Meghan QuinnRomance · Contemporary Romance·b. 1986
Till Summer Do Us Part
Synopsis
Scottie Price, the only woman on her new team, invents a nonexistent husband to impress her boss. When her lie is exposed by a keen co-worker, she fabricates an unhappy marriage, leading her boss to arrange a session with the best marriage counselor in the Northeast—who happens to be her boss's husband.
Desperate, Scottie enlists her best friend's improv-obsessed millionaire brother, Wilder Wells, to pose as her husband. Their fake marriage takes an unexpected turn when Wilder's improv rule of 'always say yes' lands them in an eight-day summer marriage camp with all of Scottie's co-workers, forcing her to share a cabin with her way-too-handsome fake spouse.
How it reads
- Writing3.0
- Impact5.0
- Characters4.0
- Plot3.0
- Atmosphere4.0
Prose complexity 4/10
Spice level
4.0 avg spice
Readers say (1)Moderate · Moderate · Funny · Lighthearted · Heartwarming
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Sexual Content
- I can't decide if it's a 3 or a 4 star so I'm going in the middle with 3.5. First, I loved, loved, the banter. Easily 5 stars for banter alone! I think they had great chemistry and loved their jokes. I thought it was strange that she had never interacted with her best friend's brother, especially since the brothers were close. It's not like they were estranged or anything. Did she never see him in Micha's photos or during a FaceTime? Doesn't that seem strange to you? It's not like he just moved back to the city, he's been there the whole time. And not once did he join them for activities like dinner or drinks??? While this started out strong, it did sort of lose me as the story progressed. I didn't like their forced arguments. They were too much and too over the top. I know they had to sell it but I hate that they didn't think about the other couples who were truly there to get counseling. Speaking of the counseling retreat, that thing costs $15,000 for an 8 day session! And it's weird that it was just her coworkers there rather than other people. But also she called at someone having the ability to pay for the retreat... but at the same time, all of her coworkers could easily afford it every single year! But really, what even was the $15,000 paying for?? You can't tell by the beginning or the cover, but it does get kinda raunchy/spicy about halfway through and keeps that up. I had to skip quite a bit. Normally, I don't mind if I know that's the kind of book I'm getting myself into - how much to read and how much to skip, but I wasn't expecting it. I liked the ending and thought it ended on a good note. I enjoyed it and would read more by the author.
- Reading this book makes me want to try a prickly pair 🍐👀. Not in that kind of way though if you are thinking that way 😂. I told myself I will read this book in the summer… and after how long this has been sitting on my shelf, I finally did it 🙌! All I can say, this book was a fun time to read 🥰. The book starts off strong with the whole banter between the MMC and the FMC, everything about how their development and how the story goes through with this book… perfect 👏. I loved how their pacing went and especially with the buildup too. Not to mention, all the out of context you will see in this book, they are a bonus for sure to enjoy 🤭. I would give this book a high rating, but I will admit after that 60% mark… it was starting to get draggy. I enjoyed the nice spicy time and exploration the couple gives, but when you put it on top of chapters with no breaks and then close towards the end, we go back to plot? It was starting to feel like repetitive spicy time that I was getting bored for a moment 😅. Literally it was a layer of same type spice 👀🌶️ not much of like a variety, ya know? But hey! To convince you, there are piercings involved in spicy time if that catches your interest 😏. Besides the spicy time, the characters, and the plot wise, still would give a high rating to those as it shows 👍. Overall, I still enjoyed it! This was a fun summer read to do. If you are craving a rom-com in the summer time ☀️, this might be the book for you 👌.