This story was not at all what I was expecting and honestly I kind of hated it. It was an unhinged story that was also a bit confusing and generally a bit stupid. Not for me.

Without a strong sense of identity, all this is is a mildly perplexing idea. My main issue is that every single character seems to at least low-key hate every other character. Also, the grand gestures don't make a ton of sense. Also, the perspective gets really weird at the end. Also, there's this really prolonged spicy scene that may as well have been in the middle of a cornfield for all that it had jack nothing to do with anything around it. Also, like, he doesn't really like her dog? But he's kinda perfect? So...is he or isn't he?

Interesting premise for a story and once it finally got started, the book was good. The beginning, however, was very disjointed and confusing. the initial few chapters leave the reader thinking that they are only getting part of a story. How did she lose her job? What did she try to teach? How did she end up with the dog? Her dog, that appears to be one of the main characters, seems to be a convenience and is written like either a neighbor's dog or a smaller dog that doesn't take up much real estate. A good premise that needs a little work.

I want to thank NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book. What hooked me was the title! I didn’t even read the synopsis. I read the title saw it was under the romance genre and immediately said sold!

This book was not what I expected but I still enjoyed it. It’s about a woman going through a rough time in life and goes out of her comfort zone to reach out to her new publisher Richard to restart her career as an author. He tells her what she’s used to writing he can’t sell. He told her romance is where it’s at.

She stumbles into Josh and their relationship begins assisting each other to help her write a romance book. You don’t find out how she’s helping him until the end. But together these two bring out the best in each other, heal each other and grow their relationship.

My complaints were I felt like he was not being communicating in hiding some of himself that produced challenges in their relationship. I felt like she was also horrible at communication in telling him her feelings about him, and kept things secret about their joint job writing this book.

I would recommend this book, it was enjoyable and the clever title is so worth it!

Thanks to Netgalley and Periwink Press for the ARC!

I was intrigued by the concept but the execution fell flat for me. The humor seemed to be going for depreciating but took a turn into unhinged. The female protagonist’s life is in shambles but she manages to judge everyone else’s life choices.

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Hilarious title, awful cover, fun story. Give it a try

Loved it! Such a fun and clever plot, great character development, and a story that had you on the edge of your seat, feeling all the feels.

I love Josh. I love Bridget. This was one of those books you can’t put down and then as you near the end, you feel sad that it’s over.

While I’m typically not a fan of the miscommunication trope, I thoroughly enjoyed the miscommunication and tension it created with this read. And, lust to love may just be my new fave.

I can’t wait to see what Lee puts out next.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC access.

5 ⭐️
3.5 🌶️

This book pleasantly surprised me! From the description, I expected it to be a romcom similar to ones I'd read before, but instead I got a story that had a lot of heart and tension told with a unique voice. The book title initially went over my head, but even though it's a bit silly I think there's more than meets the eye to be had with this debut.

I don't know that I could place a similar writing style to the author's - the way that the story is told definitely flows, it's understandable, but it has a literary quality to it (especially at the beginning). I actually think it maybe takes the style a bit too far at the start, but by the midway point I was engaged with these characters and thought the last 30% was excellent.

This book does has its fair share of the miscommunication trope, but I think the interesting elements make up for it. I was charmed by the MMC, I could feel the anxiety and stress of the FMC at the beginning of the book, and I enjoyed the HEA when it finally came to be. This could have been a predictable romance (which would have been fine!) but this new author managed to surprise me in fun ways and create a story that felt distinct.

The pacing in this story is also a bit different than your 'typical' romance novel, and the premise seems spicier than it ends up being (though it's definitely a sexy book). There were some elements I wasn't a fan of (the middle section had some conflict and scenes I didn't particularly enjoy) but overall I really did like this story and would be interested to see what this author puts out next!

This is so fucking dumb in so many ways, but just to list a few:

1. The premise of the book is that the writer needs to have HAWTSEX so she can write HAWTSEX scenes for her books, but of course she’s a 35 year old who’s never had an orgasm and needs a MAN to teach her about her own body.

2. We then never actually see all that much of the HAWTSEX she and this anatomical wonder of a male model are having. There’s a lot of TELL — of “I woke up the next day after we’d had all the sex everywhere in my house, and it was awesome,” — and very little SHOW.

This book is BASED IN the idea that readers want spicy scenes, so why does it keep backing away from them?? She spends more time describing a trip to buy a mirror to have sex in front of than she does the actual sex.

3. Hire a fucking editor. At one point, the male MC’s last name is spelled “Silva” when he says it and then “Silvva” on the next line when someone else does. At another, the FMC “waives” her hand.

4. The fucking dog

5. The fucking teaching plot line

6. Her mother’s ideas about cursed red hair

7. His family history of … debilitatingly high testosterone

Thanks to NetGalley for the advance copy. I wish it wasn’t digital, because I’d really like to drop kick this book into the fucking stratosphere.

I'm so glad I was able to read this book, I appreciated the novelist element and how it was used in the romance genre. The characters were everything that I was looking for and was glad they worked in this, they were everything that I was wanting and so glad I got to read this. Lee Taylor has a strong writing style and thought the overall concept was so strong.