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Mixed Signals

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Really fun and quick read! It was a story that reminded me of the class Christina Lauren books. It also helped my ease my craving for a juicy romance with drama. The title of the book seemed fitting for the story. It was originally what drew me in. The cover design was something that also drew me to the book because it was so similar to the usual Romance I read.

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Great start but didn't follow through, kept falling asleep during kindle narration.Managed to finish the book, barely. Didn't like Julie much but Nico was a patient,loving and sweet man that didn't deserve to have to deal with Julie.The real star of this book was Julie's friend Liz,wish there was more about her.Not likely to read any more books by this author.

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Thank you Netgalley and Levi Lynn Books for this ARC.

Mixed Signals is the perfect weekend read. A quick and light romance with enough depth to keep you reading.

Julie’s character development was well written with an interesting dynamic with every character she interacted with, from Patrick to Celeste, to Sophia, her mom, and even Nico. All unique interactions that added to her character as a whole.

Nico is definitely book boyfriend material and enough reason on his own to pick up and read this book.

Unfortunately some parts of the book felt rather choppy and abrupt. The setting of Vegas also felt meaningless and could have been leveraged much more.

Overall, not a bad read.

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Sorry, this one didn't do it for me.
Just couldn't get with the characters and that made it difficult to power through this book.

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*Thank you to the publisher and to Netgalley for granting me this eARC in exchange for an honest review*

Mixed Signals is a cute start to the series. Julie is a believable character who’s just recently suffered a breakup and her best friend, Liz, is trying to get her back in the game.

Nico is a friend of a friend who seems to be perfect for Julie but she’s resistant to let him in.

Heintzelman has written a cute story about second chances and being willing to put oneself out there and the prospect of finding love

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Such a cute cover and premise. I did find the character a bit unlikable and struggled to find a connection to the characters. I love when I get pulled into the story and this one didn’t pull me in as much as I hoped.

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Julie's been dumped and is struggling to get over the love of her life. She is struggling with the expectations of family, friends, and her own hopes and dreams. But.... She's kind of a mess. When she sees a random hit dude in a truck, cue fantasies and a string of disasters that bring them together and push them apart.

This was a one-day read, so it moved pretty quickly if that's what you're looking to read next. It felt like reading a slaptick comedy movie a la Bridesmaids. To be fair, those just aren't my kind of movies, so I might not be the target audience. The book heavily hinted at deeper themes, but to me none of them quite landed. Julie is struggling with having gained weight, but it is treated with way more fat shaming than support. There is grief at the previous loss of a family member, the ache to start a family of her own, and the complications of her remaining family, but none took the kind of deep dive I was hoping they would. I am glad that by the end the protagonist was able to recognize her previous relationship was crap. Unfortunately I needed the character to get her drama together or talk to someone about it... and to maybe address some of the other crappy relationships in her life head on, beyond just the ex (and a very believable creeper in a bar). If we're going to go into these issues, I wanted them to be less superficially treated, because the bones are there for this book to have been more satisfying for me.

There's chemistry between the leads, but it felt a little too high school in terms of emotional intelligence so I was hoping for more. Then again, as mentioned earlier, I finished it in a day. So while I quickly realized I could never be friends with any of these characters, I did read about them.

Advance reader copy provided by netgalley for review.

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This... was really not my cup of tea and I'm pretty disappointed because the blurb sounded good, that cover is really cute, and who doesn't love a sweet romance about fate and tangled lines? But, no. I struggled to get through this and skimmed through the majority of it because we all know I hate to DNF, especially when it's an ARC. I could see the potential in this, but honestly, the story and the characters were so sorely underdeveloped I ended up feeling zero connection to any of it. The writing was also all over the place, which made it even more difficult to get into the story, though what I enjoyed the least was the main character, Julie Laurich.

