While i really liked the plot of this book and how entertaining it was I feel like the main characters were not good for each other. I just didn't feel the chemistry between them and I also couldn't connect with either of them. They argued way too much and it was really giving me red flags for their relationship in the future. The writing was really good and I really liked the third POV style. I also really liked the flashbacks to their childhood they got.

I loved that this book brought me a little sunshine during winter. I loved this light, bright story and would definitely recommend it to others!

⭐️4
🌶1.5

♡ small town romance
♡ friends to lovers
♡ second chance
♡ slow burn

This was such a cute small town, friends to lovers romance with a cute HEA.

𝙈𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙚 & 𝘽𝙚𝙣 have been best friends since the 6th grade, but Ben is moving back to Chicago after graduation for college. When Ben leaves, they both leave things unsaid. So what happens when he has to come back to Clay Creek 10 years later?

I love that this is a short read. There are so many romance books out there now that are 500+ pages, and that's just not necessary.

I love Fat Tony and his shenanigans 🤪 Granny is a fantastic side character, too. What a hoot!

"𝓘'𝓶 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮. 𝓦𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓱𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓪𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓮."

"𝓒𝓵𝓪𝔂 𝓒𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓴 𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮... 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮, 𝓜𝔂𝓵𝓲𝓮."

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Harper Voyager for sending this ARC!

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Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to arc read this novel!

I can not wait for others to read Spring Fling. This is the perfect romcom to get you out of your winter blues and excited for spring. I loved all of the characters that we meet in this story.

This book was a nice easy, contemporary romance read. I really enjoyed the dual POVs (something I typically prefer) and how easy the flow of the book went. It progressed at a natural pace and didn’t make me feel like the characters were rushed at all. The small town vibe of the book was also enjoyable and very funny at times.

I really enjoy some feel good romance. It was a well-planned romcom that had push and pull and a friends with benefits five. I enjoyed the main characters in the way that they were stories played out. The author had a great found family and cast of characters the added levity to the book. I also enjoyed all the inside jokes and laughs at this book, pulled out of me.

just wasn't for me and was not a book I personally enjoyed. I know there will be other readers out there that this will fit their style a lot better.

Thank you for the early read! Ben and Mylie were pretty cute and I enjoyed the setting and the back and forth between them. Nice, lighthearted rom com.

Spring Fling is a very cute, summer romance. The main characters, Mylie and Ben, have a have a second chance to find love when Ben returns to the small hometown of Clay Creek to sell his childhood home. Small town shenanigans ensue as the book progresses; including a fishing competition, a Sadie Hawkins dance and a rogue raccoon.

Overall, the book felt like it was missing details and rushed through a lot of the plot. I didn't feel like I really knew any of the characters and. I was not convinced that Ben and Mylie had strong chemistry. The spice level is maybe 2 out of 5.

I would recommend this book to someone looking for an easy read with no surprises and minimal spice.

(as a side note: Why was cheater Ryan at the family BBQ at the end??)

Thank you, NetGalley, Avon and Harper Annie England Noblin for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was a cute, very quick read. It's the story of Mylie (which was sometimes spelled Miley), a small town girl who runs a local business with her long-time bff. The MMC is Ben, a guy who spent most of his childhood in Chicago, but middle and high school in Clay Creek.

Mylie and Ben were best friends in high school who secretly had feelings for each other, but neither of them acted on those feelings because they always knew Ben was going to leave. When Ben comes back to settle things with his late mother's estate, he and Mylie start a friends-with- benefits situation that has an expiration date (because Ben was never going to stay).

I loved the small town setting, the time hops back to middle/high school and Mylie's relationships with the secondary characters. (Seriously, Granny is such a bada$$.) I'm also a sucker for a second chance romance, so this was right up my alley.

I wish there had been a little more relationship development between Mylie and Ben. They saw each other and didn't even emotionally reconnect; they just jumped into bed together. It makes me think they probably wouldn't last long past the epilogue.

Spring Fling gave me all the feels! This is the story of Ben and Mylie who were best friends in middle school through high school graduation. Although there were always feelings of more on both their parts, neither were able to speak them to each other. Then Ben left. For 10 years he has been gone until it comes time to settle his family estate. It is the one place he thought he would never return to. His plan is to fix and sell his family home quickly and get out. He never could have foreseen how quickly his plan would fail. Upon his return, he bumps into Mylie almost immediately and so starts a string of events that bring back all the memories and then helps them make new ones. Even though Mylie has a lot on her plate with her Granny and Cassie to the annual fishing tournament coming up. Mylie and Ben find themselves returning to the same friendship they had 10 years ago, except this time they aren't willing to keep feelings hidden. But will they be able to find the right solution before their new found feelings overtake them?

Annie England Noblin has done a wonderful job with bringing her characters to life. This was a great read and I highly recommend this book! It will not disappoint.

First off thank you NetGalley for the ARC!

There were a couple of typos but nothing too major. I liked hearing more about the small town and their happenings rather than the romance. I was excited because this was friends to lovers, but the "lovers" part kinda fell short. It might have been in part because Mylie was an unlikable main character but that might just be a me problem.

