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A review by jaimejustreadsromance
Breaking Up with Barrett by Katy Regnery
5.0
Dear Readers,
I wonder if you're getting sick of my Katy Regnery reviews yet? I think I could copy and paste the beginning of each one to the next because I always begin with telling you that this is my new favorite. I say it because I mean it, 100% percent do I mean it. So...Barrett English and Emily Edwards are my absolute favorite of Katy's characters so far!
Now that we have that out of the way...
I want to describe this as a friends to lovers book but that doesn't really cover it because Barrett and Emily have known eachother since Emily was born and I'm not even sure if I could classify them as friends. Their family's friendship's go back generations. The English's are the wealthy, well-respected family and the Edwards, the help. For basically their whole lives, Emily and Barrett have harbored feelings for each other but neither have ever let on to anyone else that the feelings exist. Then one day, Barrett approaches Emily with a proposition. He will pay her $100 p/hour to play his fiance at business related events. She needs money for rent and bills so she can hardly turn it down. Plus it doesn't hurt that she'll get to spend time with him.
They quickly discover that playing the part of a happy couple is something they want to make real, but in an effort to hold onto Emily, Barrett makes a decision that he'll have to keep secret from her. Business and personal lines are crossed and secrets are revealed. Emily's maturity and level-head are what makes this story truly great but my favorite thing is that not once does Barrett worry about him and Emily being from "different worlds", in fact there is a moment where it's brought up and the way he deals with it almost brought me out of my chair, I was so impressed!! *picture me as an audience member on The Arsenio Hall show waiving my fist and whooping*
If you're looking for a story full of angst and drama, you'll need to look elsewhere. If you're looking for a true love story a lifetime in the making then pick this book up now!!!
Falling for the English, one brother at a time,
Jaime
I wonder if you're getting sick of my Katy Regnery reviews yet? I think I could copy and paste the beginning of each one to the next because I always begin with telling you that this is my new favorite. I say it because I mean it, 100% percent do I mean it. So...Barrett English and Emily Edwards are my absolute favorite of Katy's characters so far!
Now that we have that out of the way...
I want to describe this as a friends to lovers book but that doesn't really cover it because Barrett and Emily have known eachother since Emily was born and I'm not even sure if I could classify them as friends. Their family's friendship's go back generations. The English's are the wealthy, well-respected family and the Edwards, the help. For basically their whole lives, Emily and Barrett have harbored feelings for each other but neither have ever let on to anyone else that the feelings exist. Then one day, Barrett approaches Emily with a proposition. He will pay her $100 p/hour to play his fiance at business related events. She needs money for rent and bills so she can hardly turn it down. Plus it doesn't hurt that she'll get to spend time with him.
They quickly discover that playing the part of a happy couple is something they want to make real, but in an effort to hold onto Emily, Barrett makes a decision that he'll have to keep secret from her. Business and personal lines are crossed and secrets are revealed. Emily's maturity and level-head are what makes this story truly great but my favorite thing is that not once does Barrett worry about him and Emily being from "different worlds", in fact there is a moment where it's brought up and the way he deals with it almost brought me out of my chair, I was so impressed!! *picture me as an audience member on The Arsenio Hall show waiving my fist and whooping*
If you're looking for a story full of angst and drama, you'll need to look elsewhere. If you're looking for a true love story a lifetime in the making then pick this book up now!!!
Falling for the English, one brother at a time,
Jaime