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A review by jessiesreadingcorner
Fish out of Water by Janice Whiteaker, Josie Watts
5.0
As seen on my blog (Jessie's Reading Corner):
What do you get when you mix comedy with a little mystery and a lot of steam? You get, Fish Out of Water; the debut novel by Josie Watts!
Julia Murray is the youngest resident at Sweet Side Apartments, a retirement community that she accidentally rented a room from when she moved to Florida. Aside from working as an arborist, she spends her days helping the elderly residents find things that have gone missing. When one of the residents asks her to look after his fish and get his mail for him, she thinks nothing of it. Until she ends up in a broom closet with a naked Grant Servantes, the resident's nephew. What follows is a really funny, high heat mystery that involves banana pants, White Claws, and cow slippers.
I really loved Julia and Grant in this book! I loved their snarky and witty conversations. I loved watching them fall for each other. I loved that they couldn't get enough of each other. I loved that Julia showed Grant that people do accept and love you for who you are and that you don't need to change to "fit a mold." The other characters in this book were a hoot (especially Grant's grandmother) and I can't wait to see if we see more of them in future Scandal at Sweet Side books!
All in all a great debut novel by Josie Watts and I can't wait to read more from her!
What do you get when you mix comedy with a little mystery and a lot of steam? You get, Fish Out of Water; the debut novel by Josie Watts!
Julia Murray is the youngest resident at Sweet Side Apartments, a retirement community that she accidentally rented a room from when she moved to Florida. Aside from working as an arborist, she spends her days helping the elderly residents find things that have gone missing. When one of the residents asks her to look after his fish and get his mail for him, she thinks nothing of it. Until she ends up in a broom closet with a naked Grant Servantes, the resident's nephew. What follows is a really funny, high heat mystery that involves banana pants, White Claws, and cow slippers.
I really loved Julia and Grant in this book! I loved their snarky and witty conversations. I loved watching them fall for each other. I loved that they couldn't get enough of each other. I loved that Julia showed Grant that people do accept and love you for who you are and that you don't need to change to "fit a mold." The other characters in this book were a hoot (especially Grant's grandmother) and I can't wait to see if we see more of them in future Scandal at Sweet Side books!
All in all a great debut novel by Josie Watts and I can't wait to read more from her!