ARC received from Montlake via Netgalley for an honest review

I have adored all that I have read from Ms Bybee in the past, so reading her new series, 'Most Likely To', was a no brainer for me.

A Bybee book leaves you with a warm, happy feeling in your soul. You know what you are in for when you start, and she sweeps you away with the characters.

Melanie has travelled full circle - her high school class named her the most likely to succeed. But here she is, back home in small town River Bend and feels she is a disappointment.

It irked me at times that she was so worried about what everyone else thought about her instead of being the bright, vibrant woman she really could be. I wanted to tell her to snap out of it!

What and Melanie's first meeting is not conventional, but even with all that goes on, there is that spark of attraction between them.

Now, if only sassy Melanie can come out to play and do something about it!

This is told in dual POVs and a couple of times I did have to go back to see whose POV I was reading (at times their voices were not very distinct) but for the most part I loved getting inside both of their heads.

I adore, adore, adored Melanie's oldest friends Zoe and Jo - I really can't wait for more of them in the next books! - the banter, the love, the laughter the emotions that only those who have known each other for so long shines through.

What I was expecting, which we usually get with a Bybee story is a big WTF moment. But we didn't get one this time. There was a darker storyline for a bit, but not the "shake your head, what just happened" moment.

Doing It Over is a sweet, lovable contemporary romance, just what this girl needed after reading a string of darker stories.







Bring on book 2 - I need to know what happens with these characters!