Set in a vacation town in the Ozarks, Mylie embraces her roots, knowing where she belongs and unapologetically follows her path. Benjamin is a little more lost, knowing from a young age his feelings for Mylie, but his need for bigger and better lead him to Chicago and away for several years.
Brought back to settle his grandfather's (and for a period, his childhood) home, old feelings resurface, but now as adults Mylie and Ben have to figure out how they will move forward. Will they bend or break in their need to balance family, relationships, and career paths.
Granny sure was entertaining, as was the raccoon.
Overall an enjoyable quick read.
Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher, and author for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Oh, my goodness! I loved Spring Fling! Once I started reading it, I didn’t want to stop. It was such a fun read. I loved the small town of Clay Creek. Everyone was quirky and nosey in the best kind of way. Mylie’s Granny was hilarious and she was BY FAR my favorite character in the book. Mylie and Ben’s relationship was the best. The flashbacks let you get a peek into their friendship growing up, making it even better. I just loved this book so much. Zero complaints.

A huge thank you to Avon and Harper Voyager and NetGalley for the advanced copy. All opinions expressed above are my own.

Second chance
Neighbors to lovers
Small town
Dual timelines
Fat raccoon
Third person

Since the sixth grade, Mylie and Ben liked each other but never did anything about it. After high school, Ben left town for college and they drifted apart. He returns to their small town in Arkansas ten years later to tie up some family business before taking a job in Boston. Sparks fly when Mylie and Ben meet again. With Ben’s inevitable departure looming, what will they do?

A cute story but it felt elementary — maybe it was the third person POV. Main characters could have been more in-depth. I wanted more descriptions too about everything and everyone.

The diverse cast of small town characters was likable and Mylie’s relationship with her sister was special. I liked how there were a few side storylines like on a tv show.

Overall a cute read but something was missing for me. Long live Fat Tony.

Thanks to the publisher via NetGalley for the ARC!

I had trouble enjoying the book after I got to the halfway mark and I realized the romance was going to be rushed. Mylie and Ben barely rekindled their friendship before getting into a friends with benefits situation - the chemistry wasn’t there for me. After not speaking for nearly 10 years, you kinda need to get to know someone again. Ben’s life after leaving Clay Creek was glossed over and we know Mylie is stuck in her small town mindset. I’m sorry but you can’t still be pining over someone you haven’t seen in a decade that you were never with. Her instantly being in her feelings about Ben just felt so fake. The third act breakup was inevitable but also stupid because no one was actually unhonest about anything. I also hate how it was resolved personally because I think we should’ve switched who chased after who.

I was enjoying this book in the beginning like truly enjoying it. There were some cute and funny moments. However the spelling mistakes (Mylie/Miley) and wrong character details (Jodi having a long time boyfriend but then calling Jodi married) it began to get to me. These are easy ways to make sure a book is ready to be read and these mistakes were noticeable enough to give me a pause. I think this book needed more conflict beyond miscommunication, more depth of the characters and more pages to make this story better.

Thank you Netgalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for this ARC!

This is a sweet friends to lovers romance set in small town Clay Creek, Arkansas. Mylie has everything she could want, a successful tackle story and a loving relationship with her grandmother and younger sister, Casie. Ben has returned to Clay Creek after years away chasing his dreams. The two immediately reconnect, which I love how the author portrayed that reconnection as adults and their relationship deepening into something more.

This was a light and quick romance read that I enjoyed.

I really wanted to love this book , and while some parts were fun, my feelings overall were mixed.

At first, Ben and Mylie were super cute, but by the end, their chemistry felt off, and I thought Ben should have just gone for his new job. There were also annoying plot holes, like how Jodi’s name was spelled differently at times and the confusing details about her boyfriend/husband.

Then there’s Ryan, Cassie’s ex. After he cheats on her, Mylie suggests Cassie can bring him to family dinners? That made no sense.

I’m still giving it 3 stars because Annie has potential. The story was cute, though it felt a bit messy at times.

For fans of Sarah Adams, be aware this book isn’t clean—it has some rushed scenes that took away from the story. It’s like a “Hallmark Read” where the plot might not hold up if you think too much, but it’s still enjoyable!

I loved the side characters, especially Fat Tony, and wished we had more time with them. The dialogue was fun, even if a bit cringey. The ending surprised me in a good way!

Overall, this book was fun to read!

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

3 ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️

Small town romance

I enjoyed it but it fell flat to me unfortunately

Let me start with the things I really liked about this story:

Miley and Ben were a cute couple. The story moved quickly and I was easily able to finish it in one day.

The things that stopped me from giving this a full 4 ⭐️ review:

So much miscommunication. So if this is a trope you enjoy, this book is great for you. Personally it’s one of the few tropes that makes it hard for me to enjoy a book. I also felt like the characters could have been flushed out just a bit more.

Overall this is a solid read, and I am open to reading more from this author in the future.
Thank you Net Galley and publishers for this ARC.