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I seriously freaking loved this book! I've read all of Sophie Sullivan's books, and I've got to say, Beckett and Presley are my favorite. I wanted to throttle Emmett and Ms Twain, laughed my way through Presley's adventures, and absolutely loved the Get Lost Family. Seriously thought Rylee would be taking a certain position, and I really hope there's a sequel to this book!
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC copy of this book.
This book started out pretty good and then it got slow. I enjoyed the found family aspect and how close Beckett’s family is to each other. I really liked Beckett but by 50%, I didn’t really know why the two main characters were moving forward. It’s odd because it seemed like things moved really quickly between Presley & Beckett but yet the story took a long time to move along.
Thank you NetGalley for approving this Arc, this is my honest review and thoughts.
Presley is a women in her in her early 30's decides to plan the perfect vacation for her and her boyfriend Emmet, she's ready to move forward in their relationship.
When she attempts to surprise her boyfriend on his birthday, it does not go as planned. She ends up breaking up with him when she finally sees she's underappreciated by him.
Rather than cancel the trip she decides to take it anyways since it's all set and paid for. This normally would not be her type of vacation, but she decides she has something she has prove to herself.
She arrives at the Get Lost Lodge and it's not what she expected, and when the heater in her room is broken she is forced to take the room of Beckett who happens to be helping out his family, while also hoping to open his own bike shop.
Sparks fly instantly and they form a solid connection in the short time she is there, but Presley has to decide if this is just a vacation romance or if this love is here to stay.
This book was lovely, I found the romance well written and even though there was not spice it was still sexy as heck. I definitely kept singing in a world of boys he's a Gentlemen every time Beckett was there. He was just the sweetest protective man, and it was believable that Presley would instantly would fall in love with him.
I also felt sad that Presley seemed to be underappreciated by her family and her ex, but was happy that she found her family in this story, that was beautiful and Beckett, Ollie and the rest of this family were the best.
This is instant love, but it didn't bother me because I felt their personalities really balanced each other, they challenge and brought out the best one another.
I had a great time with this story, my only complaint Is that I think I would have preferred the the story to be single POV rather than dual.
Presley arranges a get away for her boyfriend and her to take for his birthday. As it turns out, he wants to go, just not with her! Presley takes the trip alone after being dumped and ends up at the Get Lost Lodge. Here she meets Beckett, who is helping his brother run the lodge. These two are opposites, but that doesn't seem to get in the way of these two spending time together. Presley also helps out around the lodge and spends time with Beckett's family while she is at the lodge.
If sparks could actually fly in a book, these two would have burned down the lodge! The banter and swoony moments were all over the place and I just could not stop reading. I love how Presley uses her influence on social media to help out Beckett's family and how Beckett inadvertently became a part of that! I love the people and the scenery described and the end almost gutted me...until I was happy again. Most of all, Presley reminded me that sometimes you have to go for what you want, even if you are scared.
Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Out of respect for the boycott of St. Martin’s Press regarding their inaction to the Islamophobic behavior and rhetoric of their employees, I will be withholding my official review until the matter is resolved.
This eARC was provided by St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
Thank you to St Martins Press & NetGalley for an ARC of this book, in exchange for my honest opinion.
This was a super sweet and fluffy romance book, with the perfect setting and the cutest happily ever after.
This book:
-found family
-dual POV
- closed door romance
-instant love
Presley finally needs to take a vacation from her exhausting job working at a hotel. So she surprises her boyfriend with a getaway to the ‘Get Lost’ island and Lodge, complete with hiking, fishing, and all nature has to offer. (Doesn’t matter that it’s totally not her vibe, she’s doing it for love). But when she presents her gift to her boyfriend, and he dumps her. Upset and wanting to get away Presley decides she’s going to the Lodge anyways, and allowing herself to enjoy the vacation.
She doesn’t know what to expect because she is totally not an outdoors girly, and now she’s dealing with getting dumped. Thinking she will spend most of the vacation in her room moping, she couldn’t be more wrong. She meets an eclectic group of guests who turn into friends, almost immediately. She hits it off with the owners brother Beckett (who is THE complete dream man) and decides to enjoy her time with him without stressing about the future.
But after her vacation is over how will she be able to say goodbye to Beck? How can she leave all the new friends that now turned into family? And will she be as happy heading back home to her job, as she has been at the ‘Get Lost’ Lodge?
