Reviewed by Leigha on
Over the break, I wanted a fun, lighthearted, smutty romance novel. It’s hard to find one of those in a market saturated with them. That said, I’ve had luck with Emma Chase’s books in the past so I thought I would give her latest novel a try. While it wasn’t my favorite book by hers, it was a fun uplifting story about one woman discovering her home.
Callie and Garrett are likable, if not all that original, characters. You have your cocky ex-football player turned coach and your sweet drama nerd turned high school director. Their story – both as individuals and as a couple – was executed without flaw over the course of the novel. There were no surprises, no twists, just two people learning to live and love each other again.
I feel like so many stories focus on the “drama” of a relationship without focusing on the day to day aspects of a relationship. While Callie and Garrett’s relationship have moments of drama, there is a nice balance between their emotional moments and their normal day lives. I wish more time had been spend with them making connections outside their romance, but otherwise it’s not a bad way to spend one afternoon.
tl;dr A pleasant, yet unoriginal and predictable, story about a woman going home to discover all the things she never knew she missed.
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- 27 December, 2018: Reviewed