Not sure if it was just me or not but ‘No Offense’ fell flat. There just wasn’t much sizzle between our librarian Molly and Sheriff John, who became a recently divorce single father and even with all the mystery surrounding the found baby, high school and home thief and burglaries I had ended up skimming through a few chapters out of boredom. It’s sad to report that this failed to deliver but would definitely reconsider reading something else by this author in the future.

When I saw that Meg Cabot was writing a book about a children's librarian, I knew I had to read it.  As a librarian, she got a lot of the aspects of library work down pat.  I didn't love the book though.  I didn't feel like there was enough development of relationships throughout the book (not just the romantic relationship, but most of the platonic ones appearing as well).  I wound up not feeling connected to any of the characters; they all felt kind of shallow.  About 20% in, I put the book down to read another book, and I considered not coming back to this one.  I enjoyed reading this book.  It was good enough, fun enough, but I don't see myself really recommending it to others.

This was a cute but slight story about a librarian and a cop finding love after the librarian finding a baby in a bathroom stall. Although part of a series, there is very little overlap, you don't need to read the first one at all. The characters were not super well developed, the librarian's main character traits were social justice, has a lot of books, and wears cardigans (as a librarian myself, that's fair but I was looking for a little more.) I like Cabot didn't go the traditional route of making then care for the baby together... loved the insistence that she would go through the foster care system just like any other kid.  Overall, the book was fine, didn't love it but don't regret the time I spent reading.

This is the second book in the Little Bridge Island series is just as fun and fast paced as the first. In the second book we meet Molly, a children’s librarian who is new to the island, and John, the newly installed island sheriff. Their lives become intertwined when Molly finds a newborn baby in the library’s bathroom and the two work to find the mother. 

I love Meg Cabot and her writing style. Her humor and conversation tone make for a quick read. I can’t wait for the next one in the series.

Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow Paperbacks for sending me an E-Arc for an honest review. 

I really wanted to like this book, because I did end up liking Meg Cabot's last adult romance. However, I just could not get through this one. I ended up DNFing it. 

I didn't connect with the characters and I didn't connect with the story. I couldn't finish this book. I really thought I was going to like it because I usually like Hate-to-Love romances, but everything about this book fell flat to me and I was not interested in continuing past chapter seven. 

Thanks for reading! 
Caden

This was cute, if a little outlandish. A library with a weekly drag story hour! What a dream! But this was a lot of story to fit in to one book.

DNF at about 25%.

I think Meg Cabot is excellent at writing YA in which her characters’ chemistry sizzles. Somehow, in writing adult characters and romance, that falls flat. 
The characters were thinly drawn, and the world they existed in, which Cabot has written some other books about, seems so much like a bubblegum fantasy that it’s almost entirely unappealing. 
The characters were archetypes with no quirks, written with no specifics. It was just librarian wears cardigans and meets cop with blue eyes. It seemed very hetero romance novel from 2008, and we've moved so far past that in the genre that I just wish there had been more. More personality, more specificity, more chemistry.
I love romance novels, and the best books of the genre are emotional and charismatic and specific and raw. This was not that.
Thank you to NetGalley for the copy, and thank you to Meg Cabot for venturing into adult romance. I'm excited to see what she does next.

I am, perhaps, not the right person to give an unbiased review of this book for two reasons: one, Meg Cabot is one of my favorite childhood authors and two, I am a children's librarian. It would make a great beach read for fans of Meg Cabot's work. The story does not offer a lot of depth, and the conflicts are quickly resolved, which may be exactly what you want in a story currently: pure escapism. While this is certainly not her best novel, it is enjoyable and much better than the first in this series.

Unfortunately, No Offense it's being released during a time of rightful civil unrest in the US, so I don't know how well a police officer's love story is going to sell. There are apparent flaws in how John acts as a sheriff, which speaks to what's going on in the world today.

