Thank you netgally for the arc in exchange for my honest review. ♡

Pub date: 5th July 2024

I'm just not sure.

That was an incredibly short timeline.

Shelby recently lost her father and their family run vineyard is on the brink. After trying so many investors, she finally finds one who assigns her a manager.
Nate is a controll freak who just got out of a long term relationship ended badly. He has his own family dramas and has self worth anxiety.
Together apparently is instant love. And I mean instant love.

Their first... coupling was... cringy. And I don't mean like oh she reads spicy stuff it's not the same kind. I mean like. 🫣 how it came about. I just. Wow.

Just too many plot holes for me or rather certain emotions didn't add up.

But don't get me wrong. The story itself was cute and there were a lot of funny moments.

Her two besties and ava stole the show for me.

💓

"The fuckening, It's when you're having a great day
but you don't quite trust it. And then, sure enough, shit happens. And you go, 'Ah, there it is. The fuckening."

"A part of me feels I ought to say I dont deserve you. But a way bigger part wants to prove that's one hundred percent wrong."

'If love is madness, then consider me certifiably insane.'

Corkscrew You by Catherine Robertson follows Shelby, who needs to save her family’s vineyard after her father’s passing. To appease investors, she must hand over control to Nathan to handle all things business.

This has the small town romance, enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine vibes that are very popular in the romance genre. It is a quick and easy read if looking for a story to pass the time, and has a bit of spice throughout.

Unfortunately I also found this oddly rushed. Nathan is not likable and yet falls in love with Shelby almost instantly and without any real basis for it. I would have liked to see more foundation for their relationship to make the falling in love aspect a bit more satisfying.

objectively speaking... this is just not good. It was really hard to get through even a few chapters. It felt rushed, unedited, and awkward. Would not recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for this ARC!
I devoured this book in one day, really super smooth flowing and easy!
the grumpy x sunshine trope can be felt and is one of my favorites, I was able to empathize with all the characters and Shelby is super easy to love! 🩷

can't wait to read the next book!!!

Corkscrew You is about Shelby who runs Flora Valley Wines after her father has died. Nate is hired on to help run the business.
I feel like I have read slight variations of this plot many times before.
It was a quick read, and the plot was good, and for the most part I enjoyed the writing style.
The love story progressed a little too fast ofr my liking. I prefer a bit of a slow burn, but the entirety of the book happened in like 1-2 weeks.
Shelby was a unique character. Some of her quirks were cute. Some were not for me.
Nate-I had a hard time with this one. His character lacked a bit of depth and I just wasn't all in on him.
Both Shelby and Nate were incredibly immature at times. Aside from their jobs they honestly felt closer to teen's as opposed to two adults in their late 20's.
Because of this the spicy scenes felt somehow wrong and weird, for me, as a reader.
2 stars from me.
Thank you to NetGalley and One More Chapter for the advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review. This title releases July 5th.

This book combines elements of humor, romance, and personal growth in a way that captivated me from the very first page. The authors writing style is witty and warm, with a knack for creating vivid scenes and relatable characters. Her dialogue sparkles with humor and authenticity, making the interactions between characters a major highlight of the book.

This book was a feel-good romance but it felt rushed and a smidge immature. Nate and Shelby knew each other for all of one week and were professing their love and want to stay with each other for the rest of their lives. It felt like esptie this, these two characters rarely knew each other and were encountering lots of arguments and problems because of that. Nate's insistence to push their relationship to the back-burner to focus on his family made sense in theory but it felt like a huge disservice to Shelby who he expected to just sit and wait around for him. Nate and Shelby did balance each other out as serious and goofy respectively but their relationship as it was written was weak and rushed.

Shelby es vinicultora, trataba en el viñedo familiar, su padre le dijo que ella sería la siguiente dueña, pero al morir no dejó testamento y la esposa heredó todo y como ella no quería nada que ver con el viñedo lo iba a vender, entonces Shelby hace un trato con su mamá en donde le da 6 meses para encontrar un inversor que le permita seguir trabajando y dicho inversor pone a Nathan como administrador.

Nathan estaba comprometido, tenía una buena carrera en Francia, todo en su vida era perfecto hasta que su padre enfermó y a partir de ese momento todo en su vida se desmoronó. Regresa a su pueblo junto con sus hermanos para cuidar al necio de su padre que no sigue indicaciones medicas y acepta trabajar con Shelby en quien no puede dejar de pensar.

La escritura es inmadura.

No me gustó como Nathan encontró atractivas a Chiara, Jordan y Petr y describía lo guapas que eran.

