages.
This definitely deserves a place in the love and hockey series. Hockey and art as their careers did play a part in the plot but didn’t take over the story. This one made references to some of the other books in this series but was easily understood on its own. I would recommend reading the series in order because this one does contain some Easter eggs for the other books but it could be read as a standalone.
If you haven’t put this one on your TBR or in your cart, get to it. This is a run don’t walk situation if you’re ready to fall in love with a book xx
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don't know why I decided to wait this long to jump into an audiobook for Lauren Blakely's books. I absolutely loved listening to the Proposal Play. The narrators for Asher and Maeve were how I imagined them to be.
About the book itself, I thought Asher and Maeve's friendship to lovers story was absolutely adorable. Asher as a husband is so swoon worthy.
These are all standalone novels but I have enjoyed reading all of them and getting to know each of the characters as they do constantly make re-appearances in the future books.
Thank you Lauren Blakely for the ALC and Good Girls PR for the ARC!
About the book itself, I thought Asher and Maeve's friendship to lovers story was absolutely adorable. Asher as a husband is so swoon worthy.
These are all standalone novels but I have enjoyed reading all of them and getting to know each of the characters as they do constantly make re-appearances in the future books.
Thank you Lauren Blakely for the ALC and Good Girls PR for the ARC!
Reviewing the ARC & ALC here:
As always, Lauren Blakely delivers a deliciously heartfelt and spicy hockey romcom! Maeve and Asher are what best friends to lovers & fake marriage dreams are made of!
The audio is fabulous! It's duet (my favorite!) with Vanessa Edwin and Robert Hatchet and they are soooo good as Maeve and Asher! They bring the story to life in such a great way, and portray the characters and all their emotions so well! 100% worth the listen along with reading.
Maeve and Asher are best friends, & I love their relationship. The banter, "question for you", how they each fight their feelings for the other, it's a fun read! There are some heavier parts, & Asher has some demons to face, but how he & Maeve work through those things together is great! I love the way Asher loves Maeve, & how he also loves the phrase "MY WIFE"...SWOONING!
In case it isn't obvious, absolutely say "yes" to this one!
As always, Lauren Blakely delivers a deliciously heartfelt and spicy hockey romcom! Maeve and Asher are what best friends to lovers & fake marriage dreams are made of!
The audio is fabulous! It's duet (my favorite!) with Vanessa Edwin and Robert Hatchet and they are soooo good as Maeve and Asher! They bring the story to life in such a great way, and portray the characters and all their emotions so well! 100% worth the listen along with reading.
Maeve and Asher are best friends, & I love their relationship. The banter, "question for you", how they each fight their feelings for the other, it's a fun read! There are some heavier parts, & Asher has some demons to face, but how he & Maeve work through those things together is great! I love the way Asher loves Maeve, & how he also loves the phrase "MY WIFE"...SWOONING!
In case it isn't obvious, absolutely say "yes" to this one!
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
This was a great story and next Love and Hockey series installment! I was eager to see what happened with Maeve and Asher and was not disappointed.
I love a friends to lovers story and Maeve and Asher were such a good representation of that trope. They’ve been friends for 10 years and their close bond was easy to see during this story. One thing I loved was how they had their Big Adventures; they always did something fun to help get through their grief and it was great to see them bonding over such a difficult thing. It was great how protective they were of each other, which led to their…accidental marriage in the first place! Okay, maybe it wasn’t so accidental since they planned for it to be their next Big Adventure, but what they didn’t plan was for their marriage to go viral. So, they ended up staying married to help each other out since they were always willing to protect each other.
One thing I loved during this story was watching Asher and Maeve learn that their feelings for each other were deeper than friendship. I liked that they both took the time to consider how they were feeling before acting on anything because it showed how they were always trying to protect each other even when they wanted more from each other. I loved how supportive they were of each other, too; Maeve was always willing to be at hockey games being Asher's good luck charm and Asher was always supporting Maeve with her art and telling her how great she was. It was great that, when Maeve made new art for Asher, he was immediately ready to hang it in his house so he could see it all the time, and to make Maeve happy.
Maeve and Asher both had some issues in their lives, but I loved how much they helped each other with those issues. Maeve had a past boyfriend tell her that he couldn’t handle her because she was “too much” and it affected her. When she and Asher were together, she hesitated to be herself often because she thought it was too much, but I love that Asher was willing to reassure her that she was never too much for him. I liked that when Maeve asked Asher to tell her if she ever was too much, he told her she wasn’t but also told her that he would tell her if she was. It was great to see him be reassuring but also willing to listen to what Maeve wanted. It was interesting to see how Asher’s anxiety presented itself in this story, but I love that Maeve was able to see it for what it was because she knew Asher so well. I also appreciated that she was straight-up and honest with him when he was struggling. She was never mean, but she made sure to help Asher see what was going on inside his head and that he just needed some help controlling it. It took Asher a little while to accept it, but it was great that when he did he immediately reached out to get the help he needed so that he could be the best man he could be for Maeve.