Delighted to share this sweet story delivers the cutest happily ever after. And I am considering this my former petition to request Becketts siblings get their own books too. (Grayson first, and then Jill please).
Want a book with chemistry? Nature? Fish out of water trope? Fake dating but not really? Well, this one has all of this plus so much more that will make you fall in love with Get Lost Fishing Lodge.
CW: language, fade to black
This story was charming, I loved the plot, the complex characters, Beckett and Presley were so adorable together, and I loved Presley's growth through the plot, an entertaining, fun read and sweet, perfect for vacation. I felt at home reading, I never wanted it to end.
Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC in return for my honest review.
I really liked this one! It felt like an old school Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks rom-com. Nothing over the top, feel good, a HEA, opposites attract little romance.
When Presley ends up at "Get Lost Lodge" on a remote part of Lake Michigan - she's prepared to get out of her comfort zone: hiking, fishing, bugs... all things that she would not list as her favourite things: but she's willing to give it a try.
When Beckett helps Presley off a small boat, he doesn't expect to end up entangled with one of the Lodge's guests. But circumstances force them to share a cabin and spend time together. Sparks naturally fly and our duo realize that maybe the other person is exactly what they are missing from their own life.
Both our mains are sweet individuals (sunshine/sunshine), we have a cute supporting cast, and I totally see potentional to return to Get Lost Lodge/ or the town of Smile for more books, if the author decided to make this into a series (Greyson and Jill both deserve their own stories... actually -- so does Adam).
Tropes:
*Opposites attract
*Dual POV
*insta-love (or at least attraction)
*Forced proximity
*Vacation fling
*Slow burn
*Fake dating (ish)
Some parts were a little repetative or came out of left field/ weren't necessary (random thoughts about Beckett's parents? not necessary) - but overall, I really enjoyed myself and thought this was sweet.
Giving this 4 stars. Recommended if Meg and Tom rom-coms are your idea of a good time.
Love, Naturally follows Presley, a hotel concierge who booked her boyfriend his dream vacation for his birthday, ends up getting dumped (jerk!) but decides to go on it on her own. She had no way of knowing that this vacation would lead her to everything she didn’t know she was missing in life. At this outdoorsy lodge, she meets Beckett and as they spend time together, they must decide if this connection is just a vacation fling or something more.
Presley and Beckett both have great character arcs. There was an instant attraction between them that was undeniable. But they also grow as individuals and that makes their romance feel more genuine. He might be the outdoorsy guy in plaid shirts and she’s city girl in high heels, but they complement each other perfectly. We loved the side characters/ other guests that were staying at the lodge, as well as the townspeople we briefly met.
Sophie Sullivan writes cute and sweet romances. Her characters are loveable and you want to root for them. There was so much to love about this book but the found family aspect was a highlight. Please give us books for the rest of the Keller siblings!!!
Love, Naturally is a charming opposites attract romance for anyone that has ever gone outside their comfort zone and took a chance.
Read if you like:
▪️Insta-love
▪️Opposites attract
▪️Small town romance
▪️Fish out of water
▪️Found family
What a fun book. I love how to lodge felt like a small town with all kinds of interesting characters. It was bit instalove for me considering she bounced back after her boyfriend didn't come to me. However their relationship was fun and I loved the banter and the inner thoughts!
I loved the nature resort/cabin location, and the family angle was really sweet. I'm hoping this is a new series coming, because all the characters were enjoyable. I liked this much more than the previous trilogy/brothers series. I wanted the characters to end up together as both deserved each other.
I received an advance copy. All thoughts are my own.
I love seeing so many positive reviews and how this book has reached so many people! Unfortunately for me, I just couldn’t connect. I gave it a go, but ultimately DNF. However, just because it wasn’t for me doesn’t mean it’s not for someone else! Very cute premise, just didn’t connect with me. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press and Sophie Sullivan for this advanced copy!
I fell hard and fast for this book. Do you ever start reading a book and it is the exact book you wanted to be reading? That is how I felt about this book. It checked every box for me.
The synopsis: City girl Presley ends up alone on a trip to a remote fishing lodge, where she can’t deny the inexplicable draw to Beckett, the owner’s brother/ lodge staff/outdoors man.
This book is an opposites attract, close proximity, closed door romance that mostly takes place in a 10 day period on a small island. All of the characters are well written and real. I loved the side characters and really really hope some of them get their own books. Presley and Beckett’s chemistry was perfection. I was a puddle of swoon for most of the book. The tension! There is a little fake dating thrown in there and really, I love that trope! I was utterly delighted when it popped up.
