*ARC recieved from Netgalley*
Rating: 3/5 stars
Recommend: probably not.
Synopsis: Blair Walton isn't your average curvaceous tattooed children's librarian. She's also one half of bestselling romance author, Scarlet Rose. Along with her BFF Raine, she spends her nights writing books so steamy, she's afraid they would shock her Southern conservative grandmother to death . . . if she knew about them. That's why she and Raine write in secret.
On deadline for their latest book and out of ideas, Raine suggests (demands) that Blair find a guy and "do some research". Declan Bennet has all the qualifications: He's British, looks fabulous in a suit, has glorious blue eyes and gets bonus points for being an amazing single dad to his adorable son, Drake. But what starts out as a research project quickly turns into something much more. And Blair's not the only one with secrets.
Review: I wanted to like this book more, i swear that i did. I was excited when i got approved for this book on Netgalley because I've heard nothing but amazing things about Chelsea M. Cameron's writing, but to be honest with you, this book left we severely underwhelmed. The story follows Blair, who is a children's librarian by day and a steamy romance novelist (with her best friend) by night. One day a little boy named Drake wanders into the library and Blair falls in love with the little boy's charm. Awhile later, Drake's father comes in to meet the woman his son will not shut up about, he's gorgeous, British and named Declan. From there, Blair and Declan begin a relationship and start to fall in love, but both of them are keeping secrets. I'm not gonna say this book was bad because it wasn't, it was well written but the story itself was frankly pretty lame, it felt like she tried to build it up but then just dropped us.... she bought us dinner then never called again, basically.
What I Liked: i loved the writing aspect of Blair, i thought that the concept of her being a closeted romance novelist was a really cool idea. Declan was so dreamy, ugh, he sounded really hot and Drake was just so cute i could not stop awing. Raine was a wonderful best friend, she did everything right and never asked questions. All of the secondary characters (with the exception of Drake's bitchy nanny) were fabulous, i loved all the people that we met that worked at the library, they added a nice other aspect to Blair and to her life. My number one favorite thing about this book was that Blair wasn't a virgin skinned, skinny supermodel, she was a curvy woman that was covered in tattoo's and that was really refreshing to see in new adult novel, i feel like the curvy girl is often left undiscovered.
What I Didn't Like: Honestly, what was the point of the library fire? It was so pointless in the scheme of things, i was hoping that it would turn into something but it was.... pointless. Declan's secret was totally lame, i was expecting skeletons in his closet... literally, but i got basically nothing. Declan had the makings of a really good psycho at some points and i really wish Cameron would have gone that direction, now that would have been a hell of a book. I also wanted more of Blair hanging out with Drake, they were so cute together. Also, her and Declan get real serious, real fast at the end and i just don't think that they would have gone that fast had they been a real couple. One more thing.... the i love you's. what a TERRIBLE place to do that... wow.
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