Unexpected (Start Up in the City, #1) in Freaks Between the Book Sheets Romance Recs

May 09, 2019 Kellisa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2019-favorites

✨ Thank you Kelly Rimmer and Harlequin Publicity Team for providing a copy of Unexpected in exchange for an honest review ✨

Well, add this to the list of contemporary romances I stayed up super late reading! #noregrets I mean, I’m getting better! I forced myself to go to bed at 3am with 81% read. But believe me, I wanted to keep reading!

I am a sucker for a friends-to-lovers romance, and Kelly Rimmer checked all the boxes of things I love in contemporary romances with Unexpected. This is her first ✨ Thank you Kelly Rimmer and Harlequin Publicity Team for providing a copy of Unexpected in exchange for an honest review ✨

Well, add this to the list of contemporary romances I stayed up super late reading! #noregrets I mean, I’m getting better! I forced myself to go to bed at 3am with 81% read. But believe me, I wanted to keep reading!

I am a sucker for a friends-to-lovers romance, and Kelly Rimmer checked all the boxes of things I love in contemporary romances with Unexpected. This is her first contemporary romance, and you cannot tell. It’s steamy, sweet, and emotional, I loved it SO much!

This book jumps right into the story, Abby has just found out if she wants to have a baby she should have started yesterday. Since she’s single, she decides to ask her best friend’s identical twin brother to be her sperm donor. Did I mention her best friend Marcus is also her roommate?! The story opens with Marcus being thrown through a loop when he finds out Abby asked his brother to be her sperm donor.

I was hooked on this story from page one. I take little notes when I read, and the first note I have is me questioning if I’ve ever shipped a couple so quickly (the answer is no!) There’s so much chemistry right from the beginning, it’s impossible not to root for these two best friends to become more! I loved that Rimmer told this story through dual perspectives, it’s a classic tale of two best friends who clearly feel more for each other, but with a twist. They’ve been friends their entire lives, thanks to their families being neighbors, and was such a delightful ride to follow them as they go from friends to so much more.

If you love contemporary romance and friends-to-lovers stories, I highly recommend grabbing a copy of Unexpected when it releases on May 28th! This was a 5 star read for me, I found it completely unputdownable! I cannot wait for book 2 of this series!

(My one tiny complaint is that Abby’s fertility doctor doesn’t suggest she freeze her eggs, getting pregnant right away certainly isn’t the ONLY option in her case! But that would make for a pretty quick story if she did that 😂) ...more

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May 23, 2019 Kailey (kmc_reads) rated it really liked it

4.5 stars

Thanks to the tagged publisher for my free copy. Y’all, I think I’m officially a Kelly Rimmer fan - after loving her HF novel, “The Things We Cannot Say”, I wondered how her romance novel would be… I adored it! I’ll officially read whatever she writes. Witty banter, a great friends-to-lovers plot, lots of sexual tension… and some STEAMY scenes…. this was definitely a stand-out rom-com. I’ll admit, I was hesitant about Abby at first… she’s a video-game nerd who loves World of Warcraft (I ...more

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Jan 01, 2020 Really Into This rated it really liked it

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Happy Reading, friends!

Special thanks to Harlequin for providing our copy in exchange for an honest & fair review.

This is my first Kelly Rimmer title & I really liked it.

Childhood friends find themselves in a precarious position. If Abby wants a child, she has to get started right now. Her first choice for a father, turns her down. Well, his identical twin gets wind of this and says, “Wh ...more

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Feb 28, 2020 Kate (kate_reads_) marked it as dnf

Shelves: dnf-2020

DNF at 33%. While this is the first book in the series, I’m glad I picked it up last. I loved books 2 and 3 - and this one didn’t work for me.

I found the premise unbelievable (there are other possible solutions) and the lack of communication felt like the exact opposite of everything I loved in the other two books. This one wasn’t for me but I still HIGHLY recommend the other two books in this series - both were 5 star reads for me.

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