Published by Penguin on April 7, 2020
Genres: Fiction, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Contemporary, Women
Pages: 368
Format: eBook
Source: ARC
When your nemesis also happens to be your fiancé, happily ever after becomes a lot more complicated in this wickedly funny, lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy debut.
Naomi Westfield has the perfect fiancé: Nicholas Rose holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family any bride would love to be a part of. They never fight. They’re preparing for their lavish wedding that's three months away. And she is miserably and utterly sick of him.
Naomi wants out, but there's a catch: whoever ends the engagement will have to foot the nonrefundable wedding bill. When Naomi discovers that Nicholas, too, has been feigning contentment, the two of them go head-to-head in a battle of pranks, sabotage, and all-out emotional warfare.
But with the countdown looming to the wedding that may or may not come to pass, Naomi finds her resolve slipping. Because now that they have nothing to lose, they're finally being themselves—and having fun with the last person they expect: each other.
This book is a sleeper agent! It quietly sat in my kindle, slowly creeping up on me in my TBR and when I picked it up, it ruthlessly held me hostage for the rest of the day. Hogle has penned a quick paced, uproariously funny romantic comedy pitting fiances against each other in a game of chicken. Told solely in Naomi’s perspective, readers are treated to pranks and schemes all designed to frustrate the other into pulling the plug on their relationship.
Naomi, for all her lunacy and self-absorbed perspective, was relatable in the strangest way. It was baffling how she stayed in a relationship that clearly wasn’t fulfilling, and yet I have a friend who has done just that to avoid being wrong about their significant other. I can’t express how much I loved the lengths that Naomi would mess with Nicholas and his family. Nicholas was a charming troll if a bit full of himself. Starting the characters as horribly immature allowed for some fantastic, slow-burn character growth. By the end, I was rooting for the relationship.
Hogle’s making me rethink my hesitation on second chance romance. I howled with laughter and my heart-ached in those angsty moments of uncertainty. I will neither confirm nor deny tears. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to read and review this gem of a debut novel! I am excited to see what she come up with next. I definitely recommend this to fans of Christina Lauren, R.S. Grey, and Tessa Bailey!
**I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
About Sarah Hogle
Sarah Hogle is a mom of three who enjoys trashy TV and provoking her husband for attention. Her Dream is to live in a falling-apart castle in a forest that is probably cursed. You Deserve Each Other is her debut novel.
