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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Kylie Scott

Start date: August 10, 2018

Finish date: August 15, 2018

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Jul 30, 2018 Ivy Deluca rated it really liked it

Shelves: _arc-reads, second-chance-romances, may-december-romance

Adele’s dad runs his own construction company out in Queensland, Australia and she goes to stay with him for the summer every year after her parents’ less than amicable divorce. One summer, when she’s in town, she meets Pete, who works with her dad at his construction company and well, she’s 16 and he’s 31, so let’s not go there...yet.

They develop a friendship that flourishes over time and she falls in love with him, to predictably disastrous results. When things go to hell in a handbasket, it ...more

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Jul 29, 2018 Lindsay rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, past-together, hot-cover, 2018, july2018

Occasionally a book comes along and it’s pure perfection. I’m not talking just perfect characters, or the perfect trope, but pure book perfection. That was this book for me.

I’ve been in the worst book funk. It has lasted almost a whole month. I’d almost given up on breaking my funk, but then this book hit my kindle. I’ll admit. I was nervous…I’d had crap luck with books. What if this was the same?! But once I started this book, I literally couldn’t put it down. I had things to do, errands to ru ...more

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Mar 21, 2019 Heather rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle, water, e-i-o-and-n, weddings, blue-collar-hotties

Adele has been in love with Pete since she was 16. Unfortunately, Pete is 15 years older and works for her father's construction company. Now it's 7 years later and she is ALL GROWN UP.

I love Kylie Scott's books! They have a bit of everything... Romance, drama, laughter, family, great friendships and sexy, sexy times. This book was no exception. I highly recommend this one!

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Dec 21, 2018 Tina rated it really liked it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. 2024 - listened to the audiobook. I wish the narration had been done with an Australian accent, considering the book is set in Australia.

Adele is in love with Pete. She has been since she was 16/17 years old. Pete is 15 years older than Adele and worked for her father at the time. They became fast friends and best friends. Pete was more open with Adele than anyone else in his life.
It all goes to hell when Adele’s father throws her a belated 18th birthday party and Adele, bolstered by alcohol, d 2024 - listened to the audiobook. I wish the narration had been done with an Australian accent, considering the book is set in Australia.

Adele is in love with Pete. She has been since she was 16/17 years old. Pete is 15 years older than Adele and worked for her father at the time. They became fast friends and best friends. Pete was more open with Adele than anyone else in his life.
It all goes to hell when Adele’s father throws her a belated 18th birthday party and Adele, bolstered by alcohol, decides to make a play for Pete. She corners him, kisses him, and flashes him. Her dad walks in, misreads the situation, and hits Pete. Adele goes home and doesn’t return until her Dad’s wedding to Shanti, seven years later.
Adele is staying in Pete’s spare room and they are co-existing with Pete calling her ‘kid’ which comes across as a reminder to himself to stay away. Adele doesn’t shy away from calling him out on his bull, owning her past mistakes, and challenging him on his.
Things change the night of Adele’s father's wedding when Pete breaks up with the girl he was dating and drunkenly seduces Adele, much to her delight and his chagrin. Thinking he regrets their night together, Adele makes plans to go home until Pete cajoles her into staying. They are having a great time in and out of bed until her Dad walks in on them in the kitchen, not eating dinner.
Pete doesn’t handle it well. He apologises to her father and Adele sees red. After saying her peace to him and falling out of the tree she has been climbing in and out of since she was a teenager, Adele goes home.
Flash to a few weeks later and her roommates convince her to take a pregnancy test, just as Pete shows up with her car, left at her father's because she couldn’t drive injured. They discover she is pregnant, and he talks her into going back home with him. Pete finally stands up to his father after they return, he seems to have an epiphany and he admits he loves her and proposes.
The pregnancy was predictable. It was mentioned more than once that they didn’t use protection because Adele was on birth control and they were both clean. With Pete’s ex hanging around and wanting to talk to him I thought she was pregnant. It would have made an interesting twist if she had been.
Scott writes well, her dialogue and character relationships seem effortless. She knows how, and when to use humour effectively. I am often impressed by her work.
Adele’s relationship with her Dad is realistic and typical, Shanti is a fantastic character who doesn’t shy away from anything and says what she thinks with panache. Maddy and Hazel, Adele’s roommates are a couple and great friends to Adele. Scott’s work is often LGBTQIA+ inclusive, which I love.
This was a great stand-alone book and I look forward to more from this Aussie author. ...more

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