Earls Trip

Earls Trip #1

by Jenny Holiday

The first in a sparkling Regency-era series with a delightfully modern feel, set against the irresistible backdrop of an annual trip taken by three handsome earls . . .

Even an earl needs his ride-or-dies, and Archibald Fielding-Burton, the Earl of Harcourt, counts himself lucky to have two. Archie (the jock), Simon (the nerd), and Effie (the goth) have been BFFs since their school days, and their annual trip holds a sacred spot in their calendars. This year, Archie is especially eager to get away—until an urgent letter arrives from an old family friend, begging him to help prevent a ruinous scandal. Archie’s childhood pal Olive Morgan must be rescued from an ill-fated elopement—and her sister Clementine must be rescued from rescuing Olive. Suddenly the trip has become earls-plus-girls.

This . . . complicates matters. The fully grown Clementine, while as frank and refreshing as Archie remembers, is also different to the wild, windswept girl he knew. This Clem is complex and surprising—and adamantly opposed to marriage. Which, for reasons Archie dare not examine too closely, he finds increasingly vexing.

Then Clem makes him an indecent and quite delightful proposal, asking him to show her the pleasures of the marriage bed before she settles into spinsterhood. And what kind of gentleman would he be to refuse a lady?

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Historical, Fiction, Audiobook, Regency

320 pages, Paperback

First published April 23, 2024

About the author

Jenny Holiday is a USA Today-bestselling and RITA®-nominated author whose books have been featured in The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, and Buzzfeed. She grew up in Minnesota and started writing at age nine when her fourth-grade teacher gave her a notebook to fill with stories. When she's not working on her next book, she likes to hang out with her family, watch other people sing karaoke, and throw theme parties. Jenny lives in London, Ontario, Canada.

Reviews

[Hannah B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

✨I laughed, I cried a number of times. I sweat, I danced. I got a(nother book where the hero gets) shot (by the heroine). I ate and had many epiphanies <3✨

Yeah I just loved this a lot. I had high hopes since I enjoyed the preview I read a while back, and I finally found time to sit down and inhale it in a night.

Watching Archie and Clementine rekindle their childhood friendship and then fall in love was so cuuuuute. Clementine described the moment her mother said she realized she loved her father and then to see that mirrored in the things that Archie did >>> I don’t want to spoil it but I think it would technically be acts of service? Acts of doing things that you may not love for the person you love and now you too love those things because the person you love loves those things?? But I digress.

There is a pretty big content warning for a parent struggling dementia/early onset memory loss on page/discussed. Those moments with Archie’s mother had me crying in the club. There was just so much love in this book!!

The found family and friend group of it all really hit the spot for me. I loved the lack of toxic masculinity and really just the love between the three men. I can’t wait to see these characters again in book two!!! And I know Effie’s book is next but color me very intrigued about Simon 👀 They were all just so sweet.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 🌶️*/5

*The only thing stopping this from being a perfect 5/5 was the lack of their consummation on page. There were two low-detail sex scenes (non penetration stuff) but man I wanted to at least see their wedding night. It was teased to us twice but we were shut out both times that just didn’t seem in line with what we got in the earlier scenes.

CWs: Parent struggling dementia/early onset memory loss on page/discussed.


Thanks so much to the publisher for an eARC via NetGalley. All opinions are honest and my own.

[PlotTrysts · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really, really loved this low-angst friends-to-lovers Regency romcom!!! Clementine and Olive, sisters, are rescued from ruination by an old family friend and end up crashing a boys' getaway. Archie (aforementioned old family friend) and Clementine were close as children, but the death of her mother and his father led to a gradual distancing between the families. Now, though, thanks to the close proximity of the Earls Trip, Clem and Archie get to spend more time with each other, deepening their friendship and finding new points of connection.

Archie is one of the sweetest MMCs I've ever read: his greatest quality is that he's a truly decent person who loves his friends for exactly who they are. This book is friends-to-lovers and it's a romcom, but Jenny Holiday brings a good helping of heat, as well. I also teared up on at least two occasions. This one hits all my sweet spots and I'm so glad to have read it! Really looking forward to the full series and more historicals from Holiday.

