Pepper Basham has done it again! I absolutely loved the Skymar series, so I was excited to read her latest romcom, and this one did NOT disappoint. From the setting to the characters and everything in between, Some Like It Scot is a must read!

One of the biggest things I loved about this book was the characters. I absolutely adored Katie. She was so genuine and relatable. I loved how she was honest about her insecurities (she’s a big girl while the rest of her family is petite), while also finding confidence in other areas of her life (like her writing). And then there’s Graeme. I loved him! The banter between Katie and Graeme was perfection. Their relationship will have you kicking your legs and giggling. This is the cutest grumpyxsunshine novel that I’ve read in a long time! It’s also a slow burn and just perfection.

Another thing I loved about about Some Like it Scot was the setting! The beautiful descriptions of Scotland had me feeling like I was there (and wishing I really was, lol). Pepper Basham always paints a picture with her writing and this one left me feeling very immersed in this story.

Overall, I absolutely adored this book! From the puns, humor, and wit, to the heartfelt moments and honest vulnerability, Some Like It Scot had it all and I loved every moment of this book. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fun, closed door, romance.

4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A charming, heartfelt adventure through Scotland’s past and present
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This was an adorable read! Some Like it Scot swept me away to the windswept beauty of the Isle of Mull with humor, heart, and just the right touch of romance!
Katie Campbell is such a fun character, full of wit, vulnerability, and a sense of adventure that makes her journey feel authentic and engaging. I especially loved the “Miss Adventure” angle and how it brought her missteps to life in such a relatable way. 🌍✈️

The dual POV between Katie and Graham added depth and emotion, especially as they both wrestled with personal history and finding a place to belong. The chemistry was slow-burning but deeply satisfying, with moments that tugged at my heartstrings. 💕
The setting was so vivid!! Pepper Basham weaves in Scottish folklore, Edwardian charm, and spiritual themes with warmth and grace. I felt like I was right there in the misty hills, discovering ancestral secrets and healing old wounds. 🏰🌧️🧳

My only wish was for a bit more tension or unpredictability in the plot, but that didn’t take away from the overall joy of the journey.

Huge thanks to Thomas Nelson Publishing for gifting me a copy in exchange for my honest review.
I’ll definitely be reading more from Pepper Basham!
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What a treat to read! The author had me laughing out loud and then considering how easily life can change from joy to grief. Katie Campbell is an internationally known travel writer with the tagline - Miss Adventure - a play on the many misadventures in which she finds herself. Her dream of writing middle reader books uses Katie on the Fly for all the adventures. Not yet published, but enjoyed by her brother’s children.

A trip to the Scottish Island of Mull to experience and provide publicity for Craighill and the Edwardian Experience allows her to explore a little of her ancestral roots. What she finds there gives her much to write about and even more to consider about a place to call home. The folklore, bits of Scottish wisdom and language brought the story to life. Will her faith and the faith of those she has learned to love help them to accept the past and look forward to the future God has planned? Time will tell.

This review is written in thanks for the opportunity given through Thomas Nelson and NetGalley. These impressions are my own and were in no way solicited.

This was another great book from Pepper Basham, Katie and Graeme are very cute together, and her misadventures make the story that much cuter. The puns help, too. If you want a sweet, clean, funny romance, this is a must-read!

(An arc from NetGalley)
This is my honest review of this new release.

Pepper Basham's book is not just a read but an experience. The characters, particularly Katie and Graeme, are so well-developed that they feel like real people. The narrators' skillful performance further enhances this immersive quality, making the book a must-read. I enjoy every minute of this book. The romance in this book is a chef's kiss. Reading this book has sparked a new interest in Scotland and the Edwardian era. The vivid descriptions of the Scottish landscape and the detailed portrayal of the Edwardian era's social norms and customs made me feel like I was living in that time and place. I was constantly rooting for Katie and Graeme. I especially was fond of Graeme's story and perspective because he's not your typical character; he's a character who sometimes appears a bit of a grump who, inside, is a caring individual. His caring nature was one of the reasons I fell in love with his character. At times, I saw Katie in me, which was truly inspiring and made the characters feel relatable. I can't stress this enough, but if you ever come across this book, then pick it up cause it truly is a fantastic book delivered so beautifully.

Note: If I could give this book six stars, I would cause it was just that good!

