Member Reviews
If you are already a fan of this author, this will be your next purchase. No question.
But - if you are new to this author, the world of Tickled Pink is a great place to start!
(This being book two, I do recommend reading "The One Who Loves You" first,
so this storyline makes the most sense.)
When I had the opportunity to grab this ARC from NetGalley, I jumped at the chance! The first book, set in Tickled Pink (a place I SO wish was real!), was Phoebe (Tavi's sister) and Teague's love story. That was emotional and heartwarming - and I enjoyed it. I was very excited to get back to the Lightly family and the characters in the town.
If you are familiar with this author's numerous other rom-com works, you may be expecting a laugh-out-loud, "can't read this in public because I'll get looks" kind of read. This book is not that. (And that's okay.)
This story has me back in love with all the Tickled Pink 'townspeople', and their quirky ways. Tavi and Dylan's love story isn't what I originally expected. Gigi is still making demands, and we see the lengths Tavi has contorted herself to fit other's expectations. Unfortunately, as this story goes on, we see it all unravel. Family is family, but the Lightly family is frustrating, at best. I welcomed the changes a few of the Lightly characters managed to accomplish. Dylan has a backstory of his own to try to overcome, and it was absolutely delightful to see his connection with Tavi grow through mutual support. They certainly are steamy together, and their connection is almost tangible. His personality is absolutely what we want in a book boyfriend, and I cheered their Happy Ever After.
Things I loved about this book:
Wonderful characters in a sweet small town
A woman trying so hard to accomplish her personal goals
A handsome, kind hearted man who wants to do the right thing, and be happy
Steamy scenes and a sweet love connection
Entertaining situations that frustrated me, made me smile, and warmed my heart
This author has incredible creativity, and routinely crafts worlds of characters that are easy to relate to, cheer for, empathize with, and love. Every book I have enjoyed from this author has given me hours of enjoyment. Her characters stay with me, long after the pages have stopped turning. This one was easy to read, and I was done before I wanted to be.
I strongly recommend reading this in the correct reading order to have the best experience. That said, you can totally read this as a stand-alone if you choose.
I look forward to her next new release.
This was a fabulous sequel to The One Who Loves You!
I loved this book, Ticked Pink is quite possibly one of my favorite small-town settings ever. The entire cast is quirky, snarky, and utterly delightful. Seeing these characters and the town again was so much fun. That said the romance here was everything I didn't know I needed. I was skeptical at first, when we are first introduced to Dylan in this book he is not in a happy romantic headspace and I was afraid it would be difficult for me to find the happiness in his story from there. But boy does Pippa Grant ever pull through and prove my skeptic heart wrong.
Tavi is an excellent character and it was an experience to see the Lightly family through her eyes.
The back and forth, the friendship, the personal growth, the tension and spice. This book hit all the boxes. Love this series, REALLY hope there will be more to come because I'm gonna need a Carter story.
Rich in Your Love is the second installment of the Tickled Pink series. Tavi Lightly is a social media influencer, known for being a fitness junkie and vegan. She showcases herself consistently in a “ditzy” light and doesn’t take the world seriously. In reality, Tavi would love a cheeseburger and could spend her day on her cacao farm building her chocolate empire. When her grandmother forces her to move Tickled Pink, she is forced to deal with everything thrown at her to keep her trust fund for her farm. Dylan Wright, the local bad boy, becomes Tavi’s newest social media project. Dylan is currently trying to get over his best friend, while realizing Tavi is more than what social media thinks she is. As Dylan tries to unravel Tavi’s secrets, Tavi must decide whether love will be enough for her to save her farm?
I forgot how much I enjoy Pippa Grant’s writing style until I read her books again. Just like her previous series, this book is full of great banter between the characters. Tavi has such a personality that I loved seeing her “social media” side, and her normal self. The chemistry between Dylan and Tavi is off the charts good. I loved the family dynamics, and how Tavi and her sister grew closer.
My only dislike towards the book was the resolution for the 3rd act issue felt way too fast, and way too easy. It is a contemporary romance, so I expected a 3rd act issue, but I just felt the build-up towards the issue and how it got resolved was just out of the blue a bit. Still not enough of an issue that I dropped any stars, I think this is a 5-star read for me.
I highly recommend this series to anyone that enjoyed Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey or Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren.