I was expecting to like this book more than I did. I felt it had so much more potential, but it just fell flat to me. The premise was interesting and the set up for a hot romance between the local hot librarians and cop was, I thought, going to be so fun for it all to unfold but it just didn't catch my attention with much vigor. I loved the ode to librarians the book does give, as a librarian myself, those situations in the book are librarian realities sometimes.

Cute, cute, cute! As a librarian, I am always down for a librarian-romance trope. I mean, it's very hard to resist Molly and John's chemistry, and the plot is so very fun! Well done, Meg Cabot!

While I didn't find this book horrible, I just couldn't fall in love with the characters.  Molly, as good as her heart is, was just a little too nosy for me, and Sheriff John's comments about Molly's looks and her eyes could have been toned down.  The characters' preachiness with environmental issues also seemed too contrived.  Overall, though, No Offense is a cute little book--good for a beach read--that has enough tension to keep this reader interested.

Molly Montgomery, a children's librarian is faced with a baby abandoned in the library's bathroom.  The Sheriff, John Hartwell, recently divorced, is called to the scene.    Molly is feisty and wants to know what John is going to do about the situation as well as what he is doing about the recent robberies that have happened in what was considered a safe island in Florida.  Not to be deterred, Molly sets about looking into the situations herself,  Needless to say the sparks fly and the attraction grows as they each work toward solving the cases.  Great fun.

Lovely librarian meets handsome sheriff on an imaginary island off the coast of Florida.  Add a new born baby who is mysteriously abandoned in the restroom of the Island Bridge Library and you have the premise for a fun summer read.

Meg Cabot is a champ at writing interesting characters, and many times the most interesting characters aren't even the protagonist of the story! The new librarian in town and the sheriff find themselves attracted to one another even if they clash on how to handle the abandoned baby found in the library bathroom. There were some moments of good banter,  but the attraction they felt seemed underdeveloped. Overall, this is a lighter, quick read that's perfect for the beach!

Cute contemporary romance/cozy mystery. Book 2 in a series where I haven't read book 1 but that didn't seem to hamper the story at all.

A  librarian discovers a baby in a bathroom stall and puts her in the path of the town's handsome sheriff. Molly is enjoying her new life as the children's librarian in a small town in the Florida Keys after her breakup with her ex-fiance. Whether its keeping a bored teen from doing inappropriate cookie decorating during storytime or being yelled at by an unruly patron, Molly is enjoying her dream job. And then one day she finds a newborn baby in a box inside in one of the bathroom stalls. Who would leave a baby there? The authorities are called and Molly meets John, the sheriff and a single dad of a young teen. He wants whoever left the baby brought to justice, but Molly thinks he should be trying to solve the town's recent spat of break-ins. Are the two linked? And since attraction happens from the get-go, will Molly and John find romance amid the library bookshelves? This is a funny story from the author of "The Princess Diaries" who has a way with dialogue and quirky characters. It's a perfect summer pick-me-up.

Absolutely loved this book. Molly and John were adorable and their romance was sweet and funny. Little Bridge and it's inhabitants are endlessly entertaining and I can't wait to read more.

This is the second book in Cabot’s Little Bridge Island series. A light weight romance between the town’s children’s librarian and the town’s sheriff.  Although an entertaining, quick read, it doesn’t have the depth of her earlier works.  If you are a Cabot fan, pick this up.

This entry in Cabot's Little Bridge Island series, while predictable, is a light summer read. New children's librarian Molly Montgomery keeps encountering Sheriff John Hartwell because the library repeatedly becomes a crime scene. 

First a dumped newborn, then vandalism and a sick teen cause Molly to try to solve the mysteries on her own, much to the Sheriff's chagrin. Since he is also balancing being single dad to a teenage girl, he's got his hands full. 

A light, easy escape if you've got the time. Good poolside read.

A quick enjoyable chick lit! Alternating chapters with Molly, a children’s librarian & John, the sheriff. It is book 2 but i have not read the previous one. Nice change of pace from my war in Europe novels...