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The Co-op by Tarah DeWitt, Tarah DeWitt

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condls27's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Tarah DeWitt is a new to me author this year and I have devoured every single one of her books this one included. I love how she writes her characters, they feel so real. But in this book especially, I loved how imperfect they were. I live for tension and angst so I ate this up. She is god-tier auto-buy author for me. 
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booksalacarte's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The co-op

4.5⭐️3.25🌶️

Contemporary Romance
1st person
Dual POV
Second chance romance
marriage of convenience
Property Reno
Flashbacks

Tw: parental abandonment, emotional abuse, cursing, family death, parental infidelity

I adored Funny Feelings, so I was excited to read an ARC of The Co-Op. 

Two kids who fell in love a decade ago meet again after loosing their grandmas. They are tossed together when they have a common goal of fixing up the duplex their grandma’s owned. 

I found the story to be very charming. I loved the pacing and steadiness of the plot. The characters were solid and had great emotional arcs. The side characters were very cute. 

I especially adored the epilogue.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an eARC of this book. All opinions are my own.
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laurenlegends23's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book hit me straight in the feels. All of them. Every single one. The emotional growth that the characters go through, both in flashbacks as young adults, and in the present, is deep and complicated and wrought and fraught. Their love story is filled with angst and tension in almost equal measure to their top tier banter. The relationship feels so REAL. And because it is that, but still so joyful, it gave me a lot of hope. At one point in the story Deacon says “that wasn’t how I wanted to be loved” referring to a time when they weren’t ready for each other yet. But this book shows exactly how I want to be loved. 

Even though we come from very different backgrounds, I felt very seen in LaRynn’s journey. There were sections of her inner monologue that I actually screenshot and saved because they captured a feeling I couldn’t put into words before. I’ll be forever grateful to Tarah DeWitt for doing it for me. 

My only complaint is that I couldn’t quite settle on how my brain wanted to pronounce the name LaRynn and I couldn’t find an audio pronunciation guide online, so I guess I’ll just have to reread it as an audio book (oh darn…/s).
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samchase112's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Oh wow, this exceeded my expectations! And I’m so so happy about it. I adored Deacon and LaRynn’s dynamic — cheers for a TRUE enemies to lovers! — and how they worked through their personal baggage together. The renovation plot was so much fun, I was genuinely sad by the prospect of them losing the house, and there wasn’t even a third-act conflict to ruin all their hard-earned progress. This was also so easy to fly through, because I didn’t want to stop reading. Another favorite added to the list!
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sdupont's review against another edition

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Unfortunately I could just not get into this story. I usually enjoy a dual timeline for a second chance romance but in this case I don’t feel like it added to the story. It often pulled me out of getting into a groove with the present tense. I found the characters bickering to be over the top at times. I wanted to like this book as I’ve enjoyed others by Tarah but this one was just not for me. 

*I received the ARC for free from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.* 
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readwithria's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The Co-Op was cute and very fun!

I am always a fan of forced proximity romance, though second chance can be hit or miss for me. I think they balanced each other out pretty well in this case, and while the book didn’t wow me I still had a good time with it.

Read this if you love
🩵 Forced proximity
🩵 Marriage of convenience
🩵 Second chance romance
🩵 Hate to love
🩵 No third act breakup

I think that the book started to fizzle out a little bit toward the end, but the last two chapters were quite lovely. Definitely a lighthearted, low-angst romance. 3.75 stars.
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linnea_tornblom's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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samone2's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The main guy character in this book talking about getting a tattoo only for the main guy character in Funny Feeling to get a tattoo warmed my hopeless romantic heart. This book is a solid five starts, there are no faults in this book. Tarah Dewitt is the newest author that I'm obsessed with.
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abiigrl's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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chai_and_books's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book gave very 'You Deserve Each Other' vibes with the forced proximity, emotional baggage and second chance trope but I was all for it! I really enjoyed the writing (it wasn't cringy therefore it is good because that is literally how low the bar is right now) and the pacing of the book, but it did feel a little rushed in some places. Love the name La Rynn, it's so pretty, and her character development gave me all the good feels. Deacon was a bit forgettable though. Overall a cute romance to drown out the sorrows of life in :)
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