mags_louise's review against another edition
4.0
4.5⭐
Delicious the first book in Melissa Schroeder's new Camos & Cupcakes series certainly lived up to its name. As it was deliciously sweet and fun to read, and I loved it. Plus, the characters were great, and I adored the Harry Potter references. So if you're looking for a fast paced, sweet story. That also has a big dash of sexy and a former military man who knows how to bake. Then this is the perfect book for you.
Would happily recommend.
**I was kindly provided with an ARC via Booksprout in exchange for an honest review**
Delicious the first book in Melissa Schroeder's new Camos & Cupcakes series certainly lived up to its name. As it was deliciously sweet and fun to read, and I loved it. Plus, the characters were great, and I adored the Harry Potter references. So if you're looking for a fast paced, sweet story. That also has a big dash of sexy and a former military man who knows how to bake. Then this is the perfect book for you.
Would happily recommend.
**I was kindly provided with an ARC via Booksprout in exchange for an honest review**
kiraamck's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
book_lover_97's review against another edition
5.0
I devoured this book. It is romantic, sweet, witty, funny and mixed with the right point of sexy. This is a great feel good read.
I received an advanced copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving an unbiased , honest review.
I received an advanced copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving an unbiased , honest review.
roussette31's review against another edition
4.0
This book was good, but also wayyyy too short. I love the brother’s best friend trope, particularly when the main character and the love interest are both so clueless, but in this case, the development to a relationship was way too fast. I wished the book was more of a slow burn, and that there was more character and relationship development.
mdoerr's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars
This was awesome! A short. Spicy, 24 hour romance between friends to lovers/ brothers best friend. There’s a cup cake shop, drunk margaritas, and so many descriptions of food that I was really hungry. My only complaint would be that the writing felt like it needed another pass through on editing for some repetitiveness. But other than that it was fantastic and I will definitely read more from the author
This was awesome! A short. Spicy, 24 hour romance between friends to lovers/ brothers best friend. There’s a cup cake shop, drunk margaritas, and so many descriptions of food that I was really hungry. My only complaint would be that the writing felt like it needed another pass through on editing for some repetitiveness. But other than that it was fantastic and I will definitely read more from the author
snellreader100's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.25
bookshelflawyer's review against another edition
3.0
I listened to this book as an audiobook, and I imagine some moments were more cringe based on that. So, I am trying to separate my feelings on that and give the book the benefit of the doubt that a big portion of cringe was simply from the audio.
That being said, there were some parts where just the dialogue was cringe and other parts were simply boring. The book starts out with pining from long time crushes, which sure, I love a good pine, but to some extent it was kind of obnoxious. How can two characters be that self-admittedly obvious about their crushes with everyone else seeming to know them but each other? It felt like we were just supposed to accept this self-imposed barrier as the readers without questioning it until the moment the characters were ready to confess.
I have my own cringe moments when a character calls a pussy a “kitty” and that was said far too much. So that lost some points there because I just find it far too cringe to overlook and enjoy the scene.
I did have an issue with the rush of the conclusion, but also just the brother’s entire coming in and that whole scene. It was also kind of shitty that Ed didn’t even seem to care about how things looked from Harry’s point. It was just him being all affronted that Harry would dare be upset. Same with Allison, she was pissed off that Harry wasn’t happy about walking in on his best friend and little sister kissing as if that’s so unreasonable for him to ask questions. The dramatization of Harry and his reaction following that was over the top and cliche to the point of eye rolling, but that initial moment of “how dare Harry not be immediately thrilled for our sexy times” was off putting.
Overall this book was quick and I guess if cringe can be your thing, then it could be seen as cute. I get secondhand embarrassment. I am going to try the next book, as it is longer, in hopes that there’s more build up. Being a significantly shorter book, this book did lack a build up as well as some more story development dedicated towards working through things. I am hoping the next book rectifies that.
That being said, there were some parts where just the dialogue was cringe and other parts were simply boring. The book starts out with pining from long time crushes, which sure, I love a good pine, but to some extent it was kind of obnoxious. How can two characters be that self-admittedly obvious about their crushes with everyone else seeming to know them but each other? It felt like we were just supposed to accept this self-imposed barrier as the readers without questioning it until the moment the characters were ready to confess.
I have my own cringe moments when a character calls a pussy a “kitty” and that was said far too much. So that lost some points there because I just find it far too cringe to overlook and enjoy the scene.
I did have an issue with the rush of the conclusion, but also just the brother’s entire coming in and that whole scene. It was also kind of shitty that Ed didn’t even seem to care about how things looked from Harry’s point. It was just him being all affronted that Harry would dare be upset. Same with Allison, she was pissed off that Harry wasn’t happy about walking in on his best friend and little sister kissing as if that’s so unreasonable for him to ask questions. The dramatization of Harry and his reaction following that was over the top and cliche to the point of eye rolling, but that initial moment of “how dare Harry not be immediately thrilled for our sexy times” was off putting.
Overall this book was quick and I guess if cringe can be your thing, then it could be seen as cute. I get secondhand embarrassment. I am going to try the next book, as it is longer, in hopes that there’s more build up. Being a significantly shorter book, this book did lack a build up as well as some more story development dedicated towards working through things. I am hoping the next book rectifies that.
rosage's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
such a cute romance. i love the brothers best friend trope. it’s such an easy read and i enjoyed it a lot. however, instalove isn’t my favorite which was pretty much what this was. if it wasn’t instalove i would have given it 5 stars. otherwise it was so GOOD and i’m now listening to the whole series.
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