Mr. Big by Delancey Stewart was enjoyable ...Oliver and Holland both feel unwanted from birth..Holland abandoned as a baby and growing up in foster homes...Oliver "Hale" finding out after his parents die that he is adopted...she handles it better than him. They get together and help each other cope..a little too much angst for me ...but they do get their HEA.

This was not what I was expecting after I read the blurb. Oliver had a good life, ran a company, Cody Technology, had a great family. Then one day his life changed and he shut down. Oliver learned a lot about his life and the lies he had been told that day, and the person he was changed completely. He was lost and mad and hated everyone. Gone was the easy laid back person Oliver once was, in his place was a stranger.
Holland a girl determined to stick to her plan in life and get her dream job was a mission. Get a job at the Cody firm and make it in life. Well half of her plan was in focus, she was in the door but not in the department she wanted. She was determined to fix that regardless of the factors holding her back. When she meets Oliver he helps her achieve that dream, without her realizing who he is at first. But the more they learn about each other the more they realize they are a lot alike. Holland helps Oliver find himself and the person he is but insecurities still exist in Oliver and he runs at the first hiccup they have. This was a great story and was nice to have the man with the issues this time. Look forward to more of Ms. Stewart's work. Honest review in exchange for ARC.

I enjoyed the book, it was a good weekend read. Oliver story got me to kept on reading it, when he falls in love with Holland was a bit of a drama and I just had to know what happens next. It was the first book for me by Delancey and will look forward for another.

Ms. Stewart is a new to me author and I did like the characters of Oliver and Holland. I did have some mixed feelings about Ollie and his past struggles but overall it was an enjoyable read and I will look for more by this author.

I voluntarily read Mr Big in advance via Netgalley
A Non spoiler review.

This was my first book by this author and I enjoyed it.
The characters were relatable as were the situations they found themselves in.

Holland is a remarkable you woman who is independent and honest. Her strength is admirable.

Oliver is a little more unstable, he's broody and moody, can't control his emotions, tends to let things get to him easily.
However all that changes when he's with Holland, she seems to calm him and bring light to him. He's more relaxed. They just make each other better. Either one knows where they belong unless they're together.


I loved their journey together, I smiled I cried and I even got mad.
It's a great story of love, lies, forgiveness,loneliness, and family.
I'd definitely recommend this book.

This ended up being one of those books where the blurb of this book sounded promising and it started off strong. But then it started to drag. I was looking forward to a more aggressive alpha type of dude who gets hooked on a sassy smart mouth girl. I didn't get that. Oliver was a mess the entirety of the book, and it was really unattractive to be honest. There was no light to balance all the heavy that went on with him or Holland. Holland was likable at the beginning but her inability to make a plan and stick with it drove me bonkers.
There was a lot of talk about work that I really could care less about. I wanted more relationship talk. It seemed to be more of the focus than the relationship was.
I think overall the basis was good, I think the more heavy focus on the job and less on the characters was a buzz kill for me. However the author knows what she is talking about, she have very well developed characters and story line. I just don't think it was for me, or I wasn't in the right frame of mind to read this. Either way, form your own opinion. This story was told in alternating views.

Oliver Cody had the perfect life. Loving parents who always encouraged his ideas, specially the one that got him his own company by the time he graduated high school. Even thou his position was held for him as CEO, till he graduated from college, Cody knew he had it all. Or so he thought. After a while he kept wondering if his life was his or his Father's. All of a sudden one day he snapped and left everything behind to go find himself. Surfing his life away. When he gets a call one day, thinking it was his Mom, it actually was an attorney letting him know his parents had passed away tragically. It was the other secret that came that turned his whole world upside down. Returning home for the funeral, he no longer felt the need to survive, to run his company. He was angry and wanted to be left alone.
Holland was at the top of her class at the university and had always dreamed of being an analyst at Cody Corporation, instead she was hired as a sales rep. Figuring she would work her way up. Now that she had the schematics on the MLB, she dreamed of presenting her idea to the top executives and find her ticket up the company. Running into a grumpy, scruffy looking guy at the coffee shop, she started yelling at him for cutting in front of everyone in line. Cody felt such strength looking at this woman, that he felt he had to get to know her. Except he couldn't let her know who he was. Giving her his nickname in college, he starts helping her with her presentation. What starts out as lust, turns into so much more.
This was so well written and the story line I found to be incredible. Fabulous book.

A good, emotional book by a new to me author. I look forward to reading more of her work. I posted a review on Goodreads.

Oliver took a leave of absence from his life. He felt lost and that everything in his life was decided upon. He wasn't sure if this is what he wanted for himself or did he just go along with it. During this time away, his parents where in an accident and died. He had to come back to handle everything. But he was not in a place to handle anything. He finds out a secret his parents kept from him that makes him angry and hurt. It isn't until he meets Holland in the coffee cafe that he starts to make the necessary steps to take his life back. He doesn't tell Holland who he is but gives her a nickname. Oliver talks to Holland, discovering that he was overlooked because she was a female in a man's field or work. When he starts helping Holland, he finds that he is drinking less and coming back to life again. But there is more to it, he is attracted to her and they have a special connection that makes it easier to talk to her about his parent's secret. What happens when she finds out who he really is?

