Thank you for giving me an arc of this book!

I’m so torn about this book, so torn. It feels like it’s one draft away from perfection. The premise is so good, the characters are really good, the banter is great… I just found the flow and dialogue difficult at points. At times there was so much going on I couldn’t keep up. I enjoyed this book, and k loved the cover too… it’s a 3.75 stars for me. I’m excited to see this author evolve with future projects too!

Work it out is a very enjoyable small-town romance between a famous actor,Jake, and a former gymnast, Rayah. I liked the pace of the book for the most part and the way the surrounding characters are portrayed and contribute to the story. I also liked the way the more sensitive issues were addressed, it was subtle but not superficial. I would have liked to know some more things about the MMC’s past and how he grew to become the man he is now, it felt like the FMC had more attention by the author in this part.

I guess the thing that bothered me the most was Rayah’s tolerance of Jake’s attitude towards her in the beginning of their acquaintance- I mean she was portrayed as strict, how could she not complain when he started calling her “cupcake” out of nowhere?


-Written in 3rd person
-Spice: max 2/5 🌶️

Overall: 4/5 ⭐️ for me.

I received an advanced free copy of this book via NetGalley & Entangled Publishing and I’m leaving a voluntary review.

This was such a fun read. At times the story got a little crowded, with the fallout from her gymnastic history and his medical/celebrity history. But the world created here - the town, the gym, the fascinating secondary characters - makes me want to revisit Bigbone, AZ again and again.