To Be Your Girl by Rae Kennedy

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I was given an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I finished this book yesterday on the way back from a girl's trip. Honestly it took me that long to gather up my thoughts and decide why exactly this book bugged me so much. First of all, the insta love thing was annoying. Secondly, the author so badly wanted us to like Cade, but I just couldn't. He's magically cured of being a misogynistic manwh*re just because he laid eyes on "the love of his life" ? Nah. That's not how real life works. And as for Adam. We were supposed to like him in the beginning as well, but he creeped me out too. Then there was Haley's brother, who thought he had any right to tell her who she could and couldn't date-- all while going out and doing whatever/whoever HE wanted. #patriarchy. 

Honestly, the main character was a bit too whiny for my taste as well. This was a quick and easy read, but I don't think I'll read the next book in the series. If you are interested however, and you like insta romance with the bad boy sort of thing, it was published on 8/22, so check it out either at your local library #shamelessplug or at a bookstore near you!

The Girl Before You by Nicola Rayner

* I was given an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*

I really wanted to like this book. A college girl goes missing and years later a woman with a minimal connection to her thinks she sees her on a train? Sounds like it's up my alley. However, it fell a bit flat for me. For one thing, jumping perspectives can be interesting sometimes. But when you switch so many times the reader just gets confused, you lose the whole purpose behind multiple narrators. And the blurb plays on the "relationship" between George and the missing girl, when in reality they were "friends with benefits" for a short amount of time, and she wasn't the only person that George had ever been with. Frankly I feel like she should have been glad her husband didn't have a dead girl in his wake, just a missing one, considering the amount of girls he and his friend "slept with". And the mystery? I called it halfway into the book. All in all, it wasn't a bad book, just not one that I would pick up again. 

Grace, Not Perfection: Embracing Simplicity, Celebrating Joy by Emily Ley

* I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. All opinions are my own.*

This will probably be a shorter post, because I don't really have a whole lot to say about this book. I will say that I enjoyed it more than Girl Wash Your Face because it seemed a whole lot less preachy to me. The author, Emily Ley, runs her own planner company and has three kids, and just seems a whole lot more personable and down to Earth than the vibe I got from Hollis. She seems to actually be like every other mom out there, not like she pretends to be so that she can be #relatable. 

This book wasn't a very long one, but it took me a while to read because of the other things I had going in my life. It was a cute, well organized read, but there wasn't any new or groundbreaking information in it. It was like almost every other Christian based self help book I had read before, with pretty pictures included. I will say that I checked out the print copy at one of our local libraries, because the format of the layout looked atrocious on my phone, and it was a whole lot better in print. 

Grace Not Perfection was published in October of 2016. If you're looking for something similar to "Wash Your Face" then this would be a good choice! 

On the Corner of Love and Hate by Nina Bocci

* I received a free ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my review. All opinions are my own.*

This book was published on 8/20/19 so if you're looking for a sweet romance with an HEA, pick it up! 

It has been way too long since I've reviewed a book! I've been in a reading slump lately, and hadn't been able to find something to keep my interest since the last book I tried to read and had to DNF (which I HATE). On the Corner of Love and Hate is a book I will never forget, because it not only got me out of my slump, but it kept my mind off of the seriously sad stuff going on in my life at the moment. 

Our main character Emmanuelle has a love/hate relationship with her former friend and current coworker, Cooper. They grew up together and were able to understand each other, both having come from parents with political backgrounds. Now Emma is trying to help Cooper win his own campaign, while trying to guard her heart from falling for him. This was a sweet read. There wasn't a TON of sex, and it wasn't so graphic that I couldn't read the book at work, even though I didn't. The romance itself was built up in a way that made it believable, and even though it wasn't a plot twist type of book, it was a HEA, which I definitely needed in my life. I truly enjoyed ALL of the characters in the story and the small town itself. Having grown up in a small town, I could appreciate the characters' love for their homes and how that affected their relationship. I would definitely recommend that my library purchase this series, and I look forward to reading the next one coming.