Pensé que los siguientes libros serían de las amigas y resultó que serán de la familia Durant.


Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Copy provided by the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Corkscrew You is a hate to love story about a daughter desperately trying to save her father's winery after his death. Shelby wants nothing more than to find a way to keep the family winery going including bringing in an investor. The problem is the investor Nate, wants to change all the things that she loves about the winery. While they fight at every turn when it comes to business they someone find that sparks fly in the romance department. Corkscrew You pulls you in with a cute cover and a promising plot but for me it never delivered.

This was a very cute quick read.

There was a lot of drama and miscommunication (my least favorite trope) which is why I'm only giving it 3 stars. I'm not a big fan of when this happens and it makes the story drag, in my opinion.
It was also a bit too fast paced. I wish we'd had more details.

Overall, it was a good rom-com that I recommend to those who like these type of books.

Thank you NetGalley for the Arc of Corkscrew You! I’d definitely say I’m in the like category of this book. It’s not my favorite but it wasn’t the worst I’ve read. The thing that irritated me was the major fat shaming and felt extremely rushed. I did, however, like the drama and storyline, they’re a great pair and I loved their story!

I'm not sure about this one. It was an easy-to-follow story with some great moments but I think I wanted more "grumpy" from Nate and more "sunshine" from Shelby. I definitely would have liked to have read more banter between the two before they got into the spicy stuff. The story happened very quickly, which I think would have been a bit better if it happened over a longer period of time. I did really enjoy the characters Nate and Shelby individually.....and how their story ended.

Thank you to Netgalley, One More Chapter and the author Catherine Robertson for providing me with this e-copy in exchange for an honest review

Thank you NetGalley, HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter and Catherine Robertson for providing me this ARC.

There were many things I liked about this book, but I expected more. 🍷

I loved the storyline, but it all went a bit too fast to me. The romance doesn't have a lot of depth and is rushed. It all happens in a week, which I found too unrealistic. I loved the wine talk though. The characters were great and had lots of potential.

For me this book just missed the mark, but it was still a fun read!

I made it as far as I possibly could but I had to give up. The story had so much potential but failed to deliver in my opinion. There was not nearly enough chemistry between the characters that warranted our main male character to think he was in love with the leading lady less than 30% in to the story.

Unrelated, but an absolute ICK I have is when characters use other words in place of swearing. If there was no swearing in this book at all, I wouldn't have even noticed or cared. But the fact that she "swore" so much without swearing was so childish. Just say fuck, man.

Really love the idea of this book, as soon as I read the description, I knew I had to give it a read! Only just started but really liking so far, will update as I progress in the book 😌

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC! I was drawn to this by the cute cover and romance genre. Unfortunately, this wasn’t for me. I found the writing to be skewed younger than I hoped, I didn’t connect with the characters and I found the book to be tough to engage with.

This book focused heavily on family drama and healing, both of which I think it handled well. A lot of care and research obviously went into the wine-making aspect of the book, and it was quite enjoyable to learn about through Shelby’s eyes. Though some of the dialogue felt a little forced, I thought that the scenery and descriptions were well written, and I liked the variety of characters that the author included in the book.

Being honest, I found Shelby’s mannerisms a bit too immature for my liking, and made me a bit indifferent to the romance. There were several instances where I thought their attraction to each other felt forced. However, the author did a good job portraying both family members who don’t agree with each what is best for each other and a main couple with very different business approaches, and I enjoyed the secondary plot lines a lot. Many thanks to NetGalley, HarperCollins UK, and One More Chapter for this ARC. This is my honest review.

3/5 Grumpy and Sunshine have differing views on modern business.

I liked this one at first, but around the 30% mark, it went a little downhill for me.

I don't think it was a bad book, it was just a little fast for me.

I liked that Shelby had such good friends, Jordan was definitely my favorite.

Ava was the absolute best in this book, the way she didn't back down from her father. I can't wait to read her book.

The only problem I had with the story were Nathan's feelings for Shelby. You're telling me you're IN LOVE with a girl a month after your engagement falls through. Boy, that's your rebound girl. Even if she isn't, he fell way too fast for me, making the story a little too unbelievable.

Unfortunately for me, this has had to go on my DNF pile.
The story was moving way too quickly for me and the chemistry just wasn't there.
Phrases like 'holy swizzle stick' and 'big figging boo boo' did not help to keep me intrigued.
The premise of this book was brilliant, however for me the story and characters fall flat.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGallery and Harper Collins UK, and One More Chapter for this Arc.


I thought it was a cute storyline and the cover was appealing to me. Definitely not a must read in my opinion but a light easy read