A review by thindbooks
The Man Ban by Nicola Marsh

4.0

This was such an amazing book! This is about Harper who has been on a man ban until Manny belittles her work which now Harper wants revenge and Manny wants to have a little fun. I was super happy I was approved this book on NetGalley because once I read the summary, I knew this book was for me. I just enjoyed the writing style of the book as it was so smooth and could make a perfect rom com movie. I was surprised that this book was taken place in Australia and New Zealand as I wasn’t expecting that but I opted visiting those countries and learning more about it in this book. With the writing everything was perfect with it like the setting, plot structure, pacing, etc.

I absolutely loved the characters Harper and Manny and the story is told from both of their POVs. I loved how the author included in the story that Harper has vitiligo as in the story you can see her develop from her illness while working on new career and falling in love. She was such an amazingly written along side with Manny who both developed a lot throughout the story. Manny was a character that you will instantly fall in love with and I enjoyed how he is such a caring person but lives in his bad dating reputation. Though I wish this book had more main side characters involved as there weren’t many and was mostly focused on Harper and Manny. The romance in this book is an enemies to lovers romance which involved some steamy scenes. I wish it was a tad steamier where things were heading as they only lasted about 1/2 to 1 page.

The ending was well done but I have to ask where was the epilogue?! I needed one for this book just to see what happened to them next! This book was beautifully written with great characters and funny dialogue plus some steamy scenes. There was some super minor problems but overall this was an amazingly written book. I recommend this book to fans of Lily Menon and Emily Henry.