I really liked this book. But it did have many slow parts that dragged on that prevent from being a 5 star book. It is predictable when I would have like of tad bit more surprise or suspense. The writing could have been more concise and cut to the point. I liked their connection and that he realized his life wasn't so bad after hearing Holland's story. I loved how they could relate to each other and she was someone he choose to become friends with, their friendship was genuine. It was a good book that I did enjoy reading.
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I loved this new-to-me author. Emotions felt very, very real. I felt like I was right there watching Oliver melt down when he was flinging pots at the wall in his office. Fostering, the glass ceiling, and adoption were all woven into the story in a way that felt natural rather than in let-me-climb-on-my-soapbox-thanx.

Also, the character development was realistic. *MINOR SPOILER ALERT* IRL if someone misrepresented who they were for DAYS and you even slept with the guy, you'd be angry, right? In a lot of romances, the h is just, oops, nope, I'm over it. In this book, she's truly angry and she calls Oliver out on his deception. I liked that.

Sex scenes: There are several, but they don't run on for pages and pages, and they aren't super explicit.

Mr. Big, title notwithstanding, is about the story. Enjoy!

I enjoyed this title, although I did feel like that we got a lot of backstory. All in all for a contemporary romance it delivered. The characters are easy to like and relate to on personal levels and you feel for them.

Did not finish this book. Could not get into it. Did not like either of the main characters.

This ended up being one of those books where I wanted it to be so much more than what it was. I just could not get into it and it was just not interesting enough to hold my attention.

The blurb was promising and the story overall started great. Then it all went downhill. I did like Oliver at the beginning but felt he needed to suck it up and become the alpha, which he did not. Holland was just....meh.

I really enjoyed this story, it keep me reading till late. This is a cute story with some drama. The characters were amazing. I was sucked into this story from the first page, I couldn't put this book down till I'd finished. this is an emotional story which feel real due to the amazing writing. I can't wait to read more from this author in the future.
Highly recommended
I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book

This book is so good. Please get the book people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. Big was a good romance story, but I felt it was lacking in some areas. I didn't fall in love with the characters throughout the story and a few times I wanted to toss my kindle. I also feel like the title and the cover image don't exactly fit with the story.

The beginning of the story got my initial interest along with the synopsis, but as the story unfolded I found myself getting annoyed with the main characters. Something drastic happens to Oliver's parents and you don't find out the tragic situation until over halfway through the book. I feel like this detail should have been included in the beginning of the story.

Delancey Stewart does tie up all the loose ends at the end of the book with the plot and subplots, but I feel like I didn't get a deeper understanding of the characters' feelings and flaws to pull for their happily ever after in the story.

My rating scale:
5☆ - I loved this book and it brought out true emotion in me (laughter, anger, a good cry, etc)
4☆ - I loved this book.
3☆ - I liked this book.
2☆ - I didn't really care for this book.
1☆ - I did not like this book at all and probably did not finish it.

This was my first book by Delancey Stewart and I can guarantee you that it will not be my last.

Mr. Big was very well written and flowed very nicely. I loved the story of Holland and Oliver! I am really hoping we get more on Pamela and Sam too😉

Great story, great book, great writing. Definitely one I would recommend!

I tried to get into this book, and I really liked it in the beginning. But I felt the characters were a little too immature and underdeveloped for the positions and age that they were. I didn't really like the book and expected more out of it. Although it was an okay read, I struggled to get to the end. Thank you for allowing me to read and review this novel.

This is my first book from this author, was interested to see how the title of this book Mr. Big, would be. The first half of the book was pretty good, I was really enjoying Oliver and Hollands interaction between the two of them. Oliver needed to be brought back to the living after his parents suddenly passed away, and some shocking news he found out early on in the book, Holland was a new employee at Cody Technologies when she met Oliver in the company coffeehouse as Oliver was still trying to work things out.

What I did like the story was how Oliver was able to find meaning in his life again after he met Holland, the two of them had some pretty great Chemistry together., made for some great reading. Loved how they worked together to get the MLB contract. Although it was pretty ackward in the work relationship that ended up happening. What I didn't like about the story was how freaking wishy washy these two characters with their insecurities. Honestly drove me crazy the second half of the book. I'm not going to give any spoilers, but the decisions these two made out of the blue just made me want to reach in the pages and smack them up along side the head.. That's truly the only reason for the average rating, really enjoyed the the first part of the book though.. I think the title and cover of the book is very misleading and should be reworked, I'm not crazy about it, think it totally distracts from what's on the inside of the book.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC copy of this book

Delaney Stewart is a new author to me and I have to say after reading Mr Big I need to one click her other books. I really enjoyed Oliver and Holland's story even if at times Oliver drove me mad I still couldn't helping liking the man who had everything as a boy only to have to find his way again as a man. This was an emotional story but it was true to life after all how many times do we hurt the ones we love! Great loveable characters with a good storyline. I will be looking for more from Delaney Stewart.