I purchased this because I missed the deadline; honestly, I am not mad. This was cute and funny and had me smiling until the end. Lots of family drama and being sucked together made for a really fun ride throughout the novel. I rated this a 3.5 and rounded it up to four.

This audiobook was done really, really well by the narrator, I just had a difficult time trying to get into the story

3/3.5 stars!

This was a lighthearted, sweet romance with a modern take on the classic Romeo and Juliet love story, with all the family drama. I really enjoyed the Nantucket setting, but could’ve done with more romance and a little less of the family rivalry and family drama.

WHAT TO EXPECT
-forced proximity
-a sweet romance
-beachy Nantucket setting

🎧I paired the physical book with the audiobook and enjoyed the narration, and would recommend this format!

*many thanks to Sourcebooks, Netgalley and publishers for the gifted book and audiobook copy for review

I loved the story and honestly loved the characters. I can’t wait to read more books by the author. I could not get enough of this book. It was sweet and heart warming.

Right Girl, Wrong Side
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Genre: Romance
Author: Ginny Baird

I requested a digital advanced readers copy from NetGalley, Sourcebooks, and Dreamscape Media and providing my opinion voluntarily and unbiased.

Synopsis: Busy flower shop manager Evita Machado can't wait to get to Nantucket. With a bad breakup behind her, relaxing at the shore with her folks and her brothers and their families sounds like the sure cure for heartache, and their vacation destination looks like an amazing place! But when they arrive at the quaint rose-covered cottage, another group has already put down stakes: the Hatfields.

Ryan Hatfield was Evita's former crush from high school, but their business rival moms refused to let them date. Now history professor Ryan is here for a week with his parents, who won them this oceanfront rental in a society silent auction. Once it's clear there's been a double-booking due to a bidding mistake, Ryan's mom digs in her heels, meaning to stay. When Evita's mom won't back down either, both sides tepidly agree to share the luxury accommodations by dividing the cozy space.

With the boisterous Machados livening things up and the strait-laced Hatfields tamping them down, can Evita and Ryan keep the peace between the warring factions while fostering a growing chemistry between the two of them?

My Thoughts: I was fortunate enough to have both the digital book and audiobook. I did switch back and forth a little but mainly listened to the audiobook. This was a lighthearted story full of old school war between two families. Ryan’s family did not show affection and acted very distinguished, above others. While Evita’s family is affectionate and loud. The families could not be more different and the parents also did not like each other, going back a few generations. Some mixup at a Nantucket Auction lands the families having to share a beach rental for the week and literally splitting it down the middle. The week is full of parent drama, MCs sneak outs, humorous storyline, with a touch of romance. Can Evita and Ryan convince the families to once and for all, bury the hatchet? I would recommend this story, it was a little slow burning, but overall it was enjoyable.

A cute and wholesome romcom about families who have grudges and the kids who want to be together. A Hatfield vs McCoys with a Romeo and Juliet twist. The matriarchs of the family’s had a grudge that has spanned many years and dating back to high school and the student council.
The kids wanted to be together in high school but the family’s always stood in the way .
Now years later they run into each other again when both families were mistakenly given the same rental and they are forced to share.

I liked seeing the differences and similarities between the two families. They both wanted the best for the kids but the grudge made it hard to see through the real issues. Being forced together made them have to face the issues and come to terms of the damage they were both doing.

Parents always want the best for their kids but what they think is best and what the child’s dreams don’t always follow the same line

Right Girl, Wrong Side by Ginny Bird was sweet, highly entertaining, so funny, and full of vivid, vibrant characters. The audiobook absolutely delivers too. Highly recommend!

Right Girl, Wrong Side is a great pick if you’re looking for a quick, fluffy beach read for a palette cleaner. Evita and Ryan are former childhood crushes who end up accidentally sharing a beach house with their families. The worst part? Their mothers are mortal enemies. The parents actually acted younger than their kids, which I didn’t like.


Recommended if you like:
-dueling families
-forced proximity
-friends to lovers
-low steam

Thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for my ALC. Right Girl, Wrong Side is out now!

I enjoyed the audio version of this book, but the romance and overall story was just a bit too slow and too cheesy for my liking. I loved the vacation setting and family’s clashing, but wished there was a bit more romance in the story.

This was a sweet romance story. It was a little annoying that the parents acted younger than the younger generation but not outside of the realm of possibility. There were some funny moments that made me laugh out loud.

I really enjoyed this audiobook! I did find it a little hard to understand which POV it was since there was just the one narrator but it didn't deter too much from my enjoyment! I thought this book was super cute, if a little cheesy at times. Sometimes that is what you want/need from a rom com!

Great narrator! Very clear and a great storyteller! Superb story, very fun and glad that I was able to get to listen to the audiobook!

The Hatfields and McCoys. Romeo and Juliet. Family rivalries have existed throughout time, with some feuds spanning centuries. Ginny Baird's new novel Right Girl, Wrong Side plays on the family feud trope, but requires you to suspend disbelief because the basis for the plot is a bit outlandish.

When two warring families both "win" a weeklong stay at a sprawling Nantucket beach cottage due to a clerical error, they decide to tough it out by literally splitting the cottage down the middle with each family taking one side. It would ordinarily be bad enough sharing a vacation home with uninvited guests, but the Machados and Hatfields have history. The matriarchs of the families are involved in a feud spanning back to when they were in high school. They detest each other, but have no idea that their 20-something, conveniently single, daughter and son had a crush on each other when they were teenagers. Will the sparks be reunited over the course of the week as Evita and Ryan reconnect amidst family arguments, hilarious hijinks, and the seductive seascape?

