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I Flipping Love You by Helena Hunting
This fun, often funny enemies-to-lovers romance was the perfect read while sitting in a waiting room for a long time. I even forgot the uncomfortable chair and the horrible muzak as I fell into the lives of Rian, who with her sister Marley, have managed to pull their lives together after being dumped by unscrupulous con artists parents, and Pierce, whose dad started out humble but has come up in the world.
Marley is a bit of a loose cannon, which begins with her scraping Pierce's Tesla in a parking lot, and driving away. He corners Rian in a grocery store, thinking she's the culprit, and demands restitution, she fires right back at him, and the fun begins.
Here's the thing about the enemies to lovers trope. I've enjoyed it ever since I saw Taming of the Shrew as a high school student. But, unlike many readers, I lose interest fast if the two characters descend to bickering and stay on that same note through the book until the magical sex scene at the end that Cures All. A lot of readers like that, or such books wouldn't be best sellers, but it doesn't hold my interest.
Hunting does a great job of handling the emotional roller coaster while the sparks fly, tempered by the high octane attraction between the two. There is a ton of exuberant sex all through this book, but Hunting doesn't make sex a cure all. In fact, both have to deal with the emotional fallout of their attraction in convincing ways, adding in Rian's trust issues due to her background. I felt their coming together at the end was earned, not thumbed in by the author.
The only complaint I have is small. Otherwise I adored the minor characters, especially the older women who showed up here and there, and I found Pierce's brother Lawson, in his own way as much of a loose cannon as Marley, interesting.
Add in a lovely setting (the Hamptons in summer) and some fascinating deets about real estate, which made for a very satisfying read.
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Marley is a bit of a loose cannon, which begins with her scraping Pierce's Tesla in a parking lot, and driving away. He corners Rian in a grocery store, thinking she's the culprit, and demands restitution, she fires right back at him, and the fun begins.
Here's the thing about the enemies to lovers trope. I've enjoyed it ever since I saw Taming of the Shrew as a high school student. But, unlike many readers, I lose interest fast if the two characters descend to bickering and stay on that same note through the book until the magical sex scene at the end that Cures All. A lot of readers like that, or such books wouldn't be best sellers, but it doesn't hold my interest.
Hunting does a great job of handling the emotional roller coaster while the sparks fly, tempered by the high octane attraction between the two. There is a ton of exuberant sex all through this book, but Hunting doesn't make sex a cure all. In fact, both have to deal with the emotional fallout of their attraction in convincing ways, adding in Rian's trust issues due to her background. I felt their coming together at the end was earned, not thumbed in by the author.
The only complaint I have is small
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Marley pretty much is forgotten by the end, when so much has been made of the two sisters being all in all to each other, but then Marley, it is clear, always lands on her feet, so I didn't find it too disappointingAdd in a lovely setting (the Hamptons in summer) and some fascinating deets about real estate, which made for a very satisfying read.
Copy provided by NetGalley