This is the second book from the Tickled Pink series. The Lightlys get summoned to Tickled Pink by their rich, bossy grandmother. Tavi is trying to get her cacao farm up and running while pretending to be a vapid social media influencer. Dylan is a small town plumber with a bad boy past.
Tavi and Dylan are two characters that are very relatable. Their feelings about themselves throughout the book are feelings that readers can connect with. I really like the way they both reflect on their pasts and accept and love each other more for it. Dylan is a total guard dog for Tavi and I am here for it. The book was a little slow to start for me and I wish all their earlier interactions would have been included rather than just being told they happened.
I love the town of Tickled Pink and can’t wait to come back in the next books. 🤞🏼
Love that the chemistry was pretty immediate, but the romance was built up and slightly drawn out. It made me feel like it was a realistic time line while also being fast enough to keep me drawn in.
Okay, it’s official. I would like to move to Tickled Pink, Wisconsin. I enjoyed Teague and Phoebe in the first book, but Tavi and Dylan were the perfect couple. Who knew that saving a duck would be the start of a great love story. This book has a great overarching message of not letting other people’s comments and opinions make you question your own self worth. It’s important to give Zero Ducks! I loved every minute of this book and look forward to the last Lightly child and his journey to “saving his soul.”
The Tickled Pink series continues with Tavi's still working through all of her grandmother's demands to "improve their souls". Unfortunately, this is the only way Tavi could have access to her trust fund, and she needs the money to save her secret cacao farm. Enter Dylan, reformed bad-boy of Tickled Pink. If Tavi can make Dylan TikTok famous, it will definitely benefit the small town's tourism, and consequently, hopefully, earn her grandmother's approval.
This book was so so sweet! I absolutely adored both Tavi and Dylan. It's such a gentle reminder that no matter what our past might look like, we will always have the chance to grow, that we deserve the space and opportunity to do that.
Tavi and Dylan both have such complicated pasts (and presents) but they find kindness and acceptance in each other. Watching them navigate their attraction and, eventually, feelings through all their insecurities was just heartwarming. Watching Tavi's personal journey was pretty special too.
And let's let leave out the colorful residents of Tickled Pink. It was so fun getting to visit with all of them again. I hope this isn't the last we hear from them!
I loved Tavi's story! She really blossomed, and embraced herself! Her journey to learning her self worth was amazing and funny. With Dylan helping to lift her up along the way. Once he figured her out, I loved that he was trying to pull her up constantly.
Pippa takes her characters to the next level! I love how in their brains she gets, and it feels real, like I'm listening to the characters actual thoughts, not an author trying to make a book!
This, second book of Tickled Pink, wasn't any less exciting than first one. I love this little town. And I love it even more with Lightlys in it.
Continuing with Tavi, trying to prove herself to her grandmother that she's in fact good person. And trying to save her secret cocoa farm in Costa Rica while keeping her public image intact. Boom and here comes Dylan. Who is kinda broken hearted but that doesn't really last long with Tavi around. Both of them thinking they don't deserve love or they don't want to be left behind.
This was such a blooming story for both characters and Dylan was such a sweetheart you wouldn't believe.
I need more Pippa, I need apprentice Carter story now, can you please?
I've been waiting for Tavi's book ever since I got my hands on and finished TOWLO, and now it's finally here! Thank you to Montlake and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange of an honest review.
To recap some of the first book, the Lightly family is blackmailed into moving to Tickled Pink, WI by the matriarch of the family, Gigi. This was after a near death experience she had and decided the move was necessary in order to "save their souls". In this second book of the Tickled Pink series, we get to focus on the social media influencer of the Lightly family, Tavi.
When we're first introduced to Tavi we were meant to believe she was just a vapid vegan socialite, who only cares about appearances. She tries to start a flirtation with Dylan, the hometown plumber, but he shoots her down as he feels his heart belongs to someone else (someone he can't actually have). Eventually though Dylan manages to see through Tavi's vapid act to the kind and caring person she actually is, while Tavi sees the same in Dylan. I want to say that the real story here is how they both got to that awareness, it was just lovely to read.
As always with a Pippa book, I find myself wanting to move to this fictional town and meet all these outside characters, as they are people who I wish I knew in real life. It was great to feel like I was able to visit with all the Tickled Pink-er's again, though I'm a bit bummed Bridget didn't have a bigger part in this book. I'm hopeful there will be more books in this series coming! I'd be happy with Carter, Lola, or even Jonah's story next!
