Maggie Moves On Review

It's official, I'm absolutely in love with Maggie and Silas!! Oh, and Kevin too! How many pudgy pitbulls do you know that have wormed their way into the meet-cute in the Romance novel everyone's been waiting months for? Kevin is perfection, helping Silas (and those cherry red boxer briefs!) sink his way into Maggie's lust filled heart perhaps even before there were any emotions involved!!

Maggie is my kind of woman, and heroine, so damaged from everything life has thrown at her since she was a girl that she seems to make decisions on the fly, flipping one house after the other, leaving no room to get attached to any new people or towns because as she says "what if you have to say goodbye again?"

Silas, the Handsome Landscaper, knows from minute one that he could be in love with Maggie. Silas is ready to jump headfirst, without even knowing if the water's deep enough. But when he figures out Maggie's plans he's ready to try and do anything to convince her to stay, instead of looking within to see if this is the one case he should be packing his own bags.

The side characters in Maggie Moves On are extraordinary! It's easy to see Maggie is collecting
found family as she goes, and they are exactly who she needs. I loved seeing Silas' family surround her with their love, and watching Maggie in turn shine her love on everyone she can.

Maggie Moves On is a sweet contemporary romance with hints of a fun mystery thrown in, and a gorgeous, steamy relationship between two of my favorite characters this year! I'd give it 10 ⭐'s if I could!!

5/5 ⭐'s
3/5🌶's


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Lucy Score can do no wrong! Another super cute and fun story. A love a “he-falls-first” romance, and even better that it was a reverse grumpy sunshine. Love love loved!

4.5 ⭐️

This was a great, 5 star RomCom read for me!

Centered around Maggie and her Home Improvement ‘Flipping’ business, it was a perfect read for me. For years I watched all the Home Improvement show and so wanted to be one of those women that knew her way around all those big tools.

I even thought about trying to partner with someone locally to flip a house so I could learn some skills from them along the way. Never did it, but really wanted to.

So from page 1, this was 5 stars.

Then comes along a pushy but sweet romantic interest guy. I really enjoyed him but a couple of times, his possessiveness and his lack of ability to accept No was a little unsettling. If there was anything I didn’t like about this book it would be that. But I tried to take this character in the vein that they were written for a RomCom and I’ve ‘accepted it’ as ok. Sort of.

The found family is a genre I love as well so I was tickled pink by the 2nd part of the story as well.

I really didn’t want this to end and would love to see this story turned into a series!

This one unfortunately was not for me. I didn’t really feel the connection between the two leads and the male main character was too possessive and pushy for me right from the beginning. I was not a fan of how much he pushed Maggie into giving him a chance.

There was also far too many things happening in terms of plot. Between the renovations, the treasure hunt, the family drama, and all the side characters it was just a lot to keep track of.

I have seen others who enjoyed this one and I can understand why, but this did not work for me.

I thought this was a really great book. I loved all the characters and the secondary story of the Campbell family made the book even better.

This book has everything: a strong female MC, steamy object of (annoyance and) interest, strong supporting characters, unique setting, a bit of mystery and a heartfelt journey. OH! The most important element of all: adorable sidekick animal.

I was taken by surprise how much I absolutely adored this story. Maggie Moves On. The humor was spot-on. The character development was superb. And although there are a lot of characters in this story, I never felt confused about who was who ... nor did I need to re-read anything (YAY)! I know that sounds silly but I often feel I need to re-visit passages, especially when there is a lot going on and a lot of characters to consider.

For fans of HGTV-type material and a rom-rom that goes a bit deeper ... definitely recommend!

Maggie is a house flipping YouTube star that buys a house to flip in Kinship, Idaho, a place she has a small connection to. She quickly meets Silas, a landscaper she hires for the outdoor work. While I normally am not a fan of instalove, Silas and is declaration that he will marry her someday felt cute, rather than creepy. He was persistent, but also gave her space so it never felt over the top for me.

Maggie has no plans to settle down, but won't say no to a fling. But then catching feelings are involved. I enjoyed the ride as she fought through them (and not just her feelings for Silas, but the town itself).

Maggie also informally adopts a teenager, works on a mystery with a grumpy old man and hits her first million subscribers.

*Sigh*... I loved this book. It takes it's time. It was well written (especially compared to some of the other romances I've read lately), the characters were fantastic, and I loved the plot. I loved the relationships... especially between Maggie and her ex/work partner. And I loved Silas. I know some people didn't, but I thought the small town charm of him was well written. I'm usually 50/50 when it comes to small town romance, but I really, thoroughly enjoyed this one.

Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 5/5
Genre: RomCom
Tropes: Grumpy x Sunshine (SHE is the grump), Small Town Romance
TW: Loss of a parent (mother)

📖 Read if you like 📖
🔨 HGTV
🌳 Hot landscapers
💪🏼 Strong female MC
🐶 Dogs
🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ representation
🌶 Spicy scenes
🏡 Found family
🕵🏼‍♀️ Nancy Drew
📱 Social Media
💅🏼 Self-Care

ARC Review:
I am calling it now, this will be the book of the ✨ YEAR! ✨ Lucy Score has truly outdone herself. When I read Things We Never Got Over, I wasn't sure she could ever top it - yet she has! Maggie Moves On is a beautiful story about tearing down physical and emotional walls, promoting self-care, and finding family (both related and unrelated). My heart soared, my jaw dropped, and my expectations were exceeded as I cried happy tears, especially at the end. I will recommend this book to everyone!

