Her Turn is a book needing some polishing by its author. The storyline is there, but it is lacking finesse.
The characters of Owen who is the main protagonist brother is the strongest developed. Owens personality is fun, uplifting, and direct. Owen may have Downs Syndrome, but he does not let this dictate the direction of his life.

Addie on the other hand as the principal character comes across shallow, slovenly, and a procrastinator. The author does the book no favors by ignoring the fact that even though she has the perfect opportunity to highlight a woman in her 40’s who is about to embark on a lifestyle change she glosses over this fact. She also puts in her midst an eye candy publicist, Jameson Ford. This eye-opening situation is a perfect setup for the author to expound upon, but we get a smooch!

We get a mystery and blackmail and twists with subterfuge! There is so much going on that there is.nothing really going on. I thought there were funny moments with a Owen that kept me reading, but I would have to say I would not purchase for myself. However, I know that this is a lighthearted read and people like those for a quick few hours of respite from their daily lives.

I received a free advanced copy from NetGalley and these are my willingly given thoughts and opinions.

2.5 stars

I want to start this by saying I love the disability representation here. The way Owen character was written was exceptionally well done and I love the visibility of people with Down syndrome in this book. That was marvelous done.
Now... this was supposedly to be a romance and the only "romance" we got was a kiss and a couple of I love you's and that was it. I appreciate the main character was a 40-ish yo woman which I don't see that often in romance but most of the time her personality felt flat and I have to admit I skimmed a few pages because I felt nothing was happening that excited me.
Overall I wished more of the plot.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I DNF this book about half way through. Unfortunately, it was not the romantic comedy I hoped it would be. While I thought the main characters relationship with her brother was sweet and I appreciated the representation of disabilities, the romance ultimately fell extremely flat. The main characters internal monologue was constantly self deprecating and even confusing at times. Did not enjoy the multiple perspectives. The characters felt under developed and their interactions just didn’t make sense. Thank you for the opportunity to read in exchange for honest review.

I'm giving this one a good 3.5 stars. I really enjoyed the idea of this book and several elements of the plot, primarily the fact that the protagonist is in her 40s and realizing her dream. And don't even get me started on how positively it presents an adult with Down syndrome, a whole star in this review can be solidly attributed to how much I loved that detail of the story.
However, the way it's written isn't the best. There are plot elements that never get explained and time jumps/lapses that don't make sense or don't match with what was previously said. Minor details overall that I would usually ignore when I'm enjoying the story being told, but there were so many of them that they end up affecting the enjoyment of the story.
That said, I really did like the idea of the story and all the positive points that Jones wrote into the story of Addie. I'm looking forward to seeing Jones mature as an author and putting some experienced writing behind the great ideas.

Many happy thanks to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the early read!

I want to start this review by mentioning there were in excess of 20 mentions of the phrase "lady parts." That's about 20 too many.

Addie Snyder writes her first book about being a single 40-something who is very comfortable with herself and singleness and it's an overnight sensation. Her publicist is HOT, so you know they're going to get together. The book has some heart; Addie is very devoted to her brother with Down syndrome. As Addie's book continues to blow up, her publicist has to protect her from some crazy family drama and ends up falling in love with her.

The book starts off super cheesy, but it definitely improves if you stick with it. It ended up being a cute, little romantic comedy.

I was excited to give this book a try, as the premise sounded intriguing. Unfortunately, it just did not do it for me. This book reads to me as though someone said "writing a romance book is easy!" and threw together every horrific trope out there. Gay "best friend" who is not a well thought out character? Check! Love interest who is so "hard" but then loves her? Sorta check, because that story line didn't pan out very well. Single 40-something (we know this because she said it a hundred times) who doesn't know how to dress herself because apparently we stop trying once middle age hits? Check. Enemy disguised as family? Check?

There was just too much going on in the plot that took away from any romance, the writing reads as though the main character was someone in her 20's and not in her 40's (especially given she was able to pen a bestseller) and the chapters need editing. Case in point: one chapter goes into heavy detail about something, then when you expect an action based on all of it, it just dumps you into a new chapter. As many have said, there was a lot of "tell" rather than "show."

