While this may have been my first Julie Soto book (Forget Me Not is sitting on my shelves BEGGING TO BE READ), it absolutely won’t be my last.

I loved her writing so much that it was hard to put this book down. I loved the tension and chemistry between Gwen and Xander - the spice was top notch). Tension and emotion are my favorite additions to a romance book and Julie did it SO well.

I don’t enjoy classical music and I don’t typically enjoy books that are about a musican (because I’m basically tone deaf and the thought of me playing an instrument is laughable) but I really enjoyed this one.

Thank you to Forever and NetGalley for the e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I have come to the conclusion that I Clare Gilmore is an auto-read author for me (auto-buy author when I am needing a bit of retail therapy)

Perfect Fit tells the story of Josie (a bad-ass CEO) of a clothing company. Her company is a start-up and in an attempt to use a consultant to really help them become a Certified B-Corp, along comes Will (her best friend’s angsty twin brother that she may have kissed 9 years ago). While things may have started off rocky for them (she basically hits him with her car), they realize that they cannot stay away from each other.

I am utterly obsessed with the chemistry between the two. I found myself rooting for them and wanting them to be together. I loved Will - he may have been an imaginary almost too perfect human - I loved how down bad he was for Josie and didn’t fail to go out of his way to show her how he felt and how much he wanted her to succeed.

The character development, the relationship development, the emotion, the actual feelings - this book is definitely one of my top books for the year.

Huge thank you to St Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the e-ARC in exchange for my honest review. And thank you to St Martin’s Press for the physical ARC for the #justtalkingtomybookstraveling group could enjoy.

I went into this book not expecting much but I actually really enjoyed it!

Jessica has a huge crush on her oldest brothers friend but she is convinced that there is no way that she could get him to like her being “inexperienced”. So in steps Benjamin, someone she has hated for the past year - but he offers to help her gain some experience & confidence.
Benjamin is also the mayors son, star football player, and all around golden boy.

Cue the friends with benefits that turns into fake dating and then real love

3.5 if I’m feeling generous

- this was almost a DNF. The audiobook narrators sound like prepubescent teens. Considering that for the present timeline, they were supposed to be adults, they could have sounded a bit more adult…

- the twist was typical Freida McFadden. This is both good and bad. After so many books, it’s just becoming predictable.

- the writing felt lazy. So many of the little twisty moments that were meant to shock us were answered with the stupidest explanations. I won’t go into details because of spoilers but the lazy writing made the twist feel even more predictable.

- can we please have female characters who are not incredibly naive? I found myself rolling my eyes so much over the characters and the writing.

The book was okay for what it was. New to me author and I went into it expecting to be a super creepy horror/thriller haunted house book.