Genre: Romance
Release Date: January 12th, 2022
Pages: 570
Publisher: Sourcebooks BloomBooks
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Publisher’s Synopsis:
“Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Unless you count his basset hound, Waylon. Knox doesn’t tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride.
Naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way…with fists and beer. Usually in that order.
Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn’t changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn’t know she had. Now she’s stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on thirty to take care of.
There’s a reason Knox doesn’t do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. But since Naomi’s life imploded right in front of him, the least he can do is help her out of her jam. And just as soon as she stops getting into new trouble he can leave her alone and get back to his peaceful, solitary life.
At least, that’s the plan until the trouble turns to real danger.”
My Review:
Do you ever feel like sometimes the perfect book just happens to find its way into your hands at the time when you needed it most? Yep, that’s this one for me.
I know this book blew up on booktok a while ago and I’m late to the hype train, but holy sh*t am I glad that I’m finally here. To all the haters, nay-sayers, and others that tried to convince anyone that this book was overrated, kindly move along because you are wrong.
This book went way beyond my expectations and anything I could have imagined it would be. It wholly deserves the hype it received and now I can officially be a part of this fan club of obsession.
I absolutely loved this book, more than I ever thought I would. It is cute and funny, with heartfelt family dynamics. I related so much to Naomi’s type-A behavior – seriously, lists and planning are my forte. And I actually cried… like whaaaat!? 😭 I can count on one hand the number of books that have made me cry and this is now one of those precious few.
This is not my typical choice of book, but one of my goals this year was to branch out and get out of my reading comfort zone. I’m so freaking glad that I did, as I got so much unexpected joy out of reading this book. And I have learned that I completely adore the grumpy sunshine trope.
I was swooning over the men in this story. And the spicy moments are hot. ❤️🔥🔥 The banter was absolute perfection and had me constantly laughing. The themes of girl power – amen sister! At one point while reading this book I had literal goosebumps … like omg I literally cannot with this book right now it is breaking me and I’m dying (and if you have read it, you know which parts had me in a chokehold like this).
I experienced all the feels – I mean, 🎶emotional daaaamage🎶.
My train of thoughts writing this review are all over the place, just like my emotions. I needed this book. I needed this experience. I just can’t say enough good things about it, and I cannot wait for the next one in this series. A million stars to one of my newly appointed favorite books of all time.
You can say whatever you want about my tastes, we can all have our own opinions and experiences and that’s what makes life interesting. But to all the haters… 🙉 Lalalala I’m not listening!
You have to read this. Don’t be skeptical, don’t rebel against the popularity, just read it. Let it take you for a ride on its emotional roller coaster. You won’t regret it.
Massive thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for gifting me a digital copy of this book in exchange for my feedback! I loved it so much I bought myself a physical copy! I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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