This was such a great story! I loved everything about Maeve and Asher and their story. It was so sweet watching them go from friends to lovers. They were great together and I loved that they each had their close friend groups to support them during the story. I’m excited to see what happens in the next one!
Audio Review:
This was a great audio, too! This was an MC duet narration, so the narrators read the MCs dialogue in duet, but read the rest of the story in dual. Vanessa Edwin and Robert Hatchet were great narrators for this book. Vanessa was a great representation of Maeve because she was the perfect amount of bubbly and funny, but could pull off the series parts, too. Robert Hatchet was great as Asher! He brought out his helpful and funny personality while also showing his secret feelings for Maeve. The pacing was just right and it wasn't too fast or too slow. It was a great audiobook and was the perfect reading of The Proposal Play!
Thank you, Lauren, for providing me with an ARC and an ALC!
I love a friends to lovers story and Maeve and Asher were such a good representation of that trope. They’ve been friends for 10 years and their close bond was easy to see during this story. One thing I loved was how they had their Big Adventures; they always did something fun to help get through their grief and it was great to see them bonding over such a difficult thing. It was great how protective they were of each other, which led to their…accidental marriage in the first place! Okay, maybe it wasn’t so accidental since they planned for it to be their next Big Adventure, but what they didn’t plan was for their marriage to go viral. So, they ended up staying married to help each other out since they were always willing to protect each other.
One thing I loved during this story was watching Asher and Maeve learn that their feelings for each other were deeper than friendship. I liked that they both took the time to consider how they were feeling before acting on anything because it showed how they were always trying to protect each other even when they wanted more from each other. I loved how supportive they were of each other, too; Maeve was always willing to be at hockey games being Asher's good luck charm and Asher was always supporting Maeve with her art and telling her how great she was. It was great that, when Maeve made new art for Asher, he was immediately ready to hang it in his house so he could see it all the time, and to make Maeve happy.
Maeve and Asher both had some issues in their lives, but I loved how much they helped each other with those issues. Maeve had a past boyfriend tell her that he couldn’t handle her because she was “too much” and it affected her. When she and Asher were together, she hesitated to be herself often because she thought it was too much, but I love that Asher was willing to reassure her that she was never too much for him. I liked that when Maeve asked Asher to tell her if she ever was too much, he told her she wasn’t but also told her that he would tell her if she was. It was great to see him be reassuring but also willing to listen to what Maeve wanted. It was interesting to see how Asher’s anxiety presented itself in this story, but I love that Maeve was able to see it for what it was because she knew Asher so well. I also appreciated that she was straight-up and honest with him when he was struggling. She was never mean, but she made sure to help Asher see what was going on inside his head and that he just needed some help controlling it. It took Asher a little while to accept it, but it was great that when he did he immediately reached out to get the help he needed so that he could be the best man he could be for Maeve.
This was such a great story! I loved everything about Maeve and Asher and their story. It was so sweet watching them go from friends to lovers. They were great together and I loved that they each had their close friend groups to support them during the story. I’m excited to see what happens in the next one!
Audio Review:
This was a great audio, too! This was an MC duet narration, so the narrators read the MCs dialogue in duet, but read the rest of the story in dual. Vanessa Edwin and Robert Hatchet were great narrators for this book. Vanessa was a great representation of Maeve because she was the perfect amount of bubbly and funny, but could pull off the series parts, too. Robert Hatchet was great as Asher! He brought out his helpful and funny personality while also showing his secret feelings for Maeve. The pacing was just right and it wasn't too fast or too slow. It was a great audiobook and was the perfect reading of The Proposal Play!
Thank you, Lauren, for providing me with an ARC and an ALC!
They have been best friends for years and have a marriage pact so what better way to cash in on the pact but in Vegas at an all night chapel? After bidding on Asher at the charity to save him from the claws of an influencer, Maeve and Asher head to Vegas on their date package and while checking into the hotel swap rooms with a family and ask them to pay it forward. That picture goes viral along with a phot of them sporting wedding rings in the casino and suddenly they need to stay married for “the optics” of Maeve’s new mural commission and Asher’s new charity.
Asher and Maeve are adorable together and their friendship is rock solid and they’ve been in love with each other for years without realizing it. It’s the small things and the big gestures that let the other one know they matter and that they are valves and loved. I loved how Asher never missed an opportunity to tell Maeve how talented she is and how much he admires her.
This series has been great and I can’t wait for the next book about Leighton and Miles. Who doesn’t love a forbidden love story about the coach’s daughter?
