Lost in LA

Wylie is a yoga teacher in LA, struggling to make ends meet when she is kicked out by her roommate. She is rescued by Nolan who offers her a place to stay and a job in his food truck. Will she give him a chance to be more than her friend. I liked that although Nolan had money, he wanted to do something worthwhile with it.

This book was an interesting read! The storyline flowed nicely and it was hot! Lol no major events happen its just a nice story ! Wasn't my top favorite but definitely wasn't the worst book I've read lol I do recommend reading it its worth reading! Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!

I feel like this has a lot of "telling," to the point of being distracting. There are so many details that feel unnecessary, and philosophy on a number of social issues that is really getting center stage. It's as though it's intent is more to fight for social justice, rather than tell a fictional story.

I find the homelessness aspect to be interesting, especially as it is an issue of particular interest, but then it flops to the strangeness at the club (What even WAS that?), or being healthy... It just had a strange vibe. Maybe it's trying too hard to "be L.A."? I say that as someone who has lived within 15-30 miles from downtown my whole life, and enjoys a pretty healthy lifestyle... I am very familiar with the area, and perhaps that's the trouble?

I think this just wasn't written with a clear idea of what the author wanted it to be. Nothing specifically feels like it actually has a spotlight shining on it, and, while the characters are described well, there isn't much to make you care about them on a deeper level. They seem more like pawns to explain some cause than people.

On the romance side of things, I am not typically an instalust fan, and this has that. The relationship takes a back seat to a lot of other things, but also moves at a strange pace. Starts, stops, dragging, then skipping ahead...

I think that perhaps a big part of the problem for me was the verbosity. So much time spent inside Wylie's head, which is especially odd with it being written in third person. We get to read her overanalyzing everything ad nauseum, but in a very detached way.

There is certainly SOMETHING here, but I feel that it needs to be fine-tuned more to really be a great read. Cut back on the explanation of everything, and at least some of Wylie's neurosis, and add some more emotion to it, and this would be a lot of fun!

This was a sweet and cute read for me. Didn't blown my mind, but it was okay 3 star read for me.
Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC.

Thank you NetGalley, Backlit PR and Amy Craig for gifting me an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!
Wylie’s life is a mess. After being evicted from her california apartment and forced to live in her car, she’s found herself at a dead end. Does she stay and keep pursuing her dreams of a beachside yoga retreat or does so go home with her tail between her legs and admit defeat? When she meets food truck vendor, Nolan, she doesn’t expect her luck to change, but a kiss proves things are starting to look up for her. And then her car gets towed. Desperate and out of options, Nolan offers her a room for rent. One thing leads to another and soon they find themselves posing as a couple to help Nolan secure a new commercial kitchen. Their about to find out the heat in their kitchen is turned up to high.
This was a fun read with a unique plot. I don’t think I’ve read a romance book that dealt with homelessness, much less where the main lead was homeless. Sure there have been a few “oh no where will I go” plots, but this felt different than the rest! I didn’t feel super connected to either main character, unfortunately. THe pace of the plot felt a little wonky at times and there was just too much dialogue for me to really get lost in the writing.

Lost in LA is a very well written romance. Great plot, characters and setting. I received an advance ebook from the publisher and Netgalley and this is my unbiased review.