📚Book Review 📚
Reasons Why Not to Date the Best Friend
by Melanie Munton
Pub Date 6/27/23

Maggie and Finn have been best friends since high school. They’ve supported each other through happy times and difficult times.

What everyone of their family, friends, and even neighbors in the small town of Shell Grove can see is that Maggie and Finn are made for each other.

Maggie is looking for adventure and Finn six willing to make that happen. But, when Maggie gets a job opportunity that is not in Shell Cove is when they both must face the truth of their relationship.

I enjoyed this beachy read. It’s a lighthearted, yet thoughtful read with some spicy romance scenes.

Thank you @netgalley @authormelaniemunton and Xpresso Book Tours for an electronic book ARC (Advanced Readers Copy) in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

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Spicy friends to lovers set in a small town.

Sea turtles, witty banter, friends to lovers and a Travis Kelce mention! What is not to love in this book. I really enjoyed Maggie and Finn's relationship as it moved from long time best friends into more than.
The author did a great job on the characters. Really showing their unique personalities. I want to move to Shell Grove and become Maggie's best friend to see and get involved in her shenanigans.
This would make a great beach read. A little spicy a lot of romance.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Finn and Maggie are best friends. They share everything with each other. They're blind to the fact that they're perfect for each other, even though everyone else can see it from a mile away. Maggie’s friends are all moving forward with their lives, and she's worried that’s she going to be left behind as their lives change.
So, when a once in a lifetime opportunity comes Maggie’s way, she seriously considers making a fresh start. She figures it's better to be the one leaving, rather than the one being left.
When faced with the possibility of Maggie leaving Finn begins to realize how much she really does mean to him and will stop at nothing to try and get her to stay. Will Maggie risk their friendship for something more or will she walk away from the roots she has planted for a fresh start?
Reasons Why Not to Date the Best Friend is a great summertime read that will have you rooting for Maggie and Finn from the beginning. The two of them are very different but balance each other out perfectly.
Maggie’s feelings of being left behind as her friends move forward was portrayed in a meaningful way. I love how they continued to rally and show up for her and were rooting for her and Finn. There were some parts of Maggie’s personality that didn’t seem to fit for me. There were several mentions of her being arrested more than once, but not many mentions of the details and how she was portrayed didn’t seem to fit that bad girl image. The contradiction wasn’t enough to change how I felt about the book, more of an observation.
I was a big fan of Finn’s character he was great! He had his own feeling of self-doubt and insecurities. And Maggie was always his biggest cheerleader in encouraging him to chase his dreams.
I was a big fan of Coors Light Carl, even though he was a minor character, but he provided a great lesson (I’ll leave it at that, no spoilers from me).
I was also surprised at the level of steam; it was a little more than I was expecting. I’ve been noticing that a lot more recently in romance novels.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC for providing my honest review.

OMG I loved this book!! I am a romcom loving reader so this book was right up my alley. I have not read this author's previous two books in this series but I will now. This book was set in a small town with the friends to lovers trope - one of my favourites! This book was quite spicy which was fabulous. The characters were likeable too.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

Small town romance. Best friends to lovers.

Maggie and Finn have been best friends since high school. Now that all of their friends are getting married, Maggie is feeling a bit like a third wheel. So, of course, it’s the perfect time for an out-of-towner to make her a professional offer she can’t refuse. But with the possibility of her leaving, Finn starts to realize his feelings may be stronger than friendship.

FYI this one is pretty steamy 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review. Watch for Reasons Why Not to Date the Best Friend to come out June 27, 2023.