risque_romance 's review for:

The Proposal Play by Lauren Blakely

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense 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

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The Proposal Play by Lauren Blakely

5/5 ✨🌟

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“𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘳. 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘻𝘰’𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺-𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳.”

I love it when an arc comes out but when an ALC comes out at the same time, it’s even more special. Vanessa Edwin and Robert Hatchet narrated both Asher and Maeve above and beyond. I love to listen to audiobooks during my overnight shifts and this book captured me into this lovely world.

This is probably one of my favorite best friends to lovers romances that I’ve read in a long time. I only wanted more from these two. The closeness between these two was amazing. The fact that she wanted to protect him and her brother helped her in the auction made me so happy because Asher has been in love with Maeve for a long time.

The smut was out of this world. So spicy. Lauren knows how to make the spice absolutely worth it. One of my favorite scenes was when she walked in on him in the shower that led to the bedroom scene. What a whirlwind right there.

This book had the perfect mix of swooning with a bit of mental health in it. I love that Asher realized that he needed help because he was borderline protective of his father’s health along with Maeve. He just wanted everyone to be okay, which was super sweet. 

I loved that Maeve got her break in her career. For a moment there, I was terrified that it wouldn’t work out, but it did. 

The way they professed their love for one another was just so sweet! I loved that the two of them had a second wedding where their close friends and family were able to come. I loved the found family in this book.

I cannot wait for the next book and I hope that it’s Miles and Leighton’s book because that book is going to be so worth it.

I received a copy of this book and this is my honest review.