A decent and lighthearted read. However i found the romance between the two characters came out of nowhere and was a bit too out of the blue for me

I enjoyed this lighthearted rom/com, especially with it taking place on a family winery! Just thinking of reading this book while sitting at a winery sounds heavenly!

I loved the friendships, character development, and funny banter! I only wished Shelby had been a little more open minded to changes from the beginning but totally understand she had to be resistant for her to have such dislike for Nate’s role in all of it.

This was a no for me! I wanted to love it - the cover and the title peaked my interest but the book fell short. I found it to be really fast paced and lacking important details. The premise of the book was great. However, it was missing a lot. I couldn’t get through this.

I really liked this book and would recommend it to friends

Thank you for letting me read and review this book on Netgalley

I was looking for a light-hearted rom com, a beach read, mental break, a pallet cleanser. A cute title including a fun pun seemed like a good start. I loved the idea of this book! Daughter takes over the family winery after dad passes away but it's in trouble and in danger of failing. Cue the business dude who steps in to save it. Sounds good right? There was romance. And lust. And sex. A sick, stubborn dad, a stressed-out mom, and a boho hippie mom, and a whole cast of interesting characters, many that I liked. This book had a lot going on and yet it never seemed to come together. Any combination of the abovementioned should make for a good book but somehow it just kept stalling. This book is like a bottle of young wine not finished well. It had potential, there were good parts, but overall, it just didn't work. Now I need a glass of wine.

Unfortunately this book was not for me. I did not enjoy the fact that it felt like insta-love, instead of a thought out romance. I also didn't love how the male character was written as it partially felt rooted in misogyny.

Classic enemy to lovers plot with something to be desired, in my opinion. On paper, I thought I was going to love it, classic Mr. Darcy like plot, girl meets boy and they don't get along, but are forced to work together and sparks fly.. please sign me up! However, I found the writing style to be hard for me to enjoy. There's a lot of unnecessary descriptions that go on and on. There's some spicy scenes, which I am all for, but again, the descriptions were a bit too corny for my taste. Also, the main characters were from not talking to each other almost, to getting together in the space of a page without any connector? I literally went back to see if I had accidentally missed a preamble or something as it made very little sense to me. Overall, I don't think I would read this again or recommend it, unfortunately.

Shelby Armstrong will do anything to save her family's failing winery after her father's passing. Her family just wants to sell it off, but she is desperate to hold onto it, and finds a hail mary investor who had a good relationship with her late father. Only his investments comes with a business manager by the name of Nate Durant. Nate is all business and the bottom line, and does not understand the heart and soul that the winery runs on. They will need to find a way to compromise and work together in order to get the winery earning a profit, and they may even find some more personal compromise along the way.

This was the perfect set up for a swoony Hallmark style romance, and while the idea was there it just did not hit. The romance and chemistry of the characters did not convince or capture me. I found a lot of the dialogue very cringey and the intimate scenes felt the furthest from sexy to me. Overall it just felt like a big miss.

Corkscrew You - Catherine Robertson 🍾🍷

Overall I did enjoy this book, it was a really quick and fun read. I thought the characters were all really great and I loved learning about the wine business and all the many animals. It was very cute and had such small town charm.

I did find that it wasn’t very enemies to lovers and more instant love which was a shame as I was looking forward to more of the rivalry.

Corkscrew you review

Rating: 1/5

I had really high hopes for this book, because the synopsis sounds good, but the execution was so so poor.
The writing was just okay, but not great, I didn’t like the MMC at all, and the storyline moved so so quickly, it was (almost) an insta-love (like 20-25% in) and it was just CRINGY (esp the spice scenes, which what the hell?!??)

Should have DNF’ed to be honest!

*I received an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review*

I DNF. I made it about 20% through and just couldn’t continue. I wasn’t very into the story from the beginning and thought it would grow on me but it didn’t. The characters just weren’t very enjoyable for me. I personally didn’t feel any connection to the situations happening or a personality of a character.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity. I wish it could have been a better outcome.

