𝘏𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯.

Wow....I went on a journey with this book. I went from being iffy on the MCs to not wanting their story to end by the time I finished 🥹 I officially think surprise pregnancy is an amazing trope if done right and Cara Bastone did a fantastic job with this book and handled a delicate situation—where the baby isn't the MMC's—perfectly.

Eve's personality and inner dialogue was so fun to listen to. Alex Finke did an amazing job and I highly recommend the audiobook! I loved that we were immersed into her mindset and saw first hand her fears of being alone while raising a baby.

Childhood friends to lovers isn't usually my favorite but I think what made this work was the slow burn aaand, of course, SHEP. BALDER. At first, I just thought of him as the extremely friendly older brother, but he slowly and gradually made me fall for him the same as Eve. What sold it for me was the bike (iykyk). He was such a refreshing character to read. He's a golden retriever and cinnamon roll all in one. He's 'other-centered', doesn't have a selfish or jealous bone in his body and all of his decisions and actions are made with Eve in his mind. He goes above and beyond for her and the baby because he's just the BEST.

If you're like me and can't deal with love triangles, and think this is going to be one, it's NOT! Ethan, the baby daddy, was such a likeable character and I couldn't help but just want him to be happy.

The only con about this book was that I would've really wanted to read an epilogue, or a X years later chapter. I got so sad as I was nearing the end! I just really didn't want to finish this book!

Ready or Not is a story about finding love in the most unexpected places & it's definitely become a new favorite romance of mine.

𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦. 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Pick this up, if you love:
🍼surprise pregnancy
🚲childhood friends to lovers
🍼slow burn
🚲best friend's brother
🍼he falls first
🚲the BEST cinnamon roll/golden retriever MMC

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