A review by fringebookreviews
When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein

Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.

I got tired of her making comments about how different they were and how rich he was and how they have such different lives. I think the shining part of Roy Kent was that Keeley was also rich and famous on her own merit and could take everything he gave without flinching, while sending it right back. 

There was also wayyyyy less buildup to him actually being a nice guy, which destroyed the tension for me. He liked the heroine from the start, was a little bumbling and misguided, and seemed like a decent person. Roy Kent was scary and yelly and unapologetic lmao. The hero apologized several times within the first few chapters! I get that he’s “different” around the heroine, but I want to work for that a little. 

The book itself, for the twenty percent I read, felt repetitive and didn’t hold my attention. And frankly, the constant Roy Kent comparisons in my brain were detrimental. I’m focusing a lot on Roy Kent because this book was literally pitched in Publisher’s Weekly as Roy Kent inspired! 

I liked the narrator, but she didn’t really differentiate between voices. The hero and heroine’s speaking voices sounded the same. 

I DNFed because I just don’t think this book was ever going to surpass 3 stars for me and I just didn’t want to waste my time. I was reading for an hour and couldn’t even remember the heroine’s name. 

Thanks so much to the publisher for an ALC via NetGalley. All opinions are honest and my own.