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How Freaking Romantic
by Emily Harding
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
SUMMARY:
Beatrice Nilsson is what some might call “feisty” (those who love her) and others “combative” (those who don’t). But no matter what you call her, she’s a good lawyer and an even better friend. So when the marriage of her two closest pals ends in divorce, Bea picks a side and storms the office of attorney Nathan Asher to tell him exactly what he can do with his alimony petition. Unfortunately, what should end with a few choice words soon spirals into uncharted territory when Nate shows up at her NYU Law office a few days later as a newly-minted adjunct professor and her new colleague. Bea still hates Nathan, of course. But between weekly meetings and networking events, walks around Washington Square Park and late-night pizza, that hate begins to feel a lot like something else. And as uncomfortable truths emerge about the divorce that started it all, she might have to choose between her friends’ happily ever after and her own for the very first time.
REVIEW:
How Freaking Romantic is the first book by Emily Harding that I've read and is my July Book of the Month pick. Beatrice Nilsson is a feisty law student that is trying to keep her group of friends together though two of her closest friends are going through a divorce which leads her to storm into divorce attorney Nathan Asher's office to tell him exactly what he can do with his alimony petition for his client Josh. It was a hilarious meet cute moment when Beatrice comes into Nathan Asher's office yelling at him for trying to ruin her friend Jillian's life in her divorce with Josh and he can't get in a word to ask her what was going on. These two do not have the best introduction though that doesn't stop them from getting to know each other when Nathan decides to take the adjunct professor position that Bea is the PA.
Bea had a childhood filled with disappointments as her mother was always falling in love, marrying and then divorcing these men. Nathan comes into her life when she least expected to turn her life upside down but in the right direction. Though they start as enemies they slowly become friends that eventually ends with them falling in love. Emily Harding delivered a fun enemies to lovers contemporary romance that had me from start to finish as Bea and Nathan finally work through there past traumas to finally get the HEA they both deserve. This is a very solid debut solo novel for Emily Harding and I look forward to any future solo books she publishes.
Beatrice Nilsson is what some might call “feisty” (those who love her) and others “combative” (those who don’t). But no matter what you call her, she’s a good lawyer and an even better friend. So when the marriage of her two closest pals ends in divorce, Bea picks a side and storms the office of attorney Nathan Asher to tell him exactly what he can do with his alimony petition. Unfortunately, what should end with a few choice words soon spirals into uncharted territory when Nate shows up at her NYU Law office a few days later as a newly-minted adjunct professor and her new colleague. Bea still hates Nathan, of course. But between weekly meetings and networking events, walks around Washington Square Park and late-night pizza, that hate begins to feel a lot like something else. And as uncomfortable truths emerge about the divorce that started it all, she might have to choose between her friends’ happily ever after and her own for the very first time.
REVIEW:
How Freaking Romantic is the first book by Emily Harding that I've read and is my July Book of the Month pick. Beatrice Nilsson is a feisty law student that is trying to keep her group of friends together though two of her closest friends are going through a divorce which leads her to storm into divorce attorney Nathan Asher's office to tell him exactly what he can do with his alimony petition for his client Josh. It was a hilarious meet cute moment when Beatrice comes into Nathan Asher's office yelling at him for trying to ruin her friend Jillian's life in her divorce with Josh and he can't get in a word to ask her what was going on. These two do not have the best introduction though that doesn't stop them from getting to know each other when Nathan decides to take the adjunct professor position that Bea is the PA.
Bea had a childhood filled with disappointments as her mother was always falling in love, marrying and then divorcing these men. Nathan comes into her life when she least expected to turn her life upside down but in the right direction. Though they start as enemies they slowly become friends that eventually ends with them falling in love. Emily Harding delivered a fun enemies to lovers contemporary romance that had me from start to finish as Bea and Nathan finally work through there past traumas to finally get the HEA they both deserve. This is a very solid debut solo novel for Emily Harding and I look forward to any future solo books she publishes.