Grumpy x
Sunshine. Bad boy golfer. She’s his ##1 fan. Forced proximity. Touch her and
die. Spice. This book has it all down to the T.
Waterstones
knows how to make a bookish girl’s day. On this occasion it was the text I got
say Fangirl Down had arrived and my pre-order was ready for collection
at 10.45. I don’t run. I’m not a runner. I hate it unless it’s to get a
Tessa Bailey book.
Since I
read about playboy Fox Thornton and understanding Hannah Bellinger, everything
that women write is an insta-buy for me. Whether it’s £10 or £100, it’s mine.
#1 book of
2024. Already. That’s right. I declare this the winner right here even before
reading anything else. I don’t know what Tessa Bailey laced this with –
maybe a Wells Whitaker – but it’s done the damage intended. Safe to say I don’t
want a billionaire anymore – okay low-key still do – but I also want a moody,
broody, 6ft2 golf player. Wells Belle? Oh, sign me the hell up.
Josephine
Doyle. She is as Wells would say ‘short and sweet’. Suffering from type
1 diabetes means constantly reassuring her parents that she can take reasonability,
independently just fine…..although it kind of, sort of, maybe backfires just a tiny
bit. With Wells golf tournament going on a downward slope and with only one
fan left, he breaks her heart into two the same moment he tore that poster into
half. Oh, how glorious.
Wells
Whitaker is a humane grump cloud with nothing to look forward to. Add a lost
of purpose towards golf into the mix. Let’s just say the color goes from
grey to charcoal. But there’s always been this red spot somewhere lurking
behind his collar also known as, Josephine Doyle. She’s their front row center
off every game. Ever since she saw the kindness of his heart being put onto
display, Josephine made it her mission to support him as long as never quits.
These two
come from similar but different worlds. Josephine wins a fan contest which
slows her to play gold and dine with Wells but when he quits that dies away.
It’s only after Florida is hit with a hurricane that something happens to
Wells. He just can’t get her out of his mind and that’s how the proposition of
Josephine being his caddy – since his last one quit the day he did – came
about. She could easily get her family gold shop repaired (she forgot about
insurance – oops!) and keep up with her healthcare adequality to support her
needs.
In the
quest to prove her parents wrong and to not be a charity cause for Wells, this
romance stars to write itself.
Something
about the way Tessa writes from start to end is just so capturing. Out of all
her books that I’ve read, this beats them all. Even Hook, Line & Sinker and
that my friends was my roman empire. I was kicking my feet, blushing,
laughing and every other known emotion during the first interaction
between Wells and Josephine……imagine how I was on their second interaction.
A mess. Take that as you will. Maybe the most refreshing sector of this book
was the MC’s. It wasn’t too fast paced, there wan element of vulnerability but
more than anything the whole break up act was pretty non-existent so that was
good for my anxiety.
I’m fine
with misunderstanding but hate breaking up. No.
The
contrast of Josephine having the perfect family with Well’s non-existent one,
it was lovely seeing them both lean on each other. Wells didn’t become all
flowers the moment Josephine entered his life but he became content which is
something everyone can achieve. Soul searching bookish people. It’s called soul
searching. Me telling you to search for it? Hypocrisy at its finest.
Wells fell
hard. If Josephine tripped, my man straight up jumped onto the ground in a
starfish position. The way Josephine didn’t feel babied by Wells whilst still
having that sense of protection from him was what she wanted her whole life.
Care but no coddling. When Wells had glucose tablets just in case? When
he accepted the request to follow her on the diabetes app? When he straight up
drove 90 minutes from Miami to Palm Beach just because the app scared
the living lights out of him? Yup. That was the moment I entered my sports girl
era. Grumpy billionaires I love you but hold on just for one second.
Okay maybe two.
The journey
off Wells Whitaker going from mean and broody (he still sort of is) to being
more understanding and considerate was the objective off why their stars aligned
in the first place.
The
golfer/caddy dynamic was there. The romance Tessa delivers in the most Tessa
way was present. Don’t you dare question the spice. It was the most
perfect book ever, no faults from start to finish. Simply the #1 book ever. Not
even in the sports category. Just the best book to ever be written. Period.
The ending
really did me. Obviously can’t tell you that so go buy the blinking book. It
was Book of the week at TheWorks and staring right into your soul whether you
entered Waterstones (my preferred shop) or WHSmith.
In addition
to Icebreaker, this is the only hardcore sports romance I’ve read. Never
really been that attracted by them. If I get them, it’s very spontaneous. No
whatsoever planned. Tessa Bailey though? She’s an exception. Nothing can live
up to this. No-Thing!
I’m going
to go read it again. Then once more. Then maybe just like once more. I can’t
wait for The Au Pair Affair. Not going to lie I’m a bit cautious going
into it. I’ve only read one good single dad x nanny trop and that was Heartless
by Elsie Silver. But like I said, Tessa is an exception. I know it’s going
to E-P-I-C!
If there’s
any book, I can influence you to get by Tessa, then it’s this one. No and, if
or buts about it. Trust me on this one.
It was so
great that I forgot about Feb 14 being Valentines Day. Who cares. For me it was
Wells week. Yeah. Exactly. He put a national holiday to shame.
In a very dark contrast to this, I'm currently just starting to read Where's Molly by H.D. Carlton. It's a spin-off of The Cat & Mouse Duo which - if you've read - will know who Molly is and why she was so significant. That will shock my system.
Job hunting
is a little bit bad at the minute. A lot of feeling dejected but we will try
and get through it guys. I’m very open on this page so believe me when I say
it’s been a hard couple of weeks. A lot of tears. A lot of realization about
the people who are supposed to be family. A lot I want to do. Help a girl out.
Pick up
these 384 paper pages. Worth every penny spent.
Mwah – even
though a week and sad one.
Vivian.
Don’t forget to keep reading, because as long as you
do, it’s making a struggling authors day that much better. Reach for the starts
of success.
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