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The Godparent Trap

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Wow, this book overflows with feelings from anger, grief, friendship and love. Our heroine, Colby and Hero, Rip, become instant guardians of 2 young children when tragedy strikes. Colby's been harboring feelings for her best friend's brother for a long time, but they didn't seem to hit it off when they actually dated a couple years back. Rip is an accountant who likes this very orderly, so when he finds out his complete opposite, friend, Colby will be co-parenting with him, patience levels wear thin creating tension in the household. Somehow these two must find a truce to raise these 2 kids, and our author, takes us on their heartwarming journey filled with understanding, newfound respect and love.
I love when a story unfolds in a surprising way which leads me to appreciate the author more! Well done, Rachel!

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One of my favorites by the author, she does an amazing job at drawing the reader into the story and keeping us there. Overall highly recommend.

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I very much wanted to read this book, but when the MC has the same name as a sibling, it’s a little awkward so unfortunately i couldnt get into this.
But i have been told its very similar to the movie ‘Life as We Know It’ which is one of my faves!

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I enjoyed this book!! It made me a bit emotional, but it had a strong, heartfelt story and I couldn’t put it down! I’ll definitely read more from this author in the future.

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I've always enjoyed Rachel Van Dyken's books so I was excited to read this. Rip and Colby become guardians of his sister's two kids when his sister, (Colby's best friend), and her husband pass away tragically. Rip is a straight laced accountant and Colby is just easy going. Rip doesn't think Colby is responsible enough to care for the children, and there we have conflict, along with their attraction to each other.

I thought I would enjoy this book, but Rip was not likeable at all, and consume my impression of him throughout the book. The book was fairly a nice read, but nothing great.

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If you honestly love “Life as we know it”, you’re going to love this.
Reading the blurb is literally almost like that? But guess what… WITHOUT THE INEVITABLE BREAKUP!!!!!!!!
I cannot say nothing bad about this book. Both characters were real; flawed, strong & beautiful.
They both know when they screwed up, they were both very aware of each other’s needs… now, this was kinda of a slow burn but their relationship worked out so good. They became a family before a couple and you felt every emotion with them
And the kids, they were so cute!!
Now it’s heart breaking how they actually ended up with them, but it’s honestly just what they needed.

Im definitely going to be rereading this book!

Tropes: slow burn, kinda second chance, traumatic events, forced proximity, BROTHER’s BEST FRIEND!!

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This one was so much more than I bargained for. This is my first book from Rachel and I want to read more immediately. So good, emotional and heartfelt. I absolutely loved it.

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The things RVD will put a reader through, but yet we love her all the more for it! The Godparent Trap was a take on the movie “Life As We Know It”, where the best friend and the bff’s brother end up as guardians to some precocious and grieving children. These opposites who’ve had a past flirtation are thrown together and have to try to find a way to both confront something so awful. Colby and Rip were stuck in their grief, but only Colby seems to express her feelings at first. Watching this pair try, fail and then stand up for the other was beautiful, frustrating and so many feelings. I laughed and cried and cursed Rachel, but in the end was so thankful for this story.

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I chose to DNF this title. While I understand why, the focus on the reason they were together was not working for me as a romance and I decided not to complete this title.

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"Life as We Know It'" in book form and I ate it up. The book honestly has far more depth than the movie. It hits harder on the emotional aspect of grief and loss while remaining heartwarming.

While it was contemporary enemies to lovers (I only specify contemporary because some people require enemies to constantly want to kill each other but I do not believe that necessary in lighter romance books) the characters had more to them than their hate for each other which I appreciated. It really was opposites attract more than anything.

I really liked both main characters and the kids were hilarious.

My only qualm would be the style of writing, it felt a bit immature but overall I will absolutely read other books by this author.

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The Godparent Trap launches from a sad premise (dead parents/orphans), and Rachel Van Dyken navigates pretty deftly from there to bring free spirited Colby and rule following Rip together as co-parents to their god children. It's very reminiscent of the movie "Life As We Know It."

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for sharing this book with me. All thoughts are my own.

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This was really cute. I love a good book that can make me laugh, and this hit all the strides. I loved the sexual tension between Rip and Colby. Definitely recommend this fun read.

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There is something about a straight lace grumpy and a free spirit match that just always works in my brain. I think that this book is fluffy but rigid in all the right places. There are definitely times where I did not like the way Colby was treated but honestly I blame that on mens inability to always think before they speak or text. I think that this felt like a movie to book adaptation and I really enjoyed it.

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This whole book just rubbed me the wrong way. I didn’t care for the way that Rip treated Colby and it didn’t feel as if he ever redeemed himself for it. He came off as such a pretentious guy. Colby was an okay character; I just wish she had more of a backbone. Being unable to connect with the characters really made this book a chore to read.

All in all, this wasn’t a winner for me.

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ARC received for review

I put this book done not shortly after I started. I guess I didn't read the description well enough. I was not expecting her to kill off the parents. It made me mad. I'm glad I picked it back up. Colby and Rip have awesome chemistry together although he could be a little mean to her. All's well in the end, but I sure didn't like that the parents had to die for them to hook up.

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RVD did a brilliant job with this one. She had me laughing one minute and then shedding a few tears the next she blended the sadness and laughter perfectly.

Rip and Colby have been almost at war since a disastrous date and now they are thrown into the deep end when they become guardians to two beautiful children. They are complete opposites and like to push each other buttons but they need to bury the hatches and work together.

I really adored the banter that went on between Rip and Colby, the way they challenged each other was beautiful to watch and when they finally admitted their feelings, the chemistry was explosive.

Well done Rachel on another brilliant read

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As someone who also lost a parent this one really resonated with me as I loved seeing these two try become parents while also falling in love. Enemies to lovers and grump sunshine with some feels mixed in. Thank you to Forever for the gifted ARC my honest review.

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Colby and Rip’s story crushed me a bit. I appreciate RVD’s delicacy with the sensitive subjects of loss and grief but I found Rip abrasively cold at the beginning. I warmed up to the character quickly and it is very much the steamier version of “Life as we know it”. 3 stars for me.

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Colby is enjoying her life as a food blogger and free lifestyle and was thrown when the passing of her best friends leaves her with their children. Rip is brother to the couple that passed and is also now guardian to the two children and he's as straight laced as they come. Both can't help but seem to clash but will do everything they can for the children.

If you enjoy the frenemies to lovers trope you'll like this one. Both are so different with what they do and lifestyle choices and now they are through grief learning to be good parents and working together to set aside differences to do what they can for the children. I liked seeing how quirky the characters were, they were by no means perfect but they were trying as best they would with what they were forced into. Then there was the romance brewing between the two which I enjoyed watching as well. It was just such a overall fun read and I recommend any readers to check out this book.

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I really enjoyed this story but the first half felt like it was the exact same thing as the movie 'Life as we know it." Obviously there were differences, but it felt so similar, I had a hard time distinguishing between the book and the movie.

That being said, by the second half, I felt like I was able to let it go more because I was interested in the characters and story.

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