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funny hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is the first Paige Toon novel that I have read, but it will not be my last.

I am generally more of a fan of open-door romance, but I genuinely had a hard time pulling myself away from this book. No lie -- I started reading on a Tuesday night, fell asleep while reading (not from boredom, but from exhaustion), and then woke up at 0430 because I was dreaming of the main characters. 😍

Once I returned to the story, I was entranced. I love the way the author played with the timeframe and also didn't let the "typical" beats of a romance influence how she wanted to tell the story. A sign of a good book to me is how much I want the MCs to have a HEA or HFN. 

We got those here in a remarkable fashion, and I will definitely be reading more from Paige Toon. 

* In my head, Finn was Harry Styles. I'm just saying.🤷🏼‍♀️*

**I was provided a copy of this book as an eARC in return for an unbiased review.**
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was such a sweet story, with characters written in a way that made them feel like living, breathing humans out in the world. Zeke and Spencer were a beautiful team to root for, and the side characters added even more depth and love to the main characters' romance as well. While it took a bit for the story to pull me in, and I would have loved an epilogue just to "check in" with their "later" (and letting the reader KNOW there was a later!), Lucky Bounce was a sweet MM romance and I will be looking for other Cait Nary titles. ❤️
**I was provided an ARC by Netgalley to offer my honest opinion about the book.**