Tavi is a social influencer forced to move to a small town because of her grandmother. She is forced to work with Dylan, a local plumber. Chaos, attraction, humour and romance follow.... This is funnier than the first book and the first book was funny already A great rom-com.
Thanks to the publisher for the arc.
Rebecca Zanetti writes wonderful action/suspense/romance. This book has it all. It is a standalone although the first book should be read for the full effect. :) I don't want to give anything away.... Just know that the romance is still swoony and sexy... The suspense is still twisty... What a a terrific book.
Thanks to the publisher for the arc.
Pippa Grant has done it again. I love how shr gives each of her characters a distinct voice while melding with a cast of characters that make out you laugh out loud. You laugh, you cry, and you end up tickled pink. Cliche but true. I loved this story and need more now. Wonderful job as always, Pippa! X
4.5 stars
Thank you to Pippa Grant, NetGalley and the publishers for providing an ARC in exchange of an honest review. Rich in Love is the second book in the Tickled Pink series. I finished reading The One Who Loves You two weeks ago so I was definitely excited for Tavi and Dylan’s book next. At the time I didn’t know who was the couple for this book but I was hoping it was them. Thank god it was. For those who don’t know, the Lightlys are these old money family from the Upper East Side and are forced to move to Tickled Pink, a small town in Wisconsin for a year because of the matriarch, Grandma Gigi wants them to improve their souls. Tavi is a member of the Lightly family and she’s also a social media influencer while Dylan is a plumber in Tickled Pink. Honestly reading the first book you would have thought their romance would be smooth sailing but it definitely wasn’t. There are a lot of baggage and issues both of them need to fix. I really love Dylan and Tavi. There’s just something about Pippa Grant’s writing that makes you hooked for the story and the characters. I definitely enjoyed reading this book though I feel like the first one was better imo. Overall, it’s worth the read and I hope that there’ll be more books in this series because a lot of people need to find their HEA in Tickled Pink!!
i LOVE tickled pink series. i liked the first one, the one who loves you, but i think Rich in Your Love is more good than the first book. it was basically a page-turner.
I loved the chemistry between dylan and tavi. even though i don’t liked tavi in first 100 pages.
if you need a enjoyable rom com, rich in your love is for you.
thank you NetGalley for the ARC.
Thank you so much Montlake for sending me this ARC!
Rich in Your Love is a romantic comedy and the second book in the Tickled Pink series by Pippa Grant but can be read as a standalone. After finishing The One Who Loves Me last week I couldn’t wait to read Tavi’s story and I’m happy to say that it didn’t disappoint and I might like it even more than the first book!
All right, so, if someone didn’t read the first book, Lightlys are rich and privileged, one day Grandma Lightly has a near death experience and swears she has seen hell so she makes the entire family move to a little town called Tickled Pink and learn how to be good people so they can go to heaven. Tavi is a social media influencer and many people don’t take her seriously so she often behaves that way, even her family doesn’t know the real her. Tavi has a really good reason to go home as soon as possible so she tries to do all the chores her grandmother assignes her, but it is never enough. And there’s Dylan, a local plumber and the first person who Tavi feels might actually really see her and not her internet persona. But with Tavi really needing to leave, will she finally make her grandmother proud and figure out how to continue her relationship with Dylan?
Honestly, at the beginning of the first book I didn’t really like Tavi and I would have laughed if someone told me she would become my favorite character in this series. She is genuinely nice person and trying her best, but because of her social media life she often lies and doesn’t let anyone get to know the real her. Well, Dylan is really persistent and wants to know her so after Tavi stops avoiding him (after the-incident-no-one-is-talking-about) they become friends and then they have beautiful friends to lovers romance, they are so supportive of each other and I really liked their relationship.
It was also great to see the Tickled Pink residents again, they are as funny and meddling as ever and many times I found myself laughing out loud at their antics. Even the Lightly family members were more likable in this book, they were actually trying and came a long way since the beginning of book 1.
I really liked Rich in Your Love and if you like rom-coms you should give the Tickled Pink series a chance. I hope the author chooses to write more books in this series and I can’t wait to see what Pippa Grant writes next, she is quickly becoming one of my favorite romantic comedy authors!