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My Review:Title: Advice From A Jilted Bride
Author: Piper Rayne
Series: The Baileys #2
Published by: Indie
Release Date: March 21, 2019
Format: eARC
Pages: 280
Genres: Contemporary, Romance
Source: InkSlinger PR
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2019 New Release Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:What’s a girl to do after being ditched at the altar by text message? That’s right. Text. Message.
How does she pick up the pieces and move on? I’m no Dear Abby but here’s a little free advice…
Advice #1 – First, purge your apartment of all things him—by tossing his belongings off the balcony.
Advice #2 – Do not, I repeat do not, throw anything out into the hallway because you’ll injure your hot new neighbor.
Advice #3 – When said neighbor brings over Chinese Food do not let him stay and keep you company. It’s awkward when you realize he’s your boss.
Advice #4 – Accept his offer to help you with your side business but think twice before using a date to his sister’s wedding as collateral.
Advice #5 – Investigate who your mystery neighbor really is. Don’t trust his word even if he’s the world’s best kisser.
If you listen to nothing else, pay attention to that last one. It’s the most important and will save you a lot of heartache.
Xo,
LOVESICK IN LAKE STARLIGHT
I received a free copy through InkSlinger PR in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
3.5 stars — This is the first book I’ve read by this author duo, but it sounded super intriguing so I had to give it a try! I will admit that if you think you’re going to want to read the whole series, then you should definitely read them in order. I love interconnected stories, but I felt like this one gave a bit more away from the first book than I’m used to because the family is SO CLOSE. Something to keep in mind.
It took me a bit to warm up to Wyatt…at the very beginning he kind of had some dickish moments. And I guess he sort of was supposed to, because we’re supposed to watch him grow and change…but honestly? I felt like he changed really suddenly and I wanted something a bit more gradual. It’s like, all it took was moving to a small town with a crazy close fun family, and bam he changes? I don’t know…I wanted something more there. I was also expecting something much deeper or more scandalous in his past with his father…they built it up to be this big thing, and while I think it was hard, the reactions were bigger than I thought reasonable for the kind of trauma he indicated…
Brooklyn was pretty easy to love. She was sweet, genuine, but with a bit of backbone and sass. Honestly the few times she would get really angry threw me off, but then I remembered that it was under extreme circumstances. I loved how she gradually grew stronger and more confident in herself.
Their romance was pretty sweet, even as I couldn’t always understand what was so special to change things. But damn, they frustrated me too. The fact that Wyatt couldn’t see what I thought was a very obvious solution, and he never did come up with it on his own, left me disappointed in him. I wanted him to figure it out. Ah well.
This book had a LOT of funny moments that had me laughing out loud. I loved the Bailey family dynamics, and will admit that that was definitely a highlight for me… Particularly Rome. That guy was hilarious.
One last aside. While I do realize what I read was an ARC, I found the writing was not as smooth as I’d like. I expect typos and shiznit, but there were moments where the paragraphs didn’t flow one after another. Like someone would say something, and then another person would reply but it wouldn’t follow. It was like they moved around paragraphs but didn’t reread it to make it make sense. Hopefully there was one last edit before the final, but usually it’s only proofing between ARCs and final, so that did throw me off. It’s too bad, b/c I think they have a fun voice, they just need a bit more polish.
While this wasn’t a hit out of the park for me, I REALLY enjoyed the Bailey family dynamic, and I know I’ll be checking out more books in this series!
I am surprised about the whole flow thing. I have never read anything from this author, but haven’t they been around for a while? You would think that wouldn’t happen.