Thank you to Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

For me, Daisy Does it Herself had a bit of a bumpy start. I didn't connect with Daisy for a while. She tells her story of living with her hot shot boyfriend in London, while herself temping and becoming a computer sorceress on the side, which on paper sounds incredible, but to me she felt a bit bland and unrelatable. This changed very quickly, when it became clear that the bland, pretentious Daisy was the result of her boyfriend subtly grooming her into being the arm candy that he needed to have. And she went along with it, most probably not even noticing it was happening.

It is only when Daisy comes home after being fired from her job and finding her boyfriend kissing someone else, that she starts to take on her own character. Sadly, I personally still couldn't relate to the character she was showing now. She accidentally ends up in a small town and meets a hot bookseller/chef/barista and I'm sorry, but is this not the absolute dream??

I got really excited for Daisy and then grew increasingly frustrated again, when she told the boyfriend? Ex-boyfriend? It should've been ex-boyfriend the second she left that house tbh! that they could start discussing their relationship after a month apart. During that month, she starts living and working in the bookshop and grows ever closer with the owner, the dreamy Alex, who sounds absolutely adorable and I love him.

She soon learns that the bookshop is in trouble and when she learns of the emotional attachment that Alex has to the shop, well... she can't help but pour her all into saving the little shop that gave her a place to go when she needed it most.

Ovreall, I enjoyed this book. Especially the moments in the bookshop and whenever Alex is on the page (this is a serious book boyfriend alert, you guys!).

I loved that the book took a nerdy turn, not just with Daisy being an absolute PRO in anything technical (including writing her own codes like it's no big deal!) and the involvement of a fantasy author who is just as nuts as his fans (I would like to note that this reviewer goes to conventions and cosplays so I feel like I have earned the right to call my kind a little nuts :P). I loved the sense of community when Alex, Daisy and their friends do everything in their might to keep the bookshop running and the suspense in the end was absolutely killing me.

A couple of things nagged me, which didn't really spoil my experience, but are the reason why I only marked this book "I liked it" instead of "I loved it a lot".
I feel like there are a lot of stock characters involved which don't seem to have any depth to them, one of them being Daisy's mother, which made it very hard for me to feel empathy whenever Daisy felt down after telephoning her.

A second thing for me was the pacing. I felt like the ending was very rushed while the beginning seemed a little more drawn out and I would have enjoyed it the other way around (I also didn't need to know how much Daisy bathes and would have enjoyed more details and facts about the fantasy books, the fantasy fans and the author himself).

The romance - while being absolutely swoon worthy and cute - seemed to come out of nowhere to me. Not attraction, not like, but Alex being genuinely all caps IN LOVE with Daisy after what felt like a couple of days...

And lastly, there were some (very few but they were there) scenes in which I couldn't help but cringe a little. The most memorable example is when Daisy takes her first bath at Alex' bookstore on her first night and comes out of her room in only a tiny towel, which continues slipping and Alex is standing there, awkwardly not looking (but definitely looking). I know that it was meant to be a sexy scene, but to me it just felt increeeedibly awkward.

All in all though, I liked the book and recommend it to anyone in need of a quick and cute romance fix!