I enjoyed this book very much! I enjoyed reading and learning about the Edwardian history and the Scottish history throughout the story as well! I absolutely loved the dual POV's! It really made the story stand out for me! Learning about the Scottish history really made me feel like I was traveling with Katie! The chemistry between Katie and Graham I loved a lot! The story definitely pulls at your heartstrings and the ending was great! I definitely recommend Pepper Basham's books!

This was such a sweet love story! I loved the Christian values sprinkled into this book and the found family trope is done perfectly with how well Katie fit into Graeme's family. I also loved how Katie was portrayed as clumsy and how she made her money off her misadventures. As a clumsy girl myself, I felt seen!

Fantastic story! I loved everything about this one! The setting, the characters, the plot, the cover--everything! Pepper Basham at her finest! Highly highly recommend!

I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

My favorite thing about this book is the community that our lonely heroine finds during her time in Scotland. This author wrote the heroine so poignantly that I felt her loneliness and her longing for a place to belong to my very core, and I wanted her to find those things so badly! I just loved how the ladies embraced her as their own and made her feel so loved no matter what. And her interactions with the little girl stole my heart!

I also enjoyed the romance, though it was a little steamier than I typically go for. I didn't need all that steam and, in some ways, I felt such an emphasis on physical connection took away a bit from the soul connection of the two, but the soul connection was there and I enjoyed it.

I received a complimentary electronic copy of this book from NetGalley.

I have greatly enjoyed previous books by Pepper Basham and was so excited to get this book to review. I the end though this book just wasn’t for me. I wanted to like it and tried to push through and get into it but I just found that it wasn’t my style. Thank you to NetGallry for a complementary copy in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 ⭐️

Such a charming and sweet love story set against the backdrop of the Scottish highlands. The romance itself was a bit of a slow burn filled with longing glances, corny puns, and mildly perilous situations requiring some heroism. It was a pleasant change of pace from the typical new-age romance novels I tend to read. This was a no-spice, grumpy/sunshine love story that warmed my heart, but the descriptions of the landscapes and the small town of Mull are what snagged me the most! You can tell the author has had first-hand experience with the highlands, as the raw depictions of the beauty of Scotland brought me back to my own incredible travels to Inverness and Isle of Skye last year. If you find yourself eager for a dose of highlander culture, Scottish brogue, innocent love, and whimsical misadventures of a self-proclaimed klutz, then this is the story for you!

This was a super cute book. It moved too slow for me, but I know some readers really like a slow build up.

Definitely a easy read. This was extremely good. I like the background, the storyline and the misadventures 🤣. I would said I read it in one day and definitely worth it. I really enjoy our FMC Katie and her personality. I think all her hardships and adventures make her extremely relatable and fun. I really enjoy the traveler influencer writer part of the book. And the Edwardian theme too, that was extremely fun. Our MMC Graeme was the perfect grumpy shy Scot we all need it and I love how he grows to care about Katie. Overall I enjoyed a lot.

Humor and romance crash into each other (literally) in this entertaining story from Pepper Basham! I did not pick up this book expecting to laugh out loud within the first chapter but here we are. This truly was an entertaining book!

An exclusive Edwardian-era "experience", run by a cosseted society matron and hosted in Craighill House, the updated and remodeled Scottish manor house belonging to the MacKerrow family; a nomadic travel writer who goes by the moniker Miss Adventure (for reasons hilariously and poignantly shown throughout the book); the "grumpy" Scotsman who grudgingly allows his family manor house to be used in an absurd fashion for the betterment of the family he loves so dearly. Take these ingredients, mix them up, and you will end up with Some Like It Scot - a humorously told story of growth, love, heartache, and belonging, all tied together with threads of Biblical truth.

I will say that there were a couple of instances that the attraction and interaction between lead characters was a little bit too.....honest and descriptive, and I know that is a personal preference when it comes to reading and writing so I'll leave it at that. The humor was well done and while the trope was a bit Hallmark-esque, Pepper really told the story well and it was enjoyable reading a story that you could see playing out in real life. The characters are believable, and I very much enjoyed all of the Scottish words and phrases so cleverly defined by her style of writing.

So, if you're up for an adventure that starts you laughing and leaves you pondering, journey to the make-believe Scottish island of Mull and join Graeme and Katie on the experience of a lifetime!

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Thank you to Netgalley and Thomas Nelson Fiction | Thomas Nelson for an early copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I loved this book and read it in one sitting. I loved the characters and the storyline. I would definitely recommend this book.

I received this e-book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the author/publisher for the copy!

