thebookishspot 's review for:

The Proposal Play by Lauren Blakely

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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✨ALC Review✨

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for The Proposal Play by Lauren Blakely

A mariage pact with your brother's best friend that turns into a mariage of convenience? Yes please! 

This was such an amazing hockey romance, I ate this up! The narrators were on point, especially Vanessa Edwin as Maeve; her emotions were so well conveyed in her tone of voice, I absolutely adored her! I did feel that the male narrator could have varied his tone of voice a bit more to make it more engaging though. 

I loved Asher's character so much, and the way he falls first AND hard for Maeve; he's been falling in love with her for years, and it shows in the way he cares for her. Plus, we get men's mental health rep (!!) because he's dealing with anxiety and this whole storyline was perfectly executed, I need more of this on my books please! 

And the spice? HOT. Lots of "good girl" and "my wife" moments that had me swooning and blushing, and add to that an "it's always been you" moment and I was done for. 🫠🫠🫠

Thank you to Lauren Blakely for an audio copy in exchange for a review. All opinions are my own.