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This was the first book that I have read by Katy Birchall and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I love her writing style, her character development and all of the banter!
While I thought Harper was a strong, successful FMC, I felt that she was a little immature and her grudge holding was a little annoying at times. Her chaos and constant tardiness drove me crazy. I love how she not only stood up to her sexist boss, she held her ground with her family too! It was so nice to see the developing relationship that she and her sister started to have after the family blow-up.
Ryan was my favorite of the two. He was super sweet, kind and thoughtful but so reserved. I did feel that he should have learned his lesson with the miscommunication the first time around and should have gone right to Harper when the whole job situation went down but I do understand that he was put in a tough position with the boss. It was so heartwarming when his true feelings for Harper were revealed after all of the years.
I loved seeing the inner workings of the journalism field - at one time I wanted to be a journalist too so it was eye opening to me. Harper was such a natural with the people she interviewed. It was refreshing to see that she wasn’t only out to get a story and make a buck.
I did enjoy the dual timeline so that we could get a better grasp of their history. I would have loved for this book to be a dual POV. I really enjoyed the side characters in this book. I loved how their close group accepted Ryan into the group.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬
Enemies to Lovers
Second Chance Romance
Workplace Romance
Slow Burn
Found Family
I will most definitely be going back and reading more of Katy’s work!
Thank you to NetGalley & St. Martins Press & Katy Birchall for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!