36-Word Summaries:

Laine: She is a vegetarian and his only hobby is hunting. That's it. That's the conflict. He rescues Clem from her rescue of her sister and doesn't HAVE to marry Clem, but boy does he want to.

Meg: Clementine and Archie haven’t seen each other for years. When they run into each other they’re both surprised to realize the other is … hot? And, like, really, really nice? Maybe even … perfect? Oh, no.

This objective review is based on a complimentary copy of the novel.

[Tracey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a well-written, entertaining, historical romance novel. It has wonderful characters, wit, humor, engaging banter, vividly described settings, the unbreakable bond between sisters, loyal friends, a heartwarming romance, and a gratifying conclusion. I listened to the audio book, and the narrator, Mr. Harry Frost, who has a captivating voice, does an outstanding job voicing the characters in this fabulous novel.

[Madison Warner Fairbanks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Earls Trip by Jenny Holiday
Historical romance.
Three Earls take an annual two week vacation. Archie, Simon and Effie have been friends since childhood. As a way to deal with their stress and everyday burdens, they take turns choosing a vacation spot and escape. This year, a messenger intercepts them on the way out of town, asking for Archie to rescue Olive and Clementine Morgan from a ruinous scandal. He, of course, rescues them, but returning them home would take up most of the two week planned get-away. So instead, the five travel to the remote, crumbling, and borrowed castle on the edge of Scotland, to relax and rejuvenate with strict instructions that the women remain out of the way so as to not bother or ruin the men’s escape.
Needless to say, separate areas of the castle doesn’t end up working and they all find deeper friendships in the end.

Humorous, delightful and adorable. A slow burn blooming friendship, multiple times over between the group, with Archie and Clem turning into a deeper bond of romance. Vegetarian cooking and leaking roofs add depth and color. A story you will love. I hope this is the beginning of a series as I’d love to revisit with these friends.

I received a copy of this from NetGalley

[Blodeuedd Finland]

As it stands now, dnf.

I was bored.
I have NO idea what was going on.
Historical romance? No, not a single feel of that. Could have been anywhere, anytime
Too much talking, thinking.
No idea who it was about

[Southern Lady Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

When it comes to wild women, one doesn't traditionally equate it with women who quite literally look quite so... wild. With leaves in their hair and grass stains upon their dresses, those sorts of girls are estimated for spinsterhood in the Victorian Era.

For Clementine, though, nothing she's ever wanted has been conventional. From her desire to learn to her outlandish requests of her friend and gentleman, Archie, to explain *bedroom matters* before she descends into spinsterhood after a botched engagement... Clementine and Archie are childhood friends about to descend into more than friendship.

If you've ever found yourself feeling at odds with societal norms, and you love historical fiction Earl's Trip is your next read!

**Thank you to Kensington Books for the advanced reader copy. I received this book for free, but all thoughts are my own. – SLR 🖤

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[carolintallahassee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was sent an invitation to read this book, the author is new to me, and I usually give new authors an easier review, but this author has written other books, so this is not a debut novel. I found the story too politically motivated, a feminist in the mid-1800s, not only is she anti-marriage, she is a vegetarian, not even eating eggs. Her childhood friend, Archie, has grown into the Earl of Harcourt, every year, he and his two friends Simon, and Effie, go on a boys-only trip, this year they decide on a dilapidated castle, as they are off,
Clementine and her sister Olive have become involved with the same man, a vegetarian activist who has written a book and is actively pushing for hunters to stop hunting, and even worse to stop eating the meat. Spoiler Alert: I should have known that the protagonist gets her way, that the man wimps out and gives into her obsession. Needless to say, I did not like the protagonist or the two other males who make up the Earl's Trip! Sorry, even though I eat mostly chicken, I crave a hamburger once in a while, and I enjoy every bite of it, without remorse! I found the protagonist to be self-righteous and irritating, I read for escapism, and to be entertained, not to be lectured on a subject that I heartily disagree with.
Thank you #Netgalley #KensingtonBooks

[guiltless pleasures]

First off, I am OBSESSED with this cover. It’s a cartoon cover I can get behind.

Sadly,the cover is the best thing about it. At 31%, I don’t feel like finishing this one. It had its amusing moments, but I was bored and the earls all seemed to have been to a 21st-century therapist, throwing around phrases like “found family.” It felt more like a bromance than a romance tbh. Better books are waiting patiently on my TBR.

[Literary Redhead · Rating 5 out of 5]

This fun Regency era novel brings humor and a lively look at a group of male friends on a yearly excursion. It has a modern feel that adds to the romantic charm when two lovely ladies become the focus of their attention. Loved it!

Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the ARC.

Opinions are mine.

[MillennialMomReading · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I saw this series was advertised as “Ted Lasso meets Bridgerton”, I knew I needed to get my hands (or in this case, ears) on it right away. Hambright PR and Jenny Holiday sent me a physical copy of book 2, and while they can be read as interconnected standalones I think it was much easier to start with book 1. Archie and Clementine’s story is too cute to miss. It has everything you could want-childhood friends to lovers, found family (they even discuss it!), a trio of golden retriever male best friends who (gasp!) even have emotionally intelligent conversations with each other, a sisterly bond in the making, and so much spinoff potential. It also has one very well done “teach me” trope. This is a slow burn but the angst is worth the wait. Can’t wait to read book 2!

[Alina Mistuloff · Rating 2 out of 5]

I hate rating anything below a 3 (especially with such a cute cover!!!), but this one was just not it for me. I was bored for nearly the entire book, up until about 90% in. Unfortunately I would not recommend this to a fellow reader.

[Dana · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m so bored. DNF 48%

[Jeannine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a charming, touching, and sweet friends-to-lovers romance that I devoured in under 24 hours. The premise: Archie and his friends are going on their annual "Earls Trip" to the country when his country neighbor writes about intercepting his youngest daughter and the man she's run away with. That man happens to have been engaged to his older daughter, Archie's childhood friend, Clementine. The three friends delay the Earls Trip to find the couple. At the same time, Clementine has tracked her sister and former fiancé. All come together at a coaching inn and the three friends take the sisters with them on their trip while the fiancé is coerced to head to America.

While on the trip, Archie and Clementine renew their friendship and develop deeper feelings. There's a secondary relationship between the sister and one of the friends.

The writing is so fun in this - lots of humor, but so many sweet moments between characters. I teared up a bit in a scene with Archie's mother when the trip is over - it was beautifully done.

Thankfully, the epilogue reveals that this is the start of a series.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐⭐💫
2½ stars.





➕ What I liked :

Dyslexia rep.
(Hero.)

Vegetarian main character.
(Heroine.)
Very uncommon in historical romance even though during the 19th century several individuals and groups actively promoted vegetarianism as a lifestyle and social reform movement…. And that throughout the 19th century, vegetarianism was all the rage and many prestigious/influential but also famous people promoted vegetarianism/vegetarian diet.
Like: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, John Frank Newton, Dr. William Lambe, Leo Tolstoy, Sir Edwin Arnold, Wilhelm Busch,Howard Williams etc. etc.
So it is always welcome to see vegetarian main characters in historical romance book… for many different reasons…. including my own personal values and beliefs.

Somewhat interesting side characters.

Some tiny little parts here and there of the plot were interesting.

A few somewhat funny moments.

Tallish heroine.

Main characters that are not OTT focused on each others looks.

Is not set in London.

The good and true friendship between the Earls.








➖ What I disliked:

Unconvincing romance and chemistry… and the romance needed more depth and development and page time.
There was too much focus on vegetarianism but also strangely even more on hunting🤢🤮…. And not enough spent on the main characters and them falling in love etc.
And not because the part with and about the vegetarianism was lectures/lecturing or anything like that because it was Not… because it was kind of part of the main characters banter…. But also debating each other… But the problem was it (the focus on the vegetarianism but also the hunting part ) took away from them reacquainting again and getting to know each other etc.

Inconsistencies.


Lackluster and cringey steam/sex scenes.

The way the heroine kind of brushes off that she was physically assaulted by her ex-betrothed… because she hit him as well as retaliation… Yes the hero and his friends did what they did to him (but that was because of other stuff and before knowing about the assault) and she can’t do much more because he has gone abroad and because the time period they are in etc. But still it was glossed over a little too much.

The heroines views on having children as a compensation in a loveless or bad/unwanted or sub-par marriage.

Anachronistic.

Disjointed and jumbled.

Rather thin plot.

Kind of vague character description on both main characters.


Annoying hero.

🙄🤦
The heroine is very ignorant/willfully ignorant and naive about her own body and pleasure but also sex.
𝐍𝐨 adult woman or person is that ignorant/willfully ignorant or naive about their own body and pleasure or sex no matter what 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣.
The heroine is so ignorant and naive it borders on absurdity/stupidity.
And that the hero shows the heroine how to pleasure herself is just so dumb and cringey.
And the heroine is supposed to be this “wild” and curious/inquisitive young woman that is curious about many things…. But she would not be curious about her own body and explore it?🤔 Or know how her Own body works🤨 Or be more curious about sex than she was (she did have sex with another man she thought she was going to marry) it is all just OTT and cringey and nonsensical.




Believability/plausibility issues etc.

(A nature loving and animal loving vegetarian would not accompany people that hunted or be a part of hunting in any way for any reasons… and especially not to prove a point or something like that or see why someone likes/loves to hunt.
That is totally against their values and beliefs etc.
That the heroine did what she did is strange and very out character among other things and it does not make sense at all?… and it shows a main character that does not have strong beliefs or values and is kind of fickle or/and easily coaxed/maneuvered…. Even if she did react in the way a vegetarian or animal lover would.
Not even if she was a non-vegetarian would her behavior and/or agreement to do what she did make sense … only a hunter would do anything like that or someone that did not care about animals at all or that animals were harmed or killed.

She could/should have said/insisted that she wanted to try or accompany/join the hero on his other activities/”hobbies” (fencing or archery or boxing) and Not went along with the hunting thing like she did.

And the hero should never have suggested/persuaded the heroine to accompany him on a hunt… it is strange and disrespectful/disregarding.

That the hero compared his hunting thing with his friends passions/interests and hobbies etc. .… Even one of his friends comments on…. that him hunting is Not the same thing as their passions/interests and hobbies… The heroes friends create in different ways … but the hero destroys and kills.

The hero was very obtuse and insensitive about the heroine not wanting to eat meat and not wanting to harm animals and being a vegetarian…. Especially when the hero is also supposed to be a rather attentive/observant person and a good listener according to his friends (he really isn't when it comes to the heroine)… And he knows she has always cared for animals very much even when they were children.
His daddy issues made him very strange when it came to his extreme obsession/ obsession with hunting. (He started to hunt with his father to get his approval etc.)
The way he incessantly/very incessantly thought about and talked about hunting and how much he liked it and loved it and what he loved and liked about it…. It made him sound like a serial killer in the making or/and like a psychopath.
And his excuses and cognitive dissonance when it came to him wanting to hunt and loving and liking to hunt was inane/asinine/nonsensical.


That nobody would care or raise their eyebrows that 2 unmarried young ladies were more or less alone with 3 unmarried men … the heroine and her sisters are not aristocrats but gentry ( gentleman's daughters) I think... but it would still make people raise their eyebrows.


That the heroine would so easily confide/confided such personal information to the hero like she did… Yes they were rather close friends when they were children/teenagers… but they had not had any real contact in many years and for her to be so chummy so easily and so fast is kind of odd but also unrealistic …especially for the time period the plot/book takes place.


That the heroine that was not close with her younger sister and never truly had been close with her younger sister for different reasons just was open and confided in her so easily and trusted her so easily it also seemed odd.)




It does not seem like the author knows that much about vegetarians/ vegetarianism....
Because of how vegetarianism is talked about in the book but also in some part how the heroine is written … but also the entire hunting thing is just so very jarring and repetitive among other things.

