Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Chick Lit
Book Type: Physical
Author: Jasmine Guillory
Pages: 336
Publisher: Berkley (January 30, 2018)
Book Description:
Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn’t normally do. But there’s something about Drew Nichols that’s too hard to resist.
On the eve of his ex’s wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend….
After Alexa and Drew have more fun than they ever thought possible, Drew has to fly back to Los Angeles and his job as a pediatric surgeon, and Alexa heads home to Berkeley, where she’s the mayor’s chief of staff. Too bad they can’t stop thinking about the other….
They’re just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long distance dating disaster of the century–or closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly want….
Thoughts:
This book was exactly what I was looking for during this crazy time! While I typically read mystery, thriller, suspense genres, this was a very past-paced romance. There wasn’ta a lot of substance to this book, it was limited in character development, no surprising twists, predictable and had very few characters to keep track of, which equated to a “mindless” read for me. I don’t mean that as a negative, as it was extremely refreshing for me.
This book did touch on Love at First Sight, racism, culture, long-distance romance, doubt and career drive, but it mainly centered around the things standing in the way of Alexa and Drew and their own pasts and insecurities. It was difficult to actually believe this relationship would work, given the lack of character depth and there was little build in the actual relationship, but somehow it didn’t matter and it worked for this book. Overall, I enjoyed it and look forward to reading some of her other books.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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