DNF at 45%

I tried to give this book a chance since with the short chapters it was a pretty quick read. However I really did not enjoy the writing at all. The characters just felt shallow, the dialogue didn’t feel natural. There were way too many references to Addie’s “lady bits” or “hoo-ha”.
The added POVs of Matthew and Dorothy was a strange choice, especially since they were so hateful. The R word is used in reference to Addie’s brother Owen, who has Down syndrome. There was also an insensitive comment about “anorexic models”. It just seems like the author didn’t put that much care into the words she was writing and I couldn’t make myself finish this.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing this advanced copy.
After reading the blurb I had high hopes for this book. I tried three times to get into this book but unfortunately I DNF'd after 20%.
I didn't enjoy the writing style at all, I feel like it could use some work and I didn't connect to the character like I wanted to.

This book surprised me with how quickly I got invested into the characters, I loved Addie as a character and her relationship with her brother Owen was incredible. Dorothy as a character annoyed me and right from the start I could she was going to be a serious trouble maker. I did really enjoy this book but if I'm being honest it was quite slow paced which worked well for me given less time to read so was easy to jump in and out of but at other times I would prefer it to be a bit quicker paced so it keeps me wanting to read and not wanting to put it down.

When I first started reading I didn't think I would like this book as it was written from the perspective of 2 of the main characters. How wrong was I, I loved it and couldnt put it down.
When Addie finally publishes her first book and fame comes calling Addie will do anything to protect her brother Owen who has Down's Syndrome
Plenty of twists from her nasty family but she wins in the end and has a happy ending

Her Turn by Allison Jones
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Thank you @netgalley for my digital copy to read and review.
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Addie has had a rough childhood. Her mother was cold and unloving, while her father left right after her brother is born with Down Syndrome. Now that Addie has written her first novel and is gaining celebrity status she will need to have all her guards up against the media circus, and look out for her brothers interests. All while she is navigating her growing attraction to her publicist.
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I struggled a bit reading this one. I’m going to try to break this down by what I liked and didn’t like to help me sort through my thoughts.
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What I liked:
-I loved that despite her low self-esteem (mostly from her horrible mother’s verbal abuse), she is still determined to enjoy the things and people she loves in her life. Addie had a great attitude that was a good example to imitate.
-I loved her relationship with her brother, Owen. Even though she was his guardian due to his special needs, she encouraged and supported his having his own life with his job and friends and interests. But when it came down to it they loved each other very much and would do anything for each other and were each others own number one fans and supporters.
-I loved that although Addie and Jameson had an immediate attraction to each other, it wasn’t an instant love. They worked together for months and then were just friends for awhile before there were any grand declarations of love.
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What I didn’t like:
-The writing was hard for me to read. I am not a writer so I can’t put specific words to what I found unfavorable about it, but the closest I can come is it kind of felt like journal entries at some points. And some of the dialogue felt forced and cringey.
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3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ and this book will be available 1/21/21.

I did not love this book. The writing seemed stilted and said the same things over and over in very similar ways. I loved the inclusion of Down Syndrome, but it seemed forced at times and stereotypical.

3.5 stars.

This fun, light read is a hot mess of genres and clichés (especially the description of George as "flamboyant" and "almond-eyed", which almost made this a DNF for me). It's billed as romance, but it's not. The romance is not the central plot. The central plot is solving a family mystery. Which sort of sounds like women's fiction, except that the female main character doesn't really have agency in this book. Everyone around her acts, while she mainly reacts and does as she's told. Mostly, it reads like chick lit, but again, no agency on the part of the FMC.

The thin romance plot is not particularly satisfying. Jameson withholds information from Addie for no good reason, and never really proves he can do better. That's a critical part of the romance plot, and it's missing here. As is most of the emotion and sensuality of a romance. Dramatized love scenes aren't necessary, but the characters should demonstrate that there's more between them than a teenage crush.

And then there's the repetition. Repeatedly, scenes are shown from the point of view of both the hero and heroine. This confuses the reader and slows the pace while adding nothing substantive.

Overall, the book is well-written and funny, as long as the reader doesn't expect it to conform to any particular genre conventions.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received.

