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A Guide to Being Just Friends by Sophie Sullivan
3.5

One thing I find fun about being Canadian is recognizing when an author is Canadian because of little references in the book that don't actually make sense for Americans even though that's where the book is set. Happened to me a couple times here and when I went to check if the author was Canadian I felt pretty pleased with my skills 

That aside, this was a really sweet and fun romance. Third in a standalone style series, I haven't read the other books but it didn't diminish my experience at all. I'm interested to read the other two though as the other couples seem really cute.

Hailey just started a salad shop which makes me want to like salad so bad because everyone seems to love it. She also loves dessert so I think we'd get along very well. Anyways, her and Wes are both new to the area and form a super close friendship. They also have feelings for each other but neither wants to admit it and risk hurting their friendship, they both have some issues with commitment and the idea of long term relationships, although for different reasons. They have great chemistry and both seem like really nice people which makes the story a lot more enjoyable to read. 

The only negative thing I really have to say is that at times I found it a bit boring, the chemistry was good but there wasn't much at all going on plot wise and there were big time jumps which I'm not really a fan of.

I'd still definitely recommend picking this one up if you're a fan of contemporary romance, and even though I haven't read them myself I'd say you should read the first two as well. This book will be published in January so you have just enough time to read the other two books first!

Thanks to Netgalley and St Martin's Press for the advanced copy!