First I would like to thank HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Could the guy she loves to hate turn out to be her perfect pairing? If Shelby Armstrong wants to keep her late father’s beloved Flora Valley Wines in business, she’ll have to listen to Nathan Durant’s advice. But given the fact that Shelby is all heart and Nate is nothing but tough love, bringing the winery back to life quickly becomes a battle of wills. And yet, Shelby and Nate aren’t incompatible in every way – in fact, an unexpected (and unexpectedly hot) kiss shows Shelby that they’d make a very good team – in the bedroom! But as is always the case when it comes to love and money, things quickly get complicated.

What I Loved:
- Nate's family, I am a sucker for characters from big families who don't let anyone get away with anything and the Durant family is no exception
- Flora Valley Wines, I love that Shelby is willing to do anything to keep her father's business running even if it means giving up control and it is all about personal connection
- Nate and Shelby, these two are the epitome of opposites attract and I enjoy how they don't pull punches around each other and have a quick and HOT connection
- Shelby's friends, the whole town is on Shelby's side and will fight for and with her to ensure she is safe and happy and who doesn't want a group of friends like that

Overall I really did enjoy this book, it was a true enemies to lovers romance and got to the romance part quick...which I didn't mind. If you are looking for an opposites attract, enemies to lovers romance with a great family element and a fun town as the background for this story I would highly recommend this book.

The beginning of the book had me thinking I was going to get an enemy to lover story. Then within a few chapters, it becomes instant love story. I had a feeling that I missed out on something. Not sure what.

Thank you NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read this book for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

I straight up did not like this. I knew from the jump that I wasn't going to enjoy this author's writing and that made it difficult to continue. I don't like how the writing felt like a stream of consciousness instead of a narrative.

I love a good rom-com and this story did not disappoint! I feel like so many Rom-Coms are really just the same though this one did have a different story then the usual. It was very funny and thankfully not a slow burn those can get so annoying. I hope to see more from these characters especially Nate's family they were so funny.

I loved this small town romance. It was an easy, fast paced read that dealt with some tough themes throughout. It gave me Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey vibes.

It had the right amount of spice. It was fun, entertaining and I wanted to bang Shelby and Nathan’s heads together at times. However, the whole enemies to lovers trope was the best in this.

I wanted a bit more from the writing style, I felt at times in lacked and was very YA. I wanted more for it to be more ‘adult’… Does that make sense?

Overall, it was a good, spicy read which I did enjoy. Thank you to @netgalley, Harper Collins and Catherine Robertson for allowing me access to this ARC.

If you are into insta-love this is your book.

Corkscrew You is a fun and fast read, even thought it touches some hard themes, it's easy to read and to emphasize with the characters and their stories. However, I was expecting a bigger rivalry between the main characters, that I think only lasted for 10 pages, which was a shame because I think the plot had everything to give us that trope.

I'm not 100% why this book has such low reviews - It's super cute with a consistent plot and great characters.

A small town romance in a quaint California town with wineries and a fancy hotel -- Shelby Armstrong is trying her best to keep her family's winery going and accepts JP as an investor & his condition that Nathan Durant be the business manager of the winery. Neither character makes a good impression on the other despite how attracted they are to each other. They are opposites - Nate is determined, organized, and thinks of the profit for the business while Shelby is creative, friendly, and thinks of the traditions of the business. But both are struggling with family obligations - which they could help each other with.

The story hinges on an insta-attraction/insta-love which causes jealousy and misunderstandings early in the books. If you aren't into insta-attraction, then this may not be the book for you.

There are a LOT of side characters (the MMC has 4 siblings, the FMC has 2 besties plus 3 male friends that get plenty of page time) -- which gives a ready made cast for future books -- and there is definitely going to be at least one more book. However, I loved all of the side characters. They were fun and their insight was amazing. I'm looking forward to a story about Chiara.

This was such a fun read. Just the right amount of spice. Would be a great beach read. It’s light and fun.

Great read, an enemies to lovers romance for Shelby and Nathan. I liked how it was told from both points of view, and also the setting on the winery. Looking forward to the next book in this series.