A review by zasou_reads
Mr. Fixer Upper by Lucy Score
4.5
Paige is field producer on a renovation reality TV show. She's in constant battle on set with the show's sexy, grumpy star, Gannon. While he is constantly trying to rile her up, she is the master at keeping her temper locked down. But when they spend so much time together fixing houses and changing lives, cracks in her legendary coolness starts to show and sparks fly.
This reality TV coworkers, grumpy sunshine, sexy romance is book 1 in the Fixer duology, and it was so good! I loved the behind the scenes of reality TV setting, and the chemistry and banter between the two MCs were amazing. The third act break up (which actually was more of a halfway break up) was such an overreaction. Gannon keeps trying to explain and she won't let him. It was milked too long. Paige's vision of "well, you've slept with her once, so yeah, you are in a relationship with her" makes no sense to me. Especially when Paige doesn't have the type of backstory that would explain why she would hang on so tight to this feeling. Aaaaaand when the situation turns around on her "it's not the same" somehow. Didn't make sense. She was just stupidly stubborn, and I felt it was just a tool to drag the story out. The book was 400 pages. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind a 400-page book if it has substance, but cut the crap in this one and you're left with a 300-page book, which would've been perfectly acceptable. This had me knocking down half star from my rating (and as much as I hated doing it, the break up situation was too annoying for me not to). Otherwise, I absolutely ate this up and loved it!
This reality TV coworkers, grumpy sunshine, sexy romance is book 1 in the Fixer duology, and it was so good! I loved the behind the scenes of reality TV setting, and the chemistry and banter between the two MCs were amazing. The third act break up (which actually was more of a halfway break up) was such an overreaction. Gannon keeps trying to explain and she won't let him. It was milked too long. Paige's vision of "well, you've slept with her once, so yeah, you are in a relationship with her" makes no sense to me. Especially when Paige doesn't have the type of backstory that would explain why she would hang on so tight to this feeling. Aaaaaand when the situation turns around on her "it's not the same" somehow. Didn't make sense. She was just stupidly stubborn, and I felt it was just a tool to drag the story out. The book was 400 pages. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind a 400-page book if it has substance, but cut the crap in this one and you're left with a 300-page book, which would've been perfectly acceptable. This had me knocking down half star from my rating (and as much as I hated doing it, the break up situation was too annoying for me not to). Otherwise, I absolutely ate this up and loved it!