Right Girl, Wrong Side is a spirited, clean romance bubbling over with spite and animosity. Imagine vacationing with your sworn enemy and you'll understand why this novel is filled with spats ... but it is also spunky! Both families push on despite their differences, and hopefully learn a thing or two about grace and humility from their time spent together in Nantucket.

Battles aside, Baird deposits readers into her wonderfully crafted setting, really building that anticipation for and sense of vacation, and making readers feel that they are enjoying Nantucket right alongside the Machados and the Hatfields. Both of these families have distinct personalities and ways of interacting with each other, and the polar opposite family dynamics are quite fascinating to observe. Although Evita and Ryan's romance is the premise of this book, it really takes a backseat to everything else that is going on.

It should be said that this book reads like YA. If it wasn't stated that Evita and Ryan were in their late 20s, you could easily assume that they were college-aged. This book is perfect for anyone who loves the YA vibes, but has transitioned to adult fiction. Also, being a book written for adults and not teens, I am surprised that Baird felt the need to explain both Twister and the Macarena. The characters in her book, with the exception of the children, all lived through the 90s when the Macarena had its heyday, and since when did Twister become a relic? I could see this blatant explaining if this was a YA book written for Gen Z, but for a book aimed at adult readers, it felt out of place.

I listened to an audiobook production of this novel narrated by Karla Serrato. I really liked Serrato's narration and found her cadence easy to fall into. I especially appreciated her Spanish pronunciations and the way that she made the Machados feel more authentic. However, her narration of the children's voices is just awful - the worst narration I have ever heard of a child's voice in my life. I am surprised that this audiobook was released with such jarring intonations on the part of the children.

this gave sassy vibes in the best way and I loved it. the cover caught me but the story kept me reading. I highly recommend.

This retelling of Romeo and Juliet (with a happier ending) has two families - the Machados and Hatfields somehow booking the same Nantucket house for the same week in the summer. Despite being rivals, they ultimately agreed to split the house so neither family had to give up their vacation. Ryan and Evita are both on vacation with their families, but neither one is aware they both had crushes on each other back in high school. Will those feelings come back now that they are forced to be in the same house? Or will the family rivalry keep them apart?

For some reason this romance did not connect with me. The story itself was cute and had a fun premise, but I didn’t feel the chemistry between Ryan and Evita. I did enjoy the family dynamics in the story. Evita’s family in particular seemed like a lot of fun! The way the rivalry played out between the two families was very entertaining and was a great addition to this story.

Thank you to NetGalley, Sourcebooks Casablanca and Dreamscape Media for the advance copy.

When a mixup leads to rival families being double booked at the same vacation rental, tempers rise, while sparks fly between two from opposite sides.

These two families could not be more different - one quiet, small and reserved, one bursting at the seams with noise and family members. When you’ve seen the Romeo and Juliet dueling families vibes a lot, you hope that there’s something to make it stand out, but it took a long time to get where it needed to go, and the conflict was hard to justify between grown adults. I understand that the trauma was generations in the making, but it fell flat for me. The romance also got lost in the chaos.

One thing I found strange was the over explaining of Twister and the Macarena. Am I just old? At best, it seems like future proofing, but I worked with small kids who loved Twister and the Macarena, and didn’t need any prompting to what either are.

While the description of the beat to the Macarena would probably be more effective in writing, it also felt really awkward said aloud so repetitively.

Overall, I still had fun, but I wanted more from this read.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
A nice beach read which keeps you engaged and entertained throughout, The dichotomy of the warring families is funny, sweet, and has you gripped till the end.

This was such a sweet, fun read. Evita and Ryan belong to families with a long-standing rivalry, but have always had chemistry. Whilst the set-up itself requires some suspension of disbelief, where this book really shines is in the family dynamics that are described.

Evita’s family, the Machados, is large, exuberant and outgoing. There is (very accurate) representation of new parents and a very young baby, which I really enjoyed, and young nieces and nephews that were full of childish joy. Ryan’s family, the Hatfields, is small and reserved. The interactions between these two families were so much fun to see, despite the pettiness being a bit over-the-top at times.

This is a clean romance with no spice, no miscommunication trope and no petty third-act breakup. It’s a forced proximity, friends-to-lovers contemporary romance. If you’re looking for a clean romance where the love interests communicate realistically, then I highly recommend this one.

I listened to the audiobook, and as other reviews have mentioned there is only one narrator despite having two points of view. However, I thought the narrator did a great job and I would recommend the audiobook.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is a perfect beach read. High School Crushes. Star Crossed friendship turned love. A crazy family. Small on one side. Large and loud on the other. A recipe for perfect chaos. I'm sold.

Honestly, this book was the perfect recipe of breaking generational guilt and fluffy love. I'm devoured this book in less the a day.

Also, @karla__serrato voice really encompassed both Evita & Ryan. And honestly more over, their crazy moms. Which to, me is more of a challenge 😆 🤣.

I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this book, but I ended up really liking it. The entire premise was well done and the execution was good. I loved how it had a little bit of family drama and that you get to see the family grow, especially the matriarchs. Is the reason they're fighting to begin with stupid? Yes, but I think that's the point. But overall, I loved the second chance of this romance and I liked getting to see these two together.