A fun book

This was such a fun book.
I loved Jules and Leo’s meet-cute. I felt it really set the scene for them going forward. I loved that this was kind of different take on grumpy-sunshine, where she is the grump but only with him. We see them really connecting, and her easing off a little bit on the grumpiness towards him. We see her questioning if it’s the same guy because she sees that other side of him. It is so good. And he gets to see her excel, but she’s also seeing his interactions and understanding that actually this was a little bit deeper than what she thought. There are some great spicy scenes and chemistry between them. But I really loved how they connected as human beings.

It’s performed in dual by Erin Mallon and Shane East. I love Erin Mallon, and she does not disappoint with this book. Not only does she have the best male voice, but on top of that, it’s a British male voice. The sweet spot for me with Erin is always going to be romcom, I really feel she excels at it. She just has this amazing comedic timing and hitting those beats. And even in those moments where it wouldn’t necessarily have been funny but the way she performed it just gives it that something extra. I absolutely adored that about the performance but also those emotional moments. And Erin as a grumpy character just made me chuckle as she is one of the most sunshineist people you could meet, and the way she had us believing she was grumpy. Chef’s kiss. Shane was really fun in this. I love that kind of vulnerability that he showed with Leo, and how he has been burned in the past and that has impacted him. The friend group in this is so much fun, their interactions, and the way Shane performed it was just brilliant. I was cackling, it was so funny. I think Erin and Shane together, especially with Louise’s words is fantastic.

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