The first thing I noticed in this novel is that the male point of view felt real, which is probably no surprise at all since his parts were written by the man in this husband-wife original double authoring couple . At last! How many romances or just novels did you read where you felt how ackwardly the hero spoke or that he spoke just the right swoonworthy lines at the right time and you had never EVER met anyone like that in your life? Fictional heroes tend to do that, they do not belong in real life, especially when they are little more than projections of the female author’s fantasy.

This time was different. First of all our hero gets more stage than our “heroine” (sorry for the brackets, but yes, I hate women who sleep around with the first guy they meet at a bar and then trash him in the morning and this one checked all the boxes and I’m not afraid to say it) and that was different AND good. Our hero is not a knight in shining armour, but he is a decent person, a “nice guy” who almost inevitably ends up catching feeling while conducting his experiment of sex education with our “heroine”. He gets burnt in the end and while the end is not a HEA or even a HFN and leaves only a slim hope that all is not lost, that is not the point in the growth arc of our hero. The point is that he emerges as the better the person and with that realization he wins the game.

Our “heroine” undergoes quite a revolution in her life too, but I could not relate to her. She kept holding back all through her relationship with Nice Guy, she was never brave enough to make a decision on her own unless when circumstances created by others forced her too and she was hardly ever honest with herself just like with others. Being sexually “emancipated” is not the same as being an adult, and our “heroine” eventually understands that, but not fully and not in time not to miss out on a once in a lifetime opportunity to be loved and love in return and trust me, trains are not so frequent on that rail…
I will not spoil the details of the plot, but I urge you to read this novel. After a slow start, I was hooked and could not put the book down. It’s funny and witty and sad, it will give you all kind of feelings but most of all i twill give you an amazing time reading. Congratulations to both authors, but I confess I love you most Nice Guy.

The premise of this book is excellent, but it ended up feeling very cliche. Two NYC journalists engaged in a battle of the sexes with an emphasis on the sex part. The plot was engaging, but this would have been a much stronger book if Lucas wasn't such a douche. For being touted as a Nice Guy, his actions toward Carmen sure weren't. None of the characters in this were very likable with the exception of Carmen's grandmother. I would have liked more of her in this. Regardless, a lot of people would enjoy this as a light summertime beach read.

Mr. Nice Guy – Jennifer Miller, Jason Fiefer
I was fortunate to receive this novel as an Advance Reader Copy, in exchange for an objective review.
Lucas Callahan is a young man, who, after the end of a relationship, opts to leave North Carolina and 2 years of law school behind him as he hopes to start anew and make it big as a journalist in New York City. Landing an entry level position as a fact-checker with a well known magazine, Empire, Lucas struggles to stand apart and be seen by his employer.
One night, while out at a bar, he meets a woman. Carmen is older, clearly sophisticated, and Lucas can’t believe his luck when she brings him home with her for the night. Early the next morning, he wakes first, and not quite knowing what to do, he quietly gathers his things up and leaves, leaving his lady friend undisturbed.
A week later, he hears a colleague reading a column from Empire magazine. In the column, a woman is describing her recent one-night stand. To his horror, Lucas realizes the column is about him. Embarrassed, angry and chagrined, Lucas keeps his identity a secret and decides to provide a rebuttal to the column with his own description of events, written by ‘Mr. Nice Guy’, setting the stage for an epic battle of the sexes in the big city.
I was surprised to find this book was a bit dry and at times hard to push through. And yet, when I was reading the stretches of book where Carmen’s and Mr. Nice Guy’s columns were dictated, I laughed out loud because they were hilarious! Overall, not a bad first attempt by the authors!

Mr Nice Guy promised to be a page turner, something like „The Devil Wears Prada meets Sex and the City „ - I loved both so I had high hopes for this book – and I was bitterly disappointed.

First of all – it was boring as hell. I am a very fast reader – so usually I continue reading when other readers call it quits a long time ago – but this book tested my patience.

Then – both main protagonists are really hard to like – Lucas is a self absorbed prick, most of all interested to climb the ladder and brownnosing most of the time – superfiscial and he feels like gods gift to mankind. When he had to learn that this is not true, he throw a trantrum (with his weapons – words). He is determinated to make it at New York – One way or the other. Until the end nearly everything is about himself. And his conception of the world seems to be the conception of the fifties.

Carmen is superfiscial too, a bitch, ready to prostitute herself to get a job with benefits and an office. She wants to get back her former lover – unfortunately a selfish criminal guy – unfortunately the editor of the magazin she is working for.

The story continues, and then – climax at 95 percent – nothing solved, Epilogue.

I...really don't know how what to thing about this book.

In any case nor witty neither sexy.

