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Legally Charming is the first book in the new adult contemporary romance Ever After series by Lauren Smith. This is my second book by Lauren, and I liked it more than I did the first book of hers. (Which was the first book in her British Stepbrother series.) Legally Charming was a very cute read. I enjoyed it. Since the series is called Ever After you can make some assumptions that they are going to be cute, slightly cheesy romances. And they are...but I dug that about this book. It was the kind of cheesy happy I was in the mood for.

Legally Charming is the story of Felicity and Jared, who are swept up in a whirlwind quick romance. So if insta love isn't your thing, this might not be the book for you. (They didn't fall in love at first sight, but they did fall in love within a week.) But, like I said, I really liked the story and sweet romance between Jared and Felicity. I loved how chivalrous Jared was. He really goes out of his way to make sure Felicity was taken care of. I don't buy for one second that Jared used to be a bad boy.

I enjoyed Legally Charming. I love that the story was on the longer side (almost 400 pages), I really liked the characters, I loved their sweet romance, and the writing is great. I get a weird kick about reading stories where one of the characters is a lawyer. I like seeing what kind of legal stuff the author is going to work in. (I know, I know only other lawyers appreciate things like that, but I can always tell when the author is actually an attorney. Lauren is.)

But there were a couple of things that had me wavering between 3.5 and 4 stars. One was just how quickly they fell in love. It seemed a little abrupt, even for me. And then there was the other thing. Now, I should put a disclaimer in. Most people would not be annoyed by this thing

an unexpected pregnancy. It is just not something I like popping up in my books. It's my own weird hang up. I think it's because I am not ready to have kids that it is something that I just don't want to read about in my romances...but this i'm sure could be a whole other discussion that we can read all kinds of things into...but I digress. I just don't prefer it in the books I read.

but it is not my cup of tea. So that kind of had me groaning, because I knew it was going to take the story into a different direction. It still ended up being a good story. Even with that thing.

Bottom line: Legally Charming is a great read. If you are a fan of sweet romances, you will really enjoy this one. I can't wait to read the next book in the Ever After series!

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