This book was good. I really liked the way Nick respected her when their relationship developed into more (especially with the intercourse moment). Carly is so clumsy (kind of like me actually) so I found her really sweet. I love the fact Carly stood up for him against his family. The book was overall good but I felt like the 3rd act break up was too dramatic. That reason of breaking up is a big too much in my point of view.

Thanks again for the ARC

𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚.

Carly has come to Australia to be her best friend’s maid of honor. She has a (literal) run-in with her luggage trolley and another passenger, and let’s just say, her and this man do not get a long after that. And, oops, of course he’s the best man!

Ok, so I didn’t read the first book in this series, but I didn’t find that I had any trouble enjoying this one. In fact, I enjoyed it so much, that I’m going to track down 𝘗𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 and read it whenever I get a chance.

The part of this book I loved the most, was the representation of a FMC with pelvic pain. This prevents her from having/enjoying penetrative sex, but this does not in anyway negatively impact the spiciness and intimacy of this book.

I love seeing all sorts of bodies represented in romance and getting their HEAs! 🥰

I’ve never been to Australia (hopefully someday 🤞) but the book really made me feel like I was there, with these characters, seeing all the sights, and having a refreshing Australian Iced Coffee 😜.

I was definitely tearing up through the later 10-20% of the books. There were so many emotions, and I was definitely investing in them all.

The only issue I had, was the third act conflict seemed a little overblown, but overall, I really enjoyed this read.

𝙉𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 […] 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚.

Thank you to the publisher and @netgalley for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

What this book is giving:
✅ Romantic comedy
✅ Dual POV
✅ Enemies to Lovers
✅ “Broken” Vagina Rep
✅ “Uptight Asshole”
✅ “Ballet Brat”

Rating:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ / 5
🌶️🌶️½ / 5

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the E-ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I enjoyed reading the first of this series, and it was a lovely surprise to see the same characters turn up again!
This novel started off fantastically for me. I loved the stand-offs between Nick and Carly, loved their internal dilemmas, and the exchange from enemies-to-business-to-lovers, as it felt authentic to their personalities. I found the side characters were very strong, too, and loved when the group was together.

Unfortunately I found the "third act" conflict was very convoluted and felt more dramatic than it needed to be - like it was only in there because there needed to be conflict, rather than feeling organic. I found the last few chapters were quite rushed in an attempt to tie up all loose ends, which took away a bit of the magic of the writing for me.

I loved Pas de Don’t and was so excited to return to these characters! I’m glad Carly got her own story and this one was perfection. The enemy to friends trope is a fave of mine and I loved how Carly and Nick developed. I really found her struggle with pelvic floor disorder interesting. It was refreshing to have a MC with a problem that many women deal with in their lives. I enjoyed catching up with these characters!

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC.

I read pointe of pride as it was sent to me by NetGalley for an honest review of the book. Carly shows up to a wedding, with the intentions of being the best maid of honor, where she ends up meeting Nick where he is also attending the same wedding as Carly as the best man. Since she wants to be the best this leads her to run all over town with nick and she thinks he has his whole life together, when really it’s fallen apart, but she doesn’t know his secret and asks him for help with something she needs. This book is full of charm and the romance is very sweet. I did have some issues loading the kindle version so I had to download the book itself. Otherwise good read #netgalley