Recently finished and I enjoyed this book.
was I notified this was Rated R!?!?
it's steamy, it's bawdy, it's sexy & it's raunchy but it isn't indecent or obscene.
This book is definitely not for the faint of heart or the prudish.

Oh, I really wanted to like this book. The premise was good, the description sounded promising but I couldn't get into it. I ended up skimming the book just so I could finish. It wasn't a bad or poorly written book, it just wasn't for me.

I...still don't know how I feel about this book. There were parts I liked, but overall, there were very few characters to like. Lucas was flat and I wasn't entirely sure whether or not I should support him throughout the story. Overall, I don't think I can recommend the novel because there was nothing really redeeming. I'm not sure I would pick up another book by these authors based on this book. Points for a contemporary novel, but I think substance was sacrificed.

I had really high hopes for this because the premise seemed really interesting. The main thing is that the two characters are both awful, and I really didn't care about reading about either of their lives. Half of the book was essentially useless. Why include anything about Nicholas? I still am not seeing the point. I couldn't even finish the book. I got to the part where they inevitably break up and I couldn't even read to the part where they get back together. That's how uninterested I was. I couldn't even care to read the last few chapters. I'm tired of talking about this book already.

"Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review."

Loved this book very much. It had just enough sweet romance and the storyline was great! I highly recommend!

This coming of age, he said/ she said love story from a male view point fell flat. I wasn't able to really connect with any of the characters. I felt like I was reading a badly thoughtout version of a male version of Sex in the City.

2.5/3 stars.

Like a lot of the reviews have said, I didn't like Lucas. I feel like romances written in a male point of view have to be done in a certain way for me to like the main character. At the beginning, I found him endearing but at only 8% in I started to find him a bit annoying. Throughout the story, I hated the way he judges women’s bodies. He was constantly judging them, critiquing them and I just didn't see the point. Personally, I don't think it adds anything to the story to read about a side characters boob size.

On the opposite side of the spectrum, I loved Carmen's chapters. I found her genuine, real, smart, tough, and a nice person who's just dealing as best she can. I want a entire book written about her where Lucas is the side character instead. That book would have probably been four or five stars.

As for the other aspects of the story, I liked the setting of NYC and a magazine work place. It was interesting to see the magazine work place and the work of journalism throughout the story. I also found the outlook the book had on sex to be pretty refreshing.

The story slowed down somewhat in the middle but the ending definitely picked up. There was a mystery aspect and more action that was really entertaining. The epilogue showed a lot of character growth, so if you enjoy character growth you'll probably appreciate the ending quite a bit.

I'd recommend this as a contemporary romance to readers who enjoy male perspective stories. Maybe you'll like Lucas! Who knows! I think it's worth reading if only for Carmen's story because honestly, she was a tough chick who I started to admire by the end of the book.

Lucas Callahan is a mid-20s native of North Carolina who breaks up with his fiancée and drops out of law school in order to chase his NYC dreams. He winds up as a fact-checker at Empire magazine, a New York/Vanity Fair-type publication that is ruled by its capricious and social-climbing editor-in-chief, Jay Jacobson. One fateful night, Lucas stops in at a West Village bar called Kettle of Fish where he spots a stunning woman sitting solo and scribbling notes on a bar napkin. Lucas boldly offers her a sheet of paper, and after a couple of drinks, they head to her apartment.

What seems like a one-night stand with a glamorous older woman turns into something much more when the note-taker, Carmen Kelly, writes an unsparing account of her experience with Lucas—in the pages of Empire magazine. It turns out that Carmen is the mag's dating and sex columnist (she rarely goes into the office, which is why Lucas hadn't met her), and her vicious takedown of "Mr. Nice Guy" (her nickname for Lucas) becomes a viral sensation. Lucas decides to respond, and sets up an anonymous email address and fires off a rebuttal. Sensing a way to boost Empire's web traffic, Jacobson runs Lucas's column; it is also a hit.

Jacobson goads Carmen into meeting up with Lucas again, and having them both write about the experience for Empire: "a regular sexual exchange between [Lucas] and Carmen to be followed by columns penned by each, reviewing the other's performance." Since Lucas's identity is still under wraps (he continues to file his stories via the anonymous email), he can't get paid for his work, but at least he's finally a published writer, one seemingly all of New York is reading and talking about.

This is a surprisingly meaty novel which considers questions of ethics in journalism and what you'd be willing to give up in order to achieve your dreams. It's also got a terrific sense of place; I read this just a couple weeks after I'd visited New York, and it really captured the city beautifully. The only thing I didn't quite buy was that a power-mad control freak like Jacobson would allow "Mr. Nice Guy" to remain anonymous—surely he'd have an underling follow Carmen around until he'd sussed out her partner's identity? But on the whole, I thoroughly enjoyed this very modern romantic comedy.