This was a cute Christian fiction novel with an American travel writer set in Scotland. I actually listened to this on audiobook and I think it would have been a much different, possibly better experience actually reading it. The character development was good and I enjoyed the secondary characters. I wouldn't mind a second book to see Katie's adventures continue!

If you know me well, I’m sure it’s no surprise I requested Some Like it Scot by Pepper Basham from Netgalley solely based on the title and cover. 😅 Thank you to the publisher for the early copy; all thoughts are my own.

At a glance:
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Grumpy/sunshine
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿An accident prone travel writer
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿A broody Scot
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Grief and loss
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿A picturesque Scottish setting (Isle of Mull)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Lively side characters
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Found family
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Finding a sense of home and belonging
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Kissing only

This story was a delight and it made my Scotland-loving heart happy. Healing and self-discovery are common themes in travel romance, which is part of why I gravitate toward them. I love watching a character discover things about themselves as they discover a new place, and that’s exactly what the reader gets with Katie’s journey to Scotland. She’d been travelling for a long time, but when she arrived in Scotland, she unexpectedly found a sense of home and belonging she’d never felt before, particularly with Graeme the brooding Scot and his charming family. This story was funny, emotional, and swoony, and I’m looking forward to reading more of Pepper’s books.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

✨ “And who’s to say that sometimes a hero is exactly what a person needs, not to save a life but to remind them that there are still regular, every day, non-super powered good guys out there in the world?”✨

Summary:
American travel writer who has never found a place to belong and a grumpy Scot who finds himself having to rescue her...alot.

Themes:
Healing, Finding home, Self-discovery & Faith

Thoughts:
I’m late to the party but wow! This book was a breath of fresh air. What a powerful story about sense of belonging and being able to know God loves us in our brokenness because He turns it into beauty. The story blends humor, relatable characters (and side characters) & witty banter into a great read. This was my first read by Pepper Basham, and can I just say... I will be coming back for more. She did such a great job with the writing, and what a beautiful, picturesque setting! I’ve been wanting to go to Scotland SOOO I might have to bump it up higher on my travel list 🤭

TW’S: Grief/ loss of siblings

Thank you NetGalley, Pepper Basham, and Thomas Nelson Fiction for granting me access to this book in exchange for an honest review.

WHIT A BRAW READ 💚💚!!! I am overwhelmed with JOY to have found a new favorite author whose words speak straight to my heart!! I went into this book with no idea how much it would mean to me. It became a quiet kind of magic that is gentle, powerful, and unforgettable. I cannot stop thinking about it, and I truly can't recommend it enough!! With unwavering confidence and heartfelt pride, I can say this book has earned its place on my list of favorites for 2025!!

What an utterly delightful and heartwarming Scottish romance! This beautifully written tale had me smiling, swooning, laughing, and even shedding a few tears along the way. The witty banter, the sense of found family, and the presence of a grumpy yet endearing Scot in a kilt made for an unforgettable read.

The story is rich with misadventures of a spirited heroine, tender moments, and swoon-worthy kisses. The inclusion of a delightful boy and his loyal dog 🐶 , Wedge, adds an extra layer of charm. The community's women's knitting club offers both comfort and camaraderie, weaving threads of friendship and faith throughout the story.

This novel is a testament to the idea that sometimes, stepping out of one's comfort zone and embracing the unknown can lead to the most profound discoveries. In addition, the story is about facing one's past, understanding that running away doesn't shield the heart, and the healing journey toward finding where the heart truly belongs. It's a story that lingers, like the echo of bagpipes across the glen, leaving the reader both uplifted and yearning for more. It's a perfect blend of humor, emotion, and romance that stays with you long after the last page.

I wholeheartedly recommend this Scottish romance and it deserves all the stars!! I'm eagerly looking forward to exploring more of Basham's captivating tales.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Some Like it Scot by Pepper Basham

Thank you to @netgalley for the ARC and Audiobook!

I mostly listened to the audiobook and really liked the narrators! Typically when accents are involved they can be fake and forced but I really liked these accents and they seemed authentic ☺️

I really wanted to like this one, but unfortunately I was just bored. It wasn’t a bad read but it took me a while to get through it and I just didn’t have the spark to open it. I think this one was just wrong timing for me. I did like the found family aspect and getting back to one’s routes.

If you like:
☀️Grumpy/Sunshine
☯️Opposites Attract
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒Found Family
🔥Slow Burn
❤️‍🩹Healing Through Love
🐟Fish out of Water

Give this one a try!