This was my first Katie Ashley book. The blurb caught my eye and I thought I would give it a shot. It had a fun premise-f**ARC provided by Publisher**
This was my first Katie Ashley book. The blurb caught my eye and I thought I would give it a shot. It had a fun premise-fake relationship to help a political campaign? Why not?
Addison wasn't quite what I expected. I liked her initially and though I was occasionally frustrated with her later on, I never fully disliked her or didn't believe in her. I appreciated how smart she was, how she knew what she wanted.
Barrett threw me for a bit of a loop. He seemed immature at times but grew and progressed well overall. I did roll my eyes a bit at the overuse (in my opinion) of his nickname for himself, but that was truly part of how he identified himself so I worked through it.
The pacing of the book was good and I read it fairly quickly. I will say I wasn't as fully invested in them as a couple as I thought I would be. There was a lot of politics (yes, I read the blurb and knew it would have political aspects) and I just wasn't expecting it. I expected a bit more of the focus to be on Addison and Barrett and that wasn't always the case. Overall, I did like the book and will try this author again.
**ARC provided by publisher** This book was a quick, fun and flirty read. I liked the best friend’s little sister angle that was going on throughout an**ARC provided by publisher** This book was a quick, fun and flirty read. I liked the best friend’s little sister angle that was going on throughout and I think it added to the appeal of the book for me.
I really liked Blake. He definitely had the alpha male vibe going throughout the book and I was just as attracted to it as Carrie was. Watching him play out his role as fake fiance while trying-and failing-from falling for her was a real treat.
Carrie’s self esteem took a hard hit in the beginning of the book and I appreciated how the author addressed that. It wasn’t just Blake that brought her back out of her shell-though he helped-but she had to believe in herself. I was cheering for her throughout the book.
I bought Blake and Carrie together. As I said, there’s the whole aspect of the best friend’s little sister romance and I thought that was well done here. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of them together after they both admitted they were in a real relationship, but that’s just me.
Overall I liked the book. I thought it was a fun read that went by quickly. I would recommend it.
**ARC provided by publisher** The F-Word was my first Sandra Marton book and I wish I could say that I enjoyed it more. The prologue of the book caught**ARC provided by publisher** The F-Word was my first Sandra Marton book and I wish I could say that I enjoyed it more. The prologue of the book caught me and it definitely had elements that normally appeal to me but it just fell flat for me. The F-Word is the story of Matt and Bailey. Bailey is Matt’s administrative assistant and someone he relies on but doesn’t truly know outside of the office. At all. However, all it takes is overhearing one phone call between Bailey and her mother to have Matt swooping in to try and help his admin out during her cousin’s wedding. This is the part of the book where I wanted to start to feel excited but I just never got there. This isn’t a new concept for a book by any means, and it’s usually something I enjoy. The issue I had was that it was too predictable, there wasn’t anything to set it apart from any other book I’ve read that used this plot device. I never felt connected to these characters which was a problem for me. I didn’t feel enough substance from either of them to really be rooting for them to figure things out, which bummed me out. The writing was fine, and I would give this author another shot, but this isn’t a book I’ll reread.
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