AUTHOR: Emma Hart GENRE: New Adult Romance PAGES: 250 RELEASED: 30 October 2020 SERIES: The Bookworm's Guide To Dating #1 SYNOPSIS: What I wanted for my birthday: Books. What I got for my birthday: my brother’s best friend playing matchmaker. Let it be known that I, Kinsley Lane, am one hundred percent against being set up with somebody. And I’m one thousand percent sure that Josh Carter is not the man to find me a boyfriend. I mean, if I’m so great, why isn’t he the one dating me? (For the record, I don’t know the answer. That’s just what the guy on the internet asked.) Still, I’ll humor him. If I go on his little dates, he’ll teach my bookish, introverted self how not to be totally, completely, utterly, unforgivably awkward on every single one of them. And all I have to do is fall in love with one of the lovely gentlemen he’s serving up for me on a silver platter—all of whom fit my very specific guidelines. Simple, right? It would be. If only I could stop falling for Josh. I was kindly sent a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own An introverted bookworm who's overly opinionated about book-to-movie adaptations? Sign me the hell up!
Booknerd Kinsley is kinda sick of being single. At the very least, she wants to attempt to date more in her 26th year. The thing is, she sucks at dating - she's awkward, always goes off on tangents, and talks about books way too much. Enter Josh, her older brother Colton's best friend. The pair have known each other for forever, so Josh offers to help set her up on dates. He even takes her on a practice date to offer some advice that could help her have a successful real date. For Josh, this was a good idea in theory, but when he's been crushing on Kinsley for years, it's a massive mistake. The plan was to set her up on dates and hopefully make his heart realise nothing is ever going to happen between the pair. But spending so much more one-on-one time with her does the complete opposite. A pact he made with Colton when they were teens has prevented him from acting on his feelings, but maybe it's time to come clean and see what happens... It's been a hot minute since I've read one of Emma's book so I LOVED being surrounded by her characters again! For those who don't know, this companion novel trilogy is a spin-off of The Girl Next Door, so it was great to get to know more about the characters we were first introduced to in this original book (as well as seeing more of Ivy and Kai!). Another thing I found so fun as well, was the little Easter Egg to a previous duology - The Hook-Up Experiment and The Dating Experiment - which is always a joy to see in Emma's books. Kinsley was such a fun character! As a introverted bookworm, she was super relatable and I totally wanted to be her bestie - hanging out with Kinsley, Holley and Saylor would be SO fun! Getting a glimpse into Holley and Saylor's lives has me so keen for the rest of the trilogy (AND the spin-off trilogy - just give me a book for ALL these characters!). As always, Emma is great at balancing the cute romance, the steamy hook-ups and the hilarious side storylines to create a really fun romcom read, and Kinsley and Josh's story is no different. If you've ever wanted to read a fun romance that features a retirement home duck parade, this book has you covered. I lowkey want Emma to write a book solely set in the retirement village we see in the book, which is made up of all the grandparents of the leading characters - it'd be absolutely nuts! This book has everything romance fans and bookworms will adore, all wrapped up in a cute and fun brother's-best-friend romance that'll have you going out to open a bookstore with your booknerd besties. With book three come out at very soon, now is the time to dive in a devour the first two books. |
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