This book has all the romance and no drama.
This book is the definition of cuteness. On the surface, Presley and Beckett couldn’t be more different. He loves everything she doesn’t—hiking, fishing, and nature in general. Every romance reader knows, however, that opposites do attract.
Still not sure if you want to read this? Here are some things that I loved about Love, Naturally:
✨Dual POV
✨Small-town romance
✨City girl/mountain boy
✨Instant attraction
✨Wonderful family
Love, Naturally by Sophie Sullivan is a sweet contemporary romance that had a lot of good feels once I got into the story. It was a little tricky initially since Presley’s boyfriend Emmett left a lot to be desired. Everything centered on him and how she didn’t see he really had no feelings for Presley left a sour taste in my mouth. Emmett’s actions and words were disheartening. The more I heard him speak, the more I was glad Presley broke up with Emmett and ran with her surprise plans for them, even if it took her out of her comfort zone and she was doing it solo.
Once Presley finally got to her destination, there were vivid descriptions of the lodge, cabins, and their surroundings. There are nature and outdoor activities along with lots of social media hashtags, postings, and pictures, and Presley helps put them on the map! The small town of Smile was a hoot with its gossip, activities, and some of the businesses and their owners. I loved Beckett’s family and how they worked together to make a success out of the rundown lodge his brother Grayson got in his divorce settlement. Gray, Beck, Jill, and Ollie are all that Presley wants in a family, and she takes to them immediately. She and Beck have chemistry the moment their paths cross, and it gets better from there. They feel like they have an expiration date as they don’t live geographically close to each other and also come from two different worlds.
There are so many ancillary stories told within the main arc that get woven together nicely. Jill’s young daughter Ollie is always in the thick of things and is a miniature adult—the things that come out of her mouth, at times, are downright hilarious! I loved the vibes between Beck and his family and even with some of the guests at the lodge. There are a lot of layers to the characters as well as the story. There is a good flow, along with laughter and tears. There are some twists and turns, and I loved the ending, along with the closure and the happily-ever-after. I would definitely love to meet up with these characters again!
Love, Naturally is a small town contemporary romance with sweet undertones. Vivid descriptions and interpersonal relationships had me turning the pages to see what they would all be up to next!
I rated the book 4.5 stars but rounded to 5 stars here and on other sites.
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This was a really fun book. I enjoyed it from the very first page!
Love, Naturally follows Presley who books a trip for her boyfriend for his dream vacation for his birthday. Which entails all outdoor activities that Presley isn’t into but knows it’s the perfect gift for him. She thinks he is going to be thrilled about it. Instead he breaks up with her. Presley decides to go on the vacation anyway. She is very out of her comfort zone. But then meets Beckett whose family owns the hotel that she is staying at. Soon they start spending time together with Beckett helping her get out her comfort zone. The two start falling for each other. But there is just one problem Presley is only there on vacation. Will they still fall for each other and find away to make it work or is it just a vacation fling?
I enjoyed this book so much. I have read other books by this author and thought they were just okay. To be honest I thought that this book was going to be a just okay read for me. But this book had me hooked from the start. The one thing that annoyed me was they kept talking about how Presley was a part time influencer. I get that it helped with some of the plot. But like girl get off your phone you are on vacation. I loved how the relationship between Beckett and Presley didn’t feel rushed even though they fell for each other pretty fast. I loved the setting of this book too. I really really liked this one a lot. If you are into really cute romance books I would suggest this one.
Thank you Sophie Sullivan, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley for the ARC of this book.
I read this ARC in exchange for an honest review. This is my favourite Sophie Sullivan novel to date! I think, like Presley, I loved the setting of the novel, and the side characters that made them family. Beckett was a lovely guy too, which made it easier to like him over Emmett.
There wasn't a major drama separating them either, which I appreciated.
I wouldn't have minded an open door scene, but understand that not every reader likes these.
4.5 stars
I really enjoyed that this was a dual POV story - Presley and Beckett are two precious cubs that deserve happiness in each other. I really enjoyed the setting of the Get Loss Resort and Beckett's family: Jill, Ollie and Gray. The negative of this story was the repetitiveness. Dialpuge and conflicts are constantly repeated- every chapter, either Presley or Beckett says, we "only have one week."