This was a fairly quick, fun read with the backdrop of Vegas and a Romance convention.

The supporting characters (Jasmine & Deena) were a bit over the top during their scenes, but we didn’t really get a deep look at either of them.

The main characters didn’t have quite as much chemistry as I would have hoped, and we didn’t really dive deep into their motivations either (though more than the side characters). I really enjoy characters with well developed back stories and clear motivations, but I didn’t really get that here.

But some of the dialog and sub plots were a lot of fun, and the over the top characters did fit with the backdrop of Las Vegas. It’s the perfect book if you want a fast, fluffy read.

Disclaimer: I received an eARC of this book through Net Galley on behalf of the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

A romance author will discover what it truly means to fall in love. When a chance meeting leads to real-life romance will she take the plunge?

A spicy read this starts in Vegas and ends in Dallas, road-trip anyone?

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. This has rom-com written all over it. There were laugh out loud moments and some slower moments but an overall enjoyable fluff romantic comedy type title. Good for anyone looking to escape life and have a good laugh.

3 meh stars
I had high hopes for this one. But, after being an avid reader and book nerd for a few years, going to signings and so forth, this one didn't live up to the premise for me. Just meh.

I really enjoyed the book, it has everything I love in a novel from start to finish. I can’t wait to read what the author has planned next!

First of all, the cover on this book is fabulous. I have read almost all of the What Happens In Vegas series and was happy when I realized this book with a fun, pretty cover belonged to a series that I've enjoyed reading.

This novella was a funky mix of really fun and incredibly frustrating, but it is a nice, happy ending to the What Happens In Vegas series. I enjoyed Kelsey and Aaron's relationship - I liked their interactions and the way that they both resisted their feelings but figured it all out in the end. I LOVED that (spoiler to end of paragraph) they didn't jump right to a proposal after The Gesture. So many authors would have ended it with a proposal but the ending to that scene was exactly as it should have been.

There was a lot of humor in this book, which I really loved. At times it felt like the author was trying a little too hard to be funny, but for the most part the humor flowed really well. Usually in the form of the inner dialogue of the characters which was, when she wasn't thinking about the genre of romance, hysterical. The scene with Kelsey thinking about Aaron's sandwich made me laugh out loud.

I liked Kelsey. I did. But the truth is that I was uncomfortable at times with her mindset regarding her readers and romance as a genre considering the fact that I would be one of the women she thinks shouldn't be reading romance novels because I fit her snarky, judgy stereotype of romance readers. Yes, she gets it together at the end and the end is very sweet and encouraging, but a lot of her early thoughts made me wonder if that is how all romance writers see their readers. I'd like to think it isn't. That said, I really did like Kelsey. I liked that she was so willing to help Aaron try to corral his whackadoo sister (even if it was out of some wild delusion of grandeur on her part), and that she wasn't comfortable with Aaron spending money on her - even though he obviously had it to spare- but mostly I LOVED she wasn't a rich, stunning, stupidly perfect little romance novel heroine. She wasn't the girl who has a closet full of expensive clothes and shoes or who can just run out and drop a couple grand on a new dress just because a good looking guy asks her out. She was just an average, normal girl who knows what hardships are, she buys her clothes at a thrift store and understands that sometimes you have to eat the salad because it's cheaper than the sandwich. That kind of normalcy is SO rare in a romance novel and I loved it. We need more normal heroines in the romance genre!

Aaron was a great character. He was sweet, hard working, loyal, and he obviously loved his sister with all of his heart. He was constantly being called “overbearing” and “alphahole” but I was totally Team Aaron. He seemed to be the most sane person in the whole book, so to have him constantly vilified as controlling just so he could play the stereotypical 'rich alpha romance novel guy who needs to have an epiphany' was frustrating. He wasn't just some swaggering alpha jerk hell-bent on dominating his sister's entire life; he was a good brother who cared way too much about someone who didn't deserve his concern, someone who has terrible judgment and acts like a foul-mouthed toddler on a sugar high.

That leads to Jasmine. Oh, Jasmine. The only thing I can honestly say that I didn't like about this book was freaking Jasmine. She was over-the-top obnoxious and to be totally honest, as the book went on, I found myself grimacing whenever she would appear in a scene. Aaron might be called an “alphahole” for being overbearing while trying to keep her safe, but she wasn't just some quirky girl who was having fun in Vegas – this girl definitely had more than one screw loose and I found myself wondering why the family didn't have her involuntarily committed for a mental stability evaluation. Even after her whole "I'm totally a smart, responsible adult" speech to Kelsey, it is very hard to believe that the flake who spent the whole book talking like a crass child and acting like a total lunatic with ZERO people skills somehow managed to (spoilers to end of paragraph) start up and run a successful PR business. If Aaron hadn't clued us in to the fact that her entire life was one bad decision after another it wouldn't have been so unbelievable, but her poor decision skills weren't limited to that one weekend. I get that in a romance book everyone should get a HEA so the author had to write something for Jas, but a career in public relations of all things? It just didn't work for me.

This was my first time reading anything by Kerri-Leigh Grady and although at times the writing was a little unpolished and a little too heavy on made up words and weird slang that I had to google to understand, I would recommend this book to anyone who has enjoyed the What Happens series and likes to laugh as they read. I look forward to reading more from this author as she continues to learn and grow as a writer.

I received a copy of this book and voluntarily wrote a review.