paovilchis 's review for:

Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey

4.0

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3.5 stars

I picked this book up as an audiobook because I received the second and third book as ARC´s so I wanted to start at the beginning. I was expecting a fun fluffy romance novel to take my mind off of things and this is exactly what I got. This book is not bad but it also isn’t perfect, but for what I was expecting and wanting of my reading experience this book delivered just fine.

In this book we follow Georgette Castle, who loves planning children’s birthday parties and making people laugh, just not at her own expense. We also follow Travis Ford, who was major league baseball’s hottest rookie when an injury ended his career. Fix Her Up follows Georgette´s and Travis’ story as they try to find a place in the world while avoiding to fall in love with one another.

This is a fake-dating romance novel between two very flawed characters, and although it is a fun read, there were some aspects that really got in my nerves. First, and just to get it out of the way, the “baby girl” drove me insane. This is what readers complain about most and I totally got why. If Travis called Georgie baby girl one more time I was going to lose it, it sounds horrible, the way he said it made me uncomfortable and really there was no need.

Another things I wasn’t really a fan of was Travis, unfortunately the male main character was awful, he was rude, misogynist and overall a terrible human being (even if he does redeem himself by the end). Honestly, I couldn’t understand why a well-educated and successful woman like Georgie would ever fall for a guy like that.

On a more positive note, there were some things I really enjoyed about this book, first of all, Georgie, the main character was my favorite honestly. She was so sweet and determined to grow her business into success it was inspiring. Second, the sister relationship, I loved reading about Georgie and her sister being there for one another, it was very wholesome. Finally, my favorite part of the book was the friendship aspect of it all, I adored reading about a group of women coming together to hype and help one another to achieve their individual dreams. Honestly, GOALS!

Overall, this was a solid romance novel and a good start to the series. Granted, there were some things I didn’t like, but overall I had a pretty positive reading experience. I will continue on with the series because I am way too invested in the friend group. Solid read.

P.S: the proposal was 10/10