Monday, November 11, 2024

Honey Sunshine (Bower Brothers #1)


I had caught up with all of my ARCs, requested a toooon more, and proceeded to avoid them. Oops. Here's Gen Blackwell's "Honey Sunshine." It's first novel in the Bower Brothers series.

["“How did the two of you meet?”
The age-old question that turns couples into giggling messes, blushing like they’ve just been shot in the heart with Cupid’s arrow as they recount their cute meeting.
My meet-cute with Harvey Cooper?
Well, it wasn’t exactly run-of-the-mill, and truthfully . . .
It was a damn mess.
I was supposed to be meeting a potential investor for my small advertising firm. However, life decided today would be a great day to test my willpower when—out of all the restaurants in the city—my ex-boyfriend slash ex-business partner who’d stolen all our top clients, also chose to dine in the same one where I was meeting my potential investor.
So there I am in the restaurant’s bathroom, threatening to murder my best friend if he doesn’t come to my rescue. And then, just when I’m about to punch my ex—because it feels like the better option—the love of my life waltzes in to save the day.
Did I say the love of my life?
What I mean is the investor I’m supposed to meet, who’d heard my desperate SOS in the bathroom. Just when I’m thinking of giving myself a potential concussion to forget this whole thing, he lays out a plan that might benefit both of
Why don’t I be the Juliet to his Romeo at his upcoming family dinner?
Well . . .
Romeo to his Romeo, except we don’t try to kill ourselves no matter how embarrassing this is.
It sounds foolproof, and frankly, it seems perfect, so we make a pact.
What I don’t expect?
Accidentally falling for my fake boyfriend like any other cliché novel."]

The ex? "He's one of the lizard people my uncle Gert is always on about." Moooood.

This book was straight out of a Tumblr post. But isn't that how all good ideas start? ;) So much serendipity and knight-in-shining-armor and instant chemistry.

There were a few awkward parts. I'm not sure if that's the writing itself or the character's awkwardness and second-hand embarrassment. But it did get better and smoother as the novella progressed.

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