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A review by lindseysbooknook
The Man Ban by Nicola Marsh
3.0
The Man Ban • Nicola Marsh
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Harper has initiated a man ban since her last relationship ended in a horrible breakup, when she reviled her vitiligo diagnosis brought on by the stress from her parents’ separation. She instead has decided to follow her passion with food styling. While styling her biggest event, her best friend Nishi’s wedding, she is hoping for new customers and praises, but Best Man Manny criticizes her efforts. When they both find themselves in New Zealand shortly after, and Harper is in need of an assistant Manny offers to help. Will Manny’s chivalry lift Harper’s man ban? And if it does will Manny’s Indian grandmother approve of their interracial relationship, even if her only wish is for Manny to be married.
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I really liked that Nicola was able to bring light to the autoimmune disease vitiligo, it was nice to see how a person would live with it and I was glad to learn more about it.
Now I didn’t read Boy Toy which is the first book in the series, but it is a standalone.
Overall I thought the book was ok, I didn’t feel like there was much a man ban for Harper as it seems fairly quick that Manny and her got together pretty quickly. There was a bunch of banter and innuendos between the two but which I typically enjoy but this book rushed into the relationship.
One thing that really didn’t make sense to me is Harper says Nishi is her best friend but she is barely in the book. If they truly were she would be a lot more involved.
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Harper has initiated a man ban since her last relationship ended in a horrible breakup, when she reviled her vitiligo diagnosis brought on by the stress from her parents’ separation. She instead has decided to follow her passion with food styling. While styling her biggest event, her best friend Nishi’s wedding, she is hoping for new customers and praises, but Best Man Manny criticizes her efforts. When they both find themselves in New Zealand shortly after, and Harper is in need of an assistant Manny offers to help. Will Manny’s chivalry lift Harper’s man ban? And if it does will Manny’s Indian grandmother approve of their interracial relationship, even if her only wish is for Manny to be married.
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I really liked that Nicola was able to bring light to the autoimmune disease vitiligo, it was nice to see how a person would live with it and I was glad to learn more about it.
Now I didn’t read Boy Toy which is the first book in the series, but it is a standalone.
Overall I thought the book was ok, I didn’t feel like there was much a man ban for Harper as it seems fairly quick that Manny and her got together pretty quickly. There was a bunch of banter and innuendos between the two but which I typically enjoy but this book rushed into the relationship.
One thing that really didn’t make sense to me is Harper says Nishi is her best friend but she is barely in the book. If they truly were she would be a lot more involved.