I loved this book. Mr. Nice Guy follows Lucas and Carmen as they battle out their sexual relationship in a NYC magazine and the inevitable fallout from their agreement. It's much more a coming-of-age tale than a romance (it's certainly not the book you want to turn to for mushy one-liners). The characters ring true-even though you have probably never been in a situation close to the one the authors devised, the writing is so strong that you can picturing every step happen in real life. It is the perfect summer read!

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

I'm not sure what I expected but it wasn't in this book. It felt like too many things were going on and taking away from the main characters. It was written well, mechanically speaking but it was just missing something. Plus the ending left me blah. It sort of was just over. I'd read the authors again but this one was very forgettable.

Lucas is a young man that left his degree and fiancée for a shot in a Magazine in NY, his dreams of becoming a famous writer, until he meets journalist and sex-columnist; Carmen . She decides to write a piece about a nerdy guy, who was nice enough to look at but horribly inexperienced in bed= Lucas
Lucas was very immature, annoying and not sexy at all, the entire book was confusing.
I finished reading and I thought: Nothing, that’s how I felt.

This was a ponderous mish-mash of I don't know what. It seemed Lucas was everyone's punching bag from Jays to Carmen, to Sophia, to Nicholas and even his own parents. He was too weak. I didn't care for Carmen's arrogance either. There were too many subplots that had me losing track of what was going on. And it made this book very boring where I forced myself to finish this book. It got semi-interesting only for Luke to end up with no one. I voluntarily read this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

As soon as I saw the blurb saw that this was Sex and The City meets The Devil Wears Prada, I was sold! This book lives up to its expectations and I found the book hilarious. It was a lighthearted awkward romance. it really was a refreshing witty take on something already done. The writing was well done and well thought out. The characters were wonderfully written, you can really connect with them and their vast differences. This is a great summer beach read!

Just damn. This was one of the most intriguing, fun, sexy witty, and sharp books I’ve read in a while. I’m not sure how to classify it, other than a breath of fresh air. The plot was carefully crafted, and reading it was kind of like trying to put together a jigsaw puzzle without the box cover. There were pieces you knew must fit together, you just weren’t sure how that was going to happen. And the characters were wonderfully drawn, their layers peeling back chapter by chapter.
At first I was irked by the portrayal of Lucas as something of a rube, a naive guy from NC trying to make it in the big city. But as the story moves forward he becomes a much more nuanced character, as does Carmen, who is initially less than likable. There was a time when I would not have believed there are people as manipulative, crass and just evil as The Editor. Sadly, his character is all too real. The real star of this book, I think, though, is the columns posted by Carmen and Luke after their encounters. They are priceless, funny, steamy and poignant. I wish there were more - but the story unfolds as it should, and each character grows in both expected and unexpected ways. I know nothing about the publishing business and never lived in “the city”, but once into this book I felt Lucas’s and Carmen’s passion to succeed in their work and to be a part of New York.
Books are always personal, and what you like on any given day can depend on so many things, including what you had for breakfast. I wish I could come up with more literary terms to say it, but on this day I just loved this book and hope to read more by this excellent team.

I was honestly confused by this book. From the description, I expected a more straightforward “he said/she said” story told through the competing magazine columns. That part of the story was interesting, and I think the book would have been fine if that had been it. But there was more to the story; a secondary plot about the main character, Lucas, trying to find his way in the publishing business. This became very convoluted. His boss’ backroom dealings, an odd financial benefactor and various other characters seemed to be filler. That being said, the “magazine job” angle would have been an interesting story on its own as well. What it all boils down to is that this book seemed to be a mash up of two separate books that never seemed to really entirely gel. It tried to do too much, and as a result, nothing was as gripping as it could have been.

Mr. Nice Guy updates the classic "He Said, She Said" to the extreme. It is at once a tribute to living in New York and an exploration of the complexities of dating, love and human nature. The husband and wife team of Jennifer Miller and Jason Feifer develop a cast of characters that are understandable but not really likable. You are first introduced to Lucas, a mid-20s aspiring journalist working at his dream magazine as a lowly fact-checker. He was recently left by his girlfriend/fiance of 6 years who did not want to move to New York with him. Then, you meet Carmen, a 30-ish columnist for the magazine who writes about sex and love. There is an awkward meet cute in a bar, she takes him home, and then proceeds to critique his prowess in her next column. After reading about his evaluated performance, Lucas decides to respond to Carmen's article. Herein starts the back and forth of what would make for a very interesting, R-rated Rom-com. Overall, the storyline was fun. However, there was a lack of connection to the characters making for just an okay read rather than a must.