Thank you to Net Galley and Forever Publishing (Grand Central Publishing) for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

A rare full on 5 stars from me. Where has Lucy Score been all my adult reading life??

Maggie is a youtube sensation flipping houses.
Dean is her right hand man helping with the business.
Silas is a hot landscaper working on Maggie's latest house.

Maggie is already a delight, but Silas is such a charmer that he was able to bring even more delightfulness out of her. He could charm the pants off a mannequin. Every single character was lovable and I especially loved the mischief Kevin! he's so adorable. Anyone would be lucky to have a BFF like Dean. Wallace was a perfectly named grumpy old man. Cody just needed someone to show him some support and I'm so glad he got it. Silas's extended family was a great addition to the story.

I love that it was told in 3rd person following Maggie and Silas.
Although it was love at first sight for Silas, it was a bit of a slow burn as Maggie took too long for me to figure out what she wanted. Their chemistry was on fire and luckily we didn't have to wait a terribly lengthy amount of time for the steamage. It wrapped up as perfectly perfect as I knew it would. The mystery behind the house was fun to read about too.

I was able to listen to the final version on audio as well, so I went back and forth reading and listening. Ultimately both ways were wonderful. Emma Wilder did a lovely job narrating for 13 hours and 41 minutes, easy to follow at 2x. She had lovely male voices too.

I'm probably in the minority here, but I struggle on trying to finish this book because I'm having a hard time connecting with the characters in the story.

This was another fabulous book by Mrs. Score. Maggie is the perfect mix of sassy and smart, while Silas is both swoon worthy and sweet. This book is the perfect mix of hilarity, heat, and heart. With a town we all wish we could visit, a mystery we all want to solve, a love we all want to find, and the dog we we all can’t help but love. Fantastic read

This book had the sweetest vibes from the very first page and you just knew that Silas and Maggie are going to have a wonderful romance. Maggie is a youtuber who posts renovations and she wants her latest project to be the one that gets her a million followers, so when Maggie arrives in Idaho to renovate The Old Campbell Place mansion she is ready to get to work. Right away she notices Silas, the landscaper and knows she could fall in love, but unfortunately she does not mix business and pleasure. I loved watching their chemistry and them to fall in love throughout this book. If you love HGTV, this one was so fun!

I enjoyed this book very much. I liked the pacing and writing style. The secondary characters were great and really added to the story and helped it progress.

At times Silas got on my nerves with how direct he was and he seemed pushy at times when it came to their relationship as a couple. I liked Maggie and her personality was similar to mine. I enjoyed their journey together, but do think they moved a bit fast relationship wise (ending of the book only). I liked how Silas encouraged Maggie to go outside her comfort zone, try new things, plant roots, make friends, etc.

I think most of all I loved envisioning this house on the Hill that Maggie was renovating and the treasures found within. The house was one of the main characters because it brought everyone together and was where so many things transformed. I loved the idea of found family and how these random people grew to care for each other.

This was a pretty good book. The writing was mostly very good (except during the “spicy” scenes, which I found pretty cheesy). I didn’t love the “insta-love” on his part, but I did appreciate how open about his feelings he was. I didn’t appreciate his caveman attitude closer to the beginning after she scares off harmless intruders…especially that he’s insisting she apologize to him for it. The attitude about relationships…..in that “ There isn’t much comfortable about relationships, not if it’s a good one at least.” is pretty wrong-headed. It’s the attitude of a fun book maybe, but not real life. I enjoyed the story overall, but wish it had been maybe 25% shorter. It ended up seeming very long.
Thank you to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for providing me access to this eARC for my honest opinion!

Loved this book so much!
The characters, the location, all of it was perfect.
Everything this author puts out is gold!

I thought this book was great! I wish I had Silas as my landscaper!! His character was so hot! I love HGTV, so it was fun reading a rom-com with the remodeling theme.

Do you believe in signs? Maggie didn’t when she bought the old Campbell place to flip. But then she met the Hot Landscaper who is very confident and who tells her the first time they meet that they will end up together. Their relationship is not even close to simple and Maggie tells him from the beginning that she will be leaving when they are done remodeling the old Campbells house. But Sy believes in all the signs he’s been seeing that she will decide to stay.

I absolutely adored Maggie and Sy’s relationship. The way Sy just slide into her life without a care in the world and stayed just the way he knew he would. Such a fun loving story!

This book was so fun. I love the twist on the current trend of home renovation shows and loved how it talked about all of the work needed to run your own show. The aspect of friends/former spouses/current coworkers doing this together was interesting and a refreshing change.

This also does a great job with the smalltown romance feel as well. Seeing how all of the citizens band together to help each other and not having the out of towner look down on them was great to see.

The romance here felt very natural. Instant attraction but not instant love is just perfect. There was also just the right amount of waiting to get together to where you got to enjoy the anticipation but weren't screaming in frustration for them to just kiss already.

I really liked the plot and setting of this book but I feel like it would have been better if it was shorter. I liked all the characters except for Silas and since he was one of the MCs it kind of ruined it for me. He was way to cocky and bossy for me. I will still try another book by this author though.