It’s official, Cara Bastone is a favorite author. I need to pick up her full-length books. I also need to re-read Sweet Talk so I can decide if this is replacing it as a favvorite.
This takes place in a day-less than a full day. But I completely fell in love with these characters and their story. It’s so cute and has those rom-com feels. There’s tons of situational comedy which is done very well. It is a clean romance-I don’t think they even kiss, but they have great chemistry.
Sam, the hero, is a great guy. Bastone writes nice guys so well. He cares about his family and friends. I also just realized his friend Vera is probably the Vera from Call Me Maybe. I loved him and then he mentioned toe beans and I fell completely in love.
Gwen is equally great. She’s confident in who she is. She’s also unique without being a “not like other girls” heroine. I loved how she pushed and supported Sam.
The romance was adorable and made me so happy. LIked I just had a huge smile on my face the whole time. Even though it’s short, Sam and Gwen also have their own journeys. BAstone successfully put so much in this story.
Audible, again, did a great job with the audio book production. Each narrator was amazing and that background noises madde this really come alive. I’m really curious if the two main narrators record together or not. I know they usually don’t, but the chemistry here feels like it had to be together.
I highly recommend this!
Thanks for reading!
Holly