Julie grated on my nerves. She was unbearably rude, selfish and completely self-absorbed. Her character found everything irritating and she lost her shit, going from 0-100 in the blink of an eye, so frequently and over nothing that it was just stupid. I absolutely couldn't stand her attitude at all. I understand what it's like to be defensive and to want to protect your own heart, but Julie's character had absolutely zero reason to blow every little thing out of proportion, especially when it came to Nico. None of it made sense to me, and if she did have a reason, it wasn't clearly articulated in the story. If I met someone like her IRL, I would likely run in the opposite direction, fast!

Thanks to NetGalley and publishers Levi Lynn Books for the free copy in exchange for an honest review. This review will be posted to my blog closer to the date of publication.

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This was a quick easy book to read. However, I felt as though the characters were underdeveloped and the storyline was lackluster at best. Just blah for me unfortunately

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Julie is late to meet her friend Liz at the skyline cafe. Who will fuss at her for being late. Traffic is held up due to an accident. Julie checks out a good looking guy in a black truck . Julie is hoping to get his phone number but cops are directing the traffic to move . Liz's on and off boyfriend Derrick works at skyline cafe and gives free drinks . Liz is trying to find a guy to hook Julie up with but Julie still wants Patrick . Julie misses the guy at the restaurant Liz wants to hook her up with.julie is a banker and lives in a condo. Luck is always on Julie's side. I can relate to julie being stuck on a particar guy even if you know he's bad for you. Julie is tired of waiting around on Patrick planning to go see him after everything he said to her.I can relate. I'm not sure about Liz's insistence that Julie find another man so soon after breakup. Liz says that Patrick does not deserve Julie and she should not feel like her life is over because he's not in it. I didn't care for the cussing. I can relate to needing to lose weight, I prefer walking.

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While I was excited for this book prior to starting it, I had a very rough time truly enjoying the book. I could not connect with the main character at all. I actually did not care for any of the characters in the story, but its hard to like a book when the main character leaves such a bad taste in your mouth. I have heard great things about the author so I am hoping to check out one of her other novels in the future.

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What an aptly titles book: Mixed Signals garnered Mixed Feelings in me about what I thought of the novel.

If you’re looking for a light hearted book, easy to flip through without devoting too much time and energy and don’t mind underdeveloped characters, then this is for you.

For me, however, I hated Julie, the main character. I hated the fat shaming. I hated her best friend. The relationships in her life were toxic. I can deal with this if characters are developed further. But this wasn’t. This book seemed to throw bits down and expected you to make what you could of it.

I liked the premise; I enjoyed the revenge body idea - who hasn’t broken up with someone and decided to revamp their hair or wardrobe? I just thought it could be a little more sensitive and bypass the body shaming our main characters goes through. Who’s best friend would tell them to go to the gym because they’ve got fat, and allow them to be measured in front of an audience and then screamed at until they accepted they were angry with themselves for allowing themselves to become so disgusting? Urgh. It just puts me on edge.

I liked that Nico and Julie kept running into each other. I thought that was well done.

Overall I wouldn’t recommend this book. It made me more angry than happy and when I open a book like this I just want to feel better, not worse.

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions in this review are my own.

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I am trying to be more intentional about reading books from authors of color so I was really excited to read this. It definitely seemed right up my alley. It is a very light and easy read. However, I had a hard time liking the characters and that made it difficult to connect with the characters. The beginning of the story was great and I thought the rest would be like that but it wasn’t. It was difficult to even finish. I would not recommend.

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Mixed Signals is my first book by this author. And even thought this is first book in a series I would not be continuing this series.
I would say this is light, chick lit read...perfect for summer read. But I found it at times very boring and hard to continue. I couldn't connect with the characters. They were annoying, without depth and overall toxic to each other. I loved the beginning of the story and plot line was very promising sadly actual book was not for me.
Not my type of read even a lighter one.

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This was my first book from this author so I wasn't sure what to expect. From the summary, I thought this would be a great book. Great storyline and I love books where enemies fall in love and become lovers. This novel is about Julie and Nico.

