She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick
I read the majority of this book in one sitting late at night. I genuinely couldn’t put it down. Rachael Lippincott has easily become one of my favourite authors and at the time of writing this post, I’m reading another book of her’s The Lucky List. The review of which I should have posted a few days before this goes up.
Friends to lovers is my favourite passive trope as it’s one that authors never need to force into a story. The friendship between Alex and Molly is one full of flirtatious banter and the fact that this book is also written by Rachael’s wife makes it even better. I’d love to know how much of it reflects their actual relationship.
Synopsis: Alex Blackwood is a little bit headstrong, with a dash of chaos and a whole lot of flirt. She knows how to get the girl. Keeping her on the other hand…not so much. Molly Parker has everything in her life totally in control, except for her complete awkwardness with just about anyone besides her mom. She knows she’s in love with the impossibly cool Cora Myers. She just…hasn’t actually talked to her yet.
Alex and Molly don’t belong on the same planet, let alone the same college campus. But when Alex, fresh off a bad (but hopefully not permanent) breakup, discovers Molly’s hidden crush as their paths cross the night before classes start, they realize they might have a common interest after all. Because maybe if Alex volunteers to help Molly learn how to get her dream girl to fall for her, she can prove to her ex that she’s not a selfish flirt. That she’s ready for an actual commitment. And while Alex is the last person Molly would ever think she could trust, she can’t deny Alex knows what she’s doing with girls, unlike her.
As the two embark on their five-step plans to get their girls to fall for them, though, they both begin to wonder if maybe they’re the ones falling…for each other.
Love at First Psych by Cara Bastone
I’m not really a fan of audiobooks but Cara Bastone’s are a must read for me. This is such a sweet book and the chemistry between the narrators is off the charts.
I usually find myself constantly checking how long is left in an audiobook but that wasn’t the case here. It’s so immersive and entertaining throughout.
Synopsis: This Psych 312 assignment just might send me off the deep end. Determining whether love at first sight really exists with Robbie Moravian as my project partner of all people?
He’s the sappiest man alive, so upbeat I could scream, and clearly rooting for happy endings at every turn. How does he not learn from experience considering our own meet-cute last semester almost got us expelled?
But we both need to pass this course to graduate. So we’re interviewing five random couples about their meet-cutes and relationships and spending all this time together. Which is certainly…educational.
Because it turns out Robbie isn’t just the charming golden boy I thought I knew. There’s some actual depth beneath all those lame dad jokes and the ‘70s-inspired thrift wardrobe (even if he does look ridiculously great in a flared collar). Next thing I know he’s walking me back to my office on the regular and finishing all my sentences and protecting me from freak storms, and…
Wait. Could Robbie be right? Can happy endings really come from unhappy beginnings? Is he about to change my entire world view?
Group projects are the worst.
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