Thank you @laurenblakelybooks for this eARC in exchange for my honest feedback.
Asher and Maeve are adorable together and their friendship is rock solid and they’ve been in love with each other for years without realizing it. It’s the small things and the big gestures that let the other one know they matter and that they are valves and loved. I loved how Asher never missed an opportunity to tell Maeve how talented she is and how much he admires her.
This series has been great and I can’t wait for the next book about Leighton and Miles. Who doesn’t love a forbidden love story about the coach’s daughter?
Thank you @laurenblakelybooks for this eARC in exchange for my honest feedback.
The series continues with a friends to lovers fake marriage with an adorable pet side kick. There is fun banter and flirting and lots of touching you without touching you moments. You will love the narration by Vanessa Edwin and Robert Hatchet. They work so well together. You even get a sneak peak epilogue with Teddy Hamilton. Asher is trouble in all the right ways and there is nothing he won't to for he's 'Wifey'. Swoon.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
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:
Complicated
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+ LOVE dual POV romcoms
+ he falls first is such a fave and I LOVE IT
+ aww, BFF realizes he's been in love with BFF forever and it NEVER OCCURRED TO ASHER
+ "Studies have shown that a few inches is a platonic amount of space." HAHAHAHA YEAH OKAY
+ the chapter titles are HILARIOUS
+ "Good girl" oh god just take me now
+ I know what our song is. "The Way You Look Tonight," I say. [SOMEBODY HOLD ME, I'M ALREADY ALMOST CRYING FROM FEELS, THE MUTUAL PINING IS SO MUCH]
+ ASHER'S WEDDING VOWS, SEND HELP
+ "Ask for it." STARS ABOVE *faints*
+ may I please worship at the altar of Asher's dirty talk, holy bananas, I have died of hotness
+ GIVE ME ORDERS, ASHER
+ THE TOYS. I'M DONE. I HAVE PERISHED. RIP ME.
+ and then you added bondage. I stand corrected. NOW I'm dead.
+ they're so in love with each other and they're MISERABLE because they won't just be honest! I love this and hate it so much - JUST LET THEM BE HAPPY, OKAY?
+ I will give you ANYTHING for this to not include a third-act breakup, STARS, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT
+ mutual masturbation has never been a kink of mine.............until now
+ him painting her, omg, I think I stopped breathing
+ A PUPPY. I CANNOT HANDLE ANY MORE CUTENESS
+ the dog car seat. I'm not crying; you're crying.
+ NO THIRD-ACT BREAKUP; JUST LOVE AND SUPPORT. THIS IS PERFECTION.
I loved every moment of this. The characters had depth, the problems were real, visceral, and relatable, and just - nothing I could say could do this book justice. If this is your first Lauren Blakely book, I guarantee it won't be your last. This book is an instant favorite, a guaranteed crowd pleaser, and ABSOLUTELY a hat trick.
+ LOVE dual POV romcoms
+ he falls first is such a fave and I LOVE IT
+ aww, BFF realizes he's been in love with BFF forever and it NEVER OCCURRED TO ASHER
+ "Studies have shown that a few inches is a platonic amount of space." HAHAHAHA YEAH OKAY
+ the chapter titles are HILARIOUS
+ "Good girl" oh god just take me now
+ I know what our song is. "The Way You Look Tonight," I say. [SOMEBODY HOLD ME, I'M ALREADY ALMOST CRYING FROM FEELS, THE MUTUAL PINING IS SO MUCH]
+ ASHER'S WEDDING VOWS, SEND HELP
+ "Ask for it." STARS ABOVE *faints*
+ may I please worship at the altar of Asher's dirty talk, holy bananas, I have died of hotness
+ GIVE ME ORDERS, ASHER
+ THE TOYS. I'M DONE. I HAVE PERISHED. RIP ME.
+ and then you added bondage. I stand corrected. NOW I'm dead.
+ they're so in love with each other and they're MISERABLE because they won't just be honest! I love this and hate it so much - JUST LET THEM BE HAPPY, OKAY?
+ I will give you ANYTHING for this to not include a third-act breakup, STARS, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT
+ mutual masturbation has never been a kink of mine.............until now
+ him painting her, omg, I think I stopped breathing
+ A PUPPY. I CANNOT HANDLE ANY MORE CUTENESS
+ the dog car seat. I'm not crying; you're crying.
+ NO THIRD-ACT BREAKUP; JUST LOVE AND SUPPORT. THIS IS PERFECTION.
I loved every moment of this. The characters had depth, the problems were real, visceral, and relatable, and just - nothing I could say could do this book justice. If this is your first Lauren Blakely book, I guarantee it won't be your last. This book is an instant favorite, a guaranteed crowd pleaser, and ABSOLUTELY a hat trick.