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Oh my goodness I fell under the spell of this book and fell HARD! The first 15 or 20 pages didn't thrill me, it was too much of a "chick lit" vibe and I wasn't overly fond of the protagonist, Lucinda. But after that, woohooooo. I never really loved Lucinda/Lucy Hutton, her freak-outs were annoying and her behavior was often bizarre (literally rubbing herself all over him and then the next day despising him), but I fell head over heels for acerbic, shy, gorgeous Joshua Templeman, and I adored the
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Jul 07, 2017
Lauren⁷ 💜
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it was ok
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This book just totally missed the mark for me. I had seen it billed as kind of a Julie James style epic battle royale of the sexes. And I found it to be anything but. Making Lucinda the sole first person narrator was a mistake. I found her very annoying and over the top. What self respecting adult collects Smurfs (side note, I hate the Smurfs, so this is personal bias as much as anything else. If you collect Smurfs? You do you, boo)?! Even after the reason behind why Lucinda collects Smurfs was
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This was pretty predictable and the main character goes on and ON about how spectacularly attractive her love interest is... *cue eyeroll*. I get a little bored with protagonists waxing eloquent / fantasizing / lusting after their purportedly gorgeous (don't forget this is fiction!) love interest—however, some of it did end up being relevant to the plot. (Still, it did not need to be ad nauseam!)
Overall fairly steamy with 1-2 open bedroom scenes but they are easy to skim past. Quite a bit of pro ...more
Overall fairly steamy with 1-2 open bedroom scenes but they are easy to skim past. Quite a bit of pro ...more
This was grear fun for a while with some sparks flying between the two love-hate protagonists whose "hate" is obsessive and in its obsession, identical with love. They work in the same office which makes for some wonderful comedic situations. And a lot of tropes are hit for all trope-hungry readers: enemies to lovers, Canadian shack, only one bed, fake dating.
And then, round about the middle, it sort of sags. It becomes a little predictable. The last part especially, centred around the protagon ...more
And then, round about the middle, it sort of sags. It becomes a little predictable. The last part especially, centred around the protagon ...more
Thoroughly enjoyed this debut, can’t wait to read her next one! Fresh, funny and hard to put down!
This book is adorable and just what I look for in a lighthearted rom com.
Mar 16, 2018
Jayme Pendergraft
marked it as to-read
Dec 07, 2021
Jillian
marked it as to-read
Feb 02, 2022
Ann
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May 24, 2022
Tiffany
marked it as to-read
