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Average rating3.4
“Fix Her Up ticks all my romance boxes. Not only is it hilarious, it’s sweet, endearing, heartwarming and downright sexy. It’s a recipe for the perfect love story.” – Helena Hunting, New York Times bestselling author of Meet Cute A steamy, hilarious new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey, perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne! Georgette Castle’s family runs the best home renovation business in town, but she picked balloons instead of blueprints and they haven’t taken her seriously since. Frankly, she’s over it. Georgie loves planning children’s birthday parties and making people laugh, just not at her own expense. She’s determined to fix herself up into a Woman of the World... whatever that means. Phase one: new framework for her business (a website from this decade, perhaps?) Phase two: a gut-reno on her wardrobe (fyi, leggings are pants.) Phase three: updates to her exterior (do people still wax?) Phase four: put herself on the market (and stop crushing on Travis Ford!) Living her best life means facing the truth: Georgie hasn’t been on a date since, well, ever. Nobody’s asking the town clown out for a night of hot sex, that’s for sure. Maybe if people think she’s having a steamy love affair, they’ll acknowledge she’s not just the “little sister” who paints faces for a living. And who better to help demolish that image than the resident sports star and tabloid favorite. Travis Ford was major league baseball’s hottest rookie when an injury ended his career. Now he’s flipