✨ ARC Review ✨
Book debuts August 23rd, 2023
4.5/5 ⭐️ 1/5 🌶️
Tropes:
• Fake Dating
• Brothers Best Friend
• He falls first (& so much harder oml my favvv)
• One Bed
Brynne moves back in with her parents after getting cheated on. About a year later, she receives an invite to that same Ex’s wedding (TO THE GIRL HE CHEATED WITH!!!! & it was the girls idea to send the invite… like whatttt?!) and the wedding’s 2 weeks away. She’s adamant that she’s not going to go but her brother, Brody, and his (super hot) best friend, August, convince her she should go and August is basically voluntold (a fun little way to say told to volunteer) by Brody to be her date to show her ex that she’s moved on and isn’t just a lonely, single 25 year old living in her parents house. August agrees and helps her through the wedding weekend.
I loved the way Sydnie wrote this book. I didn’t just feel like the story was narrated by Brynne, I felt like I was literally in Brynne’s brain. It felt very personal. I don’t want to spoil anything, but the only reason I didn’t give this book 5 stars is because Brynne did frustrate me a little with thinking she didn’t deserve anything and is unloveable. I love the character growth she has and I love that she learned that she deserves love, but that was the main reason I didn’t give it 5 stars.
The only other reason I didn’t give it a full 5 stars is because at some points it felt a little predictable. It is a romance book and I have read many many many books of the romance genre this year alone, but I easily called a few major plot points as soon as I read the first chapter. That doesn’t mean this book wasn’t still amazing or that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy reading it because it very much was and I very much did, but that plus Brynne being stubborn, made me mark it down half a star.
Thank you Sydnie for sending me your book! I loved it and I was so honored to read it!! Cant wait to buy a physical copy to put on my bookshelf!!