Can't Escape Love by Alyssa Cole -> Starting February 1st, 2022

[Aly]

Regina Hobbs is nerdy by nature, businesswoman by nurture. She's finally taking her pop culture-centered media enterprise, Girls with Glasses, to the next level, but the stress is forcing her to face a familiar supervillain: insomnia. The only thing that helps her sleep when things get this bad is the deep, soothing voice of puzzle-obsessed live streamer Gustave Nguyen. The problem? His archive has been deleted.

Gus has been tasked with creating an escape room themed around a romance anime…except he knows nothing about romance or anime. Then mega-nerd and anime expert Reggie comes calling, and they make a trade: his voice for her knowledge. But when their online friendship has IRL chemistry, will they be able to escape love?

[Aneta]

Finished chapter 3
(view spoiler)[Okay, so I don’t like how they parents are treating their daughters. One can do no wrong and the other one can do no right. I already knew this from A Duke by Default but it’s interesting to see from different POV. Overall I like this better then previous novella. (hide spoiler)]

[Aneta]

Finished chapter 6
(view spoiler)[I like that this novella is actually placed in the middle of A Duke by Default. I’m not crazy about this romance because it feels rushed but it’s is really shorts so I can’t really expect anything else. (hide spoiler)]

[Aneta]

Finished chapter 8
(view spoiler)[Why are people always trying to fix another person. Her ex-boyfriends sucked. Bad part about this is that Regina build up an expectations about this. (hide spoiler)]

[Aneta]

Finished
(view spoiler)[Overall I like this way more than Once Ghosted Twice Shy. I can get on board with this romance as well. I thought about it and she had crush on him for a while because she had been going to sleep with his voice for long time. Her POV was okay but his was rushed. But I'm glad it was actually him who noticed that nail polish! (hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

Starting this now.

[Melanie]

Chapters 1-3
(view spoiler)[
This is super cute so far and I like it more than Once Ghosted, Twice Shy.

I love the banter between these two and the idea of them working on an anime themed escape room sounds fun.
(hide spoiler)]

Aneta wrote: "Finished chapter 3
[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[
I agree about the parents. I remember how much I disliked how they acted when I read A Duke by Default.
(hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

Chapters 4-6
(view spoiler)[
I'm enjoying all of the planning of the escape room bits. I love the concept of it.

The banter between Reggie and Gus is great. Their romance is cute so far.
(hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

Chapters 7-8
(view spoiler)[
Oof, Reggie has had some bad experiences in the past. Gus is definitely moving faster than I was expecting. Hopefully there won't be a big blow up or something between them.
(hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

Chapters 9-10
(view spoiler)[
I'm glad these two were able to work things out without too much trouble.
(hide spoiler)]

Overall much better than the other novella, I actually enjoyed this one a lot.

[Melanie]

If you're interested, I'd be up for buddying the last book in the series later this month or next month.

[Aneta]

I can buddy read it with you :) What date would be the best for you? I don't have any buddy reads planned.

[Melanie]

Does 2/25 work for you? I have some BR planned between now and then.

[Aneta]

It's okay with me :)

[Melanie]

Great, I'll request the thread.

[Melanie]

Here's the thread.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Aneta]

Thank you!