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an absolute fun book. Not so much rom-com. But more Netflix version of Bridgerton with extra gallivanting? Either way, definitely hoping for an installment for every character in the friend group!

[edie · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was a pretty good read. sure, it wasn’t life changing but it wasn’t life ending so i’m just gonna be grateful.

first thing i liked about it was archie, effie, and simons friendship. the way they could be vulnerable and open about their problems was actually so sweet 🥲

clementine and olives relationship was very mid in my opinion (pls don’t come at me) but i will say i appreciate how they grew, not only as women, but together as sisters.

honorable mention to mr theodore bull for trolling everyone in the beginning of the book (okayy im jk)

but overall i give this 3.5 stars

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't DNF books, but I was sorely tempted by this one. I actively hated the author's writing style - the tone was verbose, completely standoffish, and impersonal, to the point that I really didn't care about any of the characters. It also made the "spicy" scenes (which were rather lacklustre, imo) kinda weird and awkward. It felt like what I imagine it would have been like if Jane Austen described Mr. Bingley getting a hard-on for Jane Bennett. Just... no. Ick.

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jenny Holiday strikes again! This is only my second book of hers, but I have a feeling that it's just the beginning.

Similar to Canadian Boyfriend which I read earlier this year and loved, Earls Trip hooked me with it's hilarious premise—what if a bunch of earls (okay, fine, two earls and one viscount) take a yearly vacation together, but this time it's hijacked by two women who just barely escape social ruin? Like, yes, I absolutely need to know what happens here and how it turned out.

It turned out laugh-out-loud funny, without compromising in thoughtfulness and swoon. Despite the outlandish premises, Jenny Holiday never fails to deliver on emotions and romance that feel so real. It almost feels crazier that this is all just on the page, and not real life.

Earls Trip followed Archie and Clementine as they reconnect after having lost touch. Archie wants to spend his holiday with his boys, because he's worried he hasn't amounted much to anything, despite being one of his ailing mother's caretakers. Clementine, desperate to escape society into the wilderness, wants to understand her sister as well as herself. The pair, who were childhood best friends and correspondents until they lost touch, fall in love slowly, then all at once, when they discover that the other is the person they can open up to about all the feelings they have about everything that's vexing them.

Starring also are Effie, Simon, and Olive, who were delightful supporting characters and with Clem and Archie form a lovely found family. I hope we get more of all these characters in the next book, which belongs to Effie. I can't wait to read the resident goth bestie's story of falling in love!

[Mia Reads Romance · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a romance with a lot of heart that will make you smile and laugh and swoon. I have really enjoyed Jenny Holiday's contemporary romance so I was really excited to give Earl's Trip a try. It didn't disappoint.

I loved how supportive Archie and his friends were of each other! I really love a romance book with strong male friendships and I really hope we get to see each of the friends get an HEA! I also liked getting to see Archie and Clem reconnect. It was fun to watch them and only them be oblivious to their feelings.

This is definitely a historical with a more modern feel. We see discussion of found family and some loosening of rules and gender norms that it is less common to see in historical romance. I personally really enjoy this style of historical romance but know it isn't for everyone. I do think if you are a contemporary romance reader considering a historical this is a great one to try!

I am really hoping we might get more books about this group of friends! I think Effie, Simon and maybe Olive deserve happily ever afters as well!

[Alyssa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for an ARC copy of Earls Trip!

For the first ten percent of this book I was iffy on if it was for me. I genuinely contemplated giving up and just trying to read it in between other books since I knew I had to review it in exchange for the ARC.

Once I got through the initial bit of the book and they get to the castle Earls Trip takes a turn. It becomes absolutely amazing! I enjoyed the development of the characters and the slow burn romance. Everyone has their personal motivations and feel like real people by the end. I truly enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading Effie's book next year.

[Gillian · Rating 1 out of 5]

There are times when I think I'm lying to myself about having reading comprehension because there's no way that the plot is a whole lot of nothing for 320 pages right?

The romance - if you can even call it that since Clementine and Archie have zero chemistry - doesn't come into effect until the last 100 pages. Clementine is obstinate and shrill and got on my nerves.

