Many thanks to my partner @prhaudio for the #gifted audiobook.  

I went into this one with high expectations, and it seemed as though it would be the perfect fit because:
- I was in the mood for a flirty and spicy romance 
- The heroine loves books and is a book influencer (same!).
- The hero was a grumpy, hot firefighter (kryptonite!).  
- It was set around Valentine’s Day.  

Unfortunately, the overall execution was a miss for me:
- I found Tara, our heroine, to be frustrating and hard to like.  
- I’m a fool for good banter, but it didn’t really get good until the halfway mark.
- The ex-hunt didn’t hold my attention, and I found myself wanting to FF through those sections.
- The romance itself was longsuffering, not finding its footing until the last quarter of the book AND that still included a hiccup.
- Not enough spice.  Not nearly enough.  I don’t even read a huge amount of spice.  But given the title for the book, it fell <far> short of what I had expected.  

Even though this wasn’t the home run (pun intended) that I expected, it wasn’t a total loss either.  It’s an easy, quick read.  And Trevor is the stuff of book boyfriend dreams!  

🎧 This was an audiobook only read for me.  I didn’t have a physical copy, but I also didn’t feel like I missed putting my eyes on the print.  The narrator, Natalie Naudus, gives yet another spectacular performance.  I’ve listened to her several times, and she never disappoints.