I always find it interesting when author writes about a character that is a writer. Like double the fun. I have not read from Allison Jones before but Her Turn was a simple read. It's a simple yet easy read that will distract your time without bothering you. I may warn you that it's a bit of a slow read. You will not get the romance until the very end. It focuses more on Addie life especially with her nasty family. They are some pieces of work, I tell you. I get happy that Addie in time will realize who is true for her, and it's not always family but what you create.

DNF Gave up at 77%

I really wanted to love this book. I thought the cover was cute, and the synopsis really appealed to me as a woman in a similar age bracket. Sadly there was very little to enjoy about the actual writing or storyline.

Billed as a romantic comedy, there is practically zero chemistry between the leads and even less comedy. The chapters are so short that there is no opportunity to build any momentum, and whoever thought it was a good idea to have so many POVs? There are at least two that are completely unnecessary.

This is a story bursting with over-used stereotypes, repetition and an irritatingly over-familiar 'chatty' writing style, akin to a blog post (which, in hindsight having researched the author, makes sense). Sadly it doesn't work here at all.

Addy, the protagonist constantly refers to herself as forty something, even when talking to her friend. It's just such a weird way to talk about yourself. Every other line in the story is tell: her reactions; her thoughts. There's virtually zero show in the entire book, and what there is is SO overloaded with childish adjectives And behaviour that as a 'forty-something' woman it made me cringe. Addy's supposedly an avid reader, yet has the vocabulary of a twelve year old.

All of the characters feel paper thin, the plot thinner still. The love interest, a publicist (and ex navy seal - because sure, that's a natural progression for ex-forces, right?) is SO tragically underdeveloped and frankly unbelievable that it made me roll my eyes on numerous occasions.

Addy waking up with him in her bed and zero real dialogue between them? Ludicrous. I've honestly read better fan fiction. Much, MUCH better. Which brings me to the dialogue. Most of it sounds like robots conversing with each other. Where is the nuance? Where are the contractions?

To sum up, although I always try to find some positives, even when i'm not enjoying a book, this time I really struggled. Even the cover I loved so much feels like it's for a different book as the people on the cover aren't the people in this book!

Not for me.

This was a quick and easy read but ultimately a little disappointing for me. I was attracted by the plot which had potential, but it fell a bit flat for me. Despite being a romantic comedy with a heroine in her 40s, this at times felt like a YA novel in its writing style - and the use of words such as "lady bits" and "hoo-ha" became a little irritating. Some elements felt rushed - the instant attraction between the lead characters didn't really work for me, and there was so much else going on that I never bought into the chemistry or felt that Jameson was anything other than a walking cliche. Told from multiple points of view, it also felt somewhat repetitive at times. The highlight of the book for me was undoubtedly the relationship between Addie and her brother Owen who has Down's Syndrome - he was the one character who I really warmed to.

Thank you to Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

I definitely thought that their were some highs and lows to this book.

HIGHS:
It was a true romantic comedy! I have been reading lots of romantic comedies lately and I have a hard time understanding why they were considered comedy. This book definitely had me chuckling though!

It was a quick and easy read with multiple POV’s and a good ending.

LOWS:
It was very difficult getting through the beginning of the book. I felt like Jameson was introduced a little to late and that’s what kept me from wanting to read it.

Although I love when there are different POV’s, I wasn’t quite as fond of how repetitive the perspectives became or the character’s attitudes.

Thank you to netgalley for an ARC of this.

This sounded right up my street - I love a “chick lit” rom com where you don’t have to over think it and there’s some insta love thrown in! However this just didn’t work for me. The writing was really juvenile in places and just didn’t seem realistic to me as to how adults would talk or interact. It was also very repetitive in places.

I liked the sweet relationship between Addie and her brother and Jamieson and her brother but I just didn’t get invested in the love story at all. Everything seemed to skip around and wasn’t really developed properly.

Sorry - not one for me.

I really like the premise of this book, but it ultimately fell flat for me. The writing style was very heavy in internal monologue. After a while it got tedious.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I really loved the synopsis of this book. And I really wished I enjoyed reading this, but I didn't. It was just okay.
It has not a wow factor for me. It was just a good 3 ,stars read for me.