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A review by adagetsliterary
Lesson Learned by Katie Cawood
5.0
✨Friends to Lovers
✨Slow burn
✨Flirty Banter
✨So much pining
This comes out on Aug 22nd! Thank you so much for the ARC, Katie!
HOLY slow-burn tension! I went into this excited for a cute, teacher best friends-to-lovers. I did not expect the absolute hold this would have on my stomach the entire time - I just wanted these two to get it together and GET together. The journey there was perfectly angsty and sweet and full of incredible chemistry. Jim and Pam coded, for sure.
Owen was the sweetest cinnamon roll - funny, self-effacing, that teacher everyone instinctively loves. I adored how reverential he was towards Sarah. He propped her up so much and gave her all the props she deserved, no question (“Sarah Lavely for President”). His love for Sarah was apparent in everything he did, and the way he just sat back and watched her unhappy relationship with Eli was heartbreaking. Plus the podcast was just too perfect - it made him even more endearing.
I related to Sarah so much. Aside from the true crime love, caffeine addiction, and hyper organization, Sarah’s in a rut in her personal and professional life. She wants more (deserves more) but is trying to be what everyone expects of her. It takes her a long while to come around to her feelings for Owen, but seeing her slowly realize this through their little touches and flirting was one of my favorite parts. Their tension & attraction was so palpable.
I also REALLY liked that neither Eli nor Kendall were made to be villains. Eli wasn’t a good guy, sure, but he also wasn’t someone so evil that you wonder why Sarah is with him. And Kendall - a bit of collateral damage, but the maturity she showed with Owen made her so much more real.
I loved this debut by Katie - the writing, pacing, banter & characters did it for me. I can’t wait to read more!
✨Slow burn
✨Flirty Banter
✨So much pining
This comes out on Aug 22nd! Thank you so much for the ARC, Katie!
HOLY slow-burn tension! I went into this excited for a cute, teacher best friends-to-lovers. I did not expect the absolute hold this would have on my stomach the entire time - I just wanted these two to get it together and GET together. The journey there was perfectly angsty and sweet and full of incredible chemistry. Jim and Pam coded, for sure.
Owen was the sweetest cinnamon roll - funny, self-effacing, that teacher everyone instinctively loves. I adored how reverential he was towards Sarah. He propped her up so much and gave her all the props she deserved, no question (“Sarah Lavely for President”). His love for Sarah was apparent in everything he did, and the way he just sat back and watched her unhappy relationship with Eli was heartbreaking. Plus the podcast was just too perfect - it made him even more endearing.
I related to Sarah so much. Aside from the true crime love, caffeine addiction, and hyper organization, Sarah’s in a rut in her personal and professional life. She wants more (deserves more) but is trying to be what everyone expects of her. It takes her a long while to come around to her feelings for Owen, but seeing her slowly realize this through their little touches and flirting was one of my favorite parts. Their tension & attraction was so palpable.
I also REALLY liked that neither Eli nor Kendall were made to be villains. Eli wasn’t a good guy, sure, but he also wasn’t someone so evil that you wonder why Sarah is with him. And Kendall - a bit of collateral damage, but the maturity she showed with Owen made her so much more real.
I loved this debut by Katie - the writing, pacing, banter & characters did it for me. I can’t wait to read more!