I disliked Julie from the start; she was a walking disaster. Liz, her best friend, is mean. She tells Julie to get back to her ex she needs to exercise and get a makeover (insert eye roll). I just couldn't get into the stories that were told, they seemed so far fetched and the judgments that Julie jumped to when overhearing conversations about Nico was just stupid. I was mad at her for being so naïve. LOL Not sure why Nico would still be interested in Julie after how she treated him, with the mixed signals (that's for sure!) throughout the book. It was a light read and a little too superficial to truly enjoy it.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.
#mixedsignals #netgalley

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This is Julie and Nico‘s book, Julie is a corporate banker when she gets stuck in traffic the man of her dreams just happens to be right next to her in a sexy black truck ,he would just be the perfect rebound that is until he opens his mouth! Julie doesn’t even know him but she knows she already hates him and because the universe is blind to all the warning signs sexy Niko just keeps happened to pop up in all the places that she’s at but soon Julie discovers he’s not what she thought he was oh he still hot but he’s not a jerk like she thought he was !LOL this book was definitely ok it was funny and a light read no major drama and angst happens it’s just a nice even keel book, it has some steam to it but not too much if you like a nice light read this one’s for you! Thank you netgalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!

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I received this book from NetGalley for a honest review.

Seeing a hot guy in traffic is the best and worst thing that can happen, especially when you never see them again or talk to them. Rip all hot guys in passing. ;(
I liked this book a lot and thought it was funny. I do wish Julie would have been a little more easy going with Nico but I’m glad they actually go together. Seemed like she needed to sort through her stuff in order to move on and I’m so happy she did. Also that sex scene caught me by surprise lol. Her ex is trash and I do wish Nico would have beatbox him up lol

If uh the author is seeing this, can we get a book from Nico’s pov :p

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This book had such a good start! I was hooked right off the bat. While our MC isn't necessarily the most likable, I can think we can all admit that we've been there, or been our worst version of ourselves at one point or another. I'm a reader who doesn't need to like a character to be able to like a book, if that makes sense. So I took our MC's outbursts, and poor interactions with fellow human beings with a grain of salt. Not to mention that her father had died, and her boyfriend had out-of-the-blue broken up with her. The girl was probably due an outburst or two. Some people (coughs-me) hide away in their room eating their body weight in ice cream until they're ready to face the world again, while other people just take out their aggression on the wrong person. That's how Julie meets Nico.

I really enjoyed how their lives were constantly crossing paths. It put me on the edge of my seat, wondering when they would by chance meet again. Nico is honestly described like a saint. He handles all of Julie's outbursts, bad behavior, and vomit (uh...yeah) like a champ. If there is one redeeming character in this book, it's Nico, Nico's mom, and Julie's mom (okay, I guess there are a couple redeeming characters).

I do think a few of the relationships portrayed here borderline on toxic. Julie's relationship with her best friend is in many ways uncalled for, and how the women in her family treat each other was a little displeasing. As a personal note, I've dealt with a lot of toxic relationships in my own life, and tend to see them everywhere. Maybe girlfriends really do yell at each other, tell each other they are ruining their lives, and then five seconds later say they're the best in the world? To each their own.

In terms of writing, this was an admirable attempt. I felt at times really thrown off when scenes would cut in and out of each other. One second we were in a conversation with Julie and her mom and the next second she was with Nico two days later. There was no explanation of how things left off with conversations, or how a date would end. Suddenly, after a major event (like running into the ex), we just flashed forward to the next day with no mention of how Nico reacted? It felt really unrealistic and pulled me out of the story a few times.

I think the overall plot was super cute, but felt the novel was strongest in the first half of the book. It sort of lost steam after that, and I stopped caring what happened to our characters. I finished the book because I wanted to know how their love story ended, but I didn't necessarily need all of the descriptions of why her ex was such a tool, or how her heart was changing now that she had Nico. I think a little more editing would have been beneficial, but it wasn't an overall disappointment.

