Falling Like Leaves - Misty Wilson ( 4 stars)

 

Tropes:

Teen-romance, second-chance?!?, small town romance, beta-hero, baker-hero, artistic-heroine

The book was sweet. It was YA although to be honest, it could have been for an older H/h. The hero has been in love with the heroine for a while. I didn’t know what was so appetizing about her because she laughs at non-jokes mostly but one doesn’t know the matters of the heart so I guess it makes sense. She is artistic and a good fashion designer so there is that. And she helps the community out ( after being pushed to do by her mom). 

Her dad is an a-hole. The friend group she finds in the small town is super although I loved that her from the big city really had her back and was a true friend. 

Since it was YA, the angsty parts were teen coded and plenty and not the best time. 

Thanks to Netgalley for the e-ARC. 

The CEO I Hate The Lockhart Brothers #1 by Leslie North ( 3.5/5 Stars)

Tropes: Brother's best friend, drunken encounter, Firefighters, writers, CEO.

Overall it's 3.5/5 stars.

The pluses:
1. Heroine is professional writer/cartoonist
2. Hero is a CEO
3. Heroine has curly hair? I think?
4. Hero helps heroine land a job (on merit, duh!)


The thing that irked me was that the third act break up was extremely stupid. Literally. The hero is like 38 years old so for him to act like a 22 year old pissed me off. Also, there was no discussion about the TV drama that the whole book was focused on. No discussion of what the show was about, what the first season was about, what the second season was about. It was really weird.

And the heroine is so pretty and accomplished that random people hit on her and her CEO BF is crazy about her but her parents are setting her up with the most pathetic losers? Something isn't meshing.

Thanks to Netgalley and Relay Publishing