It was also very oddly polemic - against very bizarre topics for the genre - for what's supposed to be a historical romance novel.

[Fateemah · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bad. Super bad. Drags like crazy. Why is this book about vegetarianism and men discovering how to have real friendships??

Extremely bizarre. Also, the chapter titles were super cringe.

I hate when I read a bad regency novel. It’s so easy to write a good one—just stick to what works, Miss Author.

[Angie Miale · Rating 1 out of 5]

Tedious

[Grace]

DNF @ chapter 6

When Jenny Holiday hits for me, she really hits. When she misses, she misses big. This feels more like the latter, so I’m calling it now.

[Isabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

took a little bit to get into but it was so cute once i did!!!

[Mande · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 rounded up. The characters were a wee bit flat (especially the females) and I didn’t really get into it until the last third of the book. Still a cute read!

[Colleen Earle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Big thanks to Kensington books and netgalley for giving me early access to this title.

I absolutely adored this book. It is so vivid and well paced.

This story follow Archie who is about to embark on his yearly Earl's trip with his two best friends Simon and Effie. As they're leaving town they get flagged down by a messenger with an urgent message from one of Archie's father's friends saying that his daughter, Olive, has eloped and her sister, Clementine, has gone after her. The group of young Earl's decide it is their duty to find these two young women, whom Archie grew up with, and rescue them from scandal. After everyone is safe, Archie decides there's no reason why the Earl's trip shouldn't go on as normal, so they're now a group of five in a decrepit house, trying their best.

This romance has so many things that I love, forced proximity, friends to lovers, secrets, and mess. The characters, outside of Simon, were all really well fleshed out and were full people with wants, desires, and history. The pace of the romance was great, and the reveals of secrets were well timed. I was also really impressed with the depiction of Alzheimer's, as Archie's mother suffers from the disease and plays an important part in the story.

Overall this was a really well written book and a lot of fun. I would recommend it for fans of Bridgertons and the Regency Vows series. I believe that the intention is to turn this book into a series as well, and I really look forward to reading more about these characters. I also think that this would make an excellent film or series.

[Briann · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

🌼 I really did not expect Theodore Bull to quit quite so easily. So what if Archie and Simon roughed him up a little? He still could have used the fact that he slept with Clementine or traveled unchaperoned with Olive as a means to marry one of them for their dowry.
🌼 I did not expect Archie to give up hunting or to go full vegetarian in just a few days because of Clementine (or his love for Clementine). I think they could have pursued a happy compromise between the two of them.
🌼 I am not sure how feasible vegetarianism was at this time without knowledge of certain vitamins and nutrients. Furthermore, I am not sure how Clementine made it work without fish or eggs in her diet.
🌼 The “realization” / “revelation” scenes were poorly written and abrupt.
🌼 Characters’ speeches and diction did not always sound realistic to the time period
🌼 I’m glad Clementine slugged Mr. Bull and also asked Archie to show her pleasure
🌼 Sex scenes could have been better written

[Kathryn, the_naptime_reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars
This book was good, but in the end I was sort of underwhelmed by it. The set up was so good and there was a scene towards the beginning that made me wonder if we had another “Jessica Trent" of “Lord of Scoundrels” fame on our hands. However, for me the plot of the book moved very slowly, and the couple didn’t really come together until 3/4 of the way through the book. I did appreciate the way the author tackled some things I’ve never seen in a romance before (vegetarianism vs avid hunter) as well as addressing the bogus double standard of men vs women’s morality when engaging in a sexual relationship. One of those books that I liked it, but will not stay with me, I’ll have forgotten the entire plot in a week. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

[Crissy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun, light, earnest rom-com with likeable characters!
I enjoyed the relationship between the three earls and then the friends to lovers arc of Archie and Clementine. Archie's relationship with his mom also had some heart in it. A few things that were a bit cringey like the girls' names (Clementine and Olive) and some of the Gen Z'isms in the chapter titles, but overall less that made me cringe than usual in these rom-com books. A good beach read!
I would read Effie's book next, he was great!!