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I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks for the opportunity.
I want to preface this review with this - if my best friend were to EVER speak to me the way Liz speaks to hers, there would be no friendship. I struggled so much at times with their interactions.
At times I felt like Nico was trying too hard but, at the end of the day he was kinder about the misconceptions. I liked how there wasn't a great deal of drama thrown in by some of the side characters and stories. These two were doing a good enough job of that themselves.
Overall this was a quick, relatively entertaining read showing how human frailties have the potential to spoil our greatest chances. A little humility goes a long way.

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“Mixed Signals” by Mia Heintzelman
I’ll start by acknowledging that I have never read a book by this author and had no prior knowledge of this book before I selected it on Net Galley for review. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but found the read to be enjoyable.



Julie is the main character in this novel and she has experienced some serious break up heart attack. She feels lost and betrayed by her ex-fiancee Patrick who described her as boring. Forgive me if I’m wrong, but ladies… would that not be a reason to drown your sorrows in a couple pints of cookie dough ice cream. Maybe throw in a couple bottles of a good red to stay hydrated. It comes as no surprise that this was what happened to Julie. With the badass best friend, Liz, she plans to get back at Patrick with her “revenge body” (enter Khole Kardashian stage left). Certain that the new Julie will be able to convince Patrick that he made a huge mistake, Julie commits to returning to the gym and a new make over.



From the very beginning of this novel, the chemistry between Nico and Julie is evident. And I’ll be honest, the guy tolerated so much crap in order for us to get the happy ending. After two bad experiences that included Nico, Julie has already made up her mind that he isn’t worth her time. That is until fate steps in, with some assistance from Liz, and sets them up on a double date. The date probably would have gone okay had Liz’s boyfriend proposed causing a series of unfortunate events.



But for some reason, fate isn’t done yet and she is ready to put Nico through the trials of wooing Julie. Let’s face it, the girl is a walking talking time bomb for embarrassing moments. Holding up traffic to check out the hot guy — check. Splitting the arse of her skirt trying to get into the hot guys truck — check. Humiliate herself by taking a tumble off the treadmill resulting in a gash to the head, which the above hot guy helps her with — check. And then finally, throwing up mid kiss with the hot guy after punching poor old Carl in the family jewels.



Let’s move on to some of the scenes that I felt lacked some details or clarity. There is a scene when Nico and Julie are at the cemetery visiting Nico’s father. Julie overhears / ease drops on the conversation whereby Nico is asking his father for a sign that Julie is the right girl for him. Nico’s last name is associated with the English word butterfly and when Julie comforts him at his father’s grave, a white butterfly sits on her shoulder. I feel like there should have been more details in that part. Did Nico notice the butterfly? Did he take it as his sign from his father? So many unanswered questions.



There is also a scene, with scumbag Patrick and Celeste (I commend Mia on the name choice here. I can totally picture this character with that name) at the movie theatre. Julie is starting to understand, as her relationship with Nico grows, how horrible Patrick was to her. We can outline those reasons as a) calling her boring (what a douch canoe) b) cheating on her with some evil stalker c) conceiving a child with the evil stalker d) believing he had ownership of her. Julie is slowly developing a back bone and some self confidence. She has no trouble shutting down Patrick and his lame attempts at rekindling any relationship. So, while they are having a brief and uncomfortable encounter outside the theatre, Nico has gone inside to get the keys for the car. Upon his return he identifies Julie as his girlfriend (WHOA, relationship status change) and finds out that Patrick visited her at work a couple days before. Julie had not told Nico about the exchange, but it was clear at the end of the chapter that her and Nico had an argument after they left. But this scene is missing. I would have loved to have read a heated exchange between the two of them.



Overall, the novel was a solid read. It was entertaining and the characters had distinct chemistry which kept us on the end of our seat. As noted above the plot could use some additional information to keep bring forth a better picture of how things came to happen. I would recommend this book to friends if they are looking for a romantic comedy with a happy ending. I will definitely be reading more novels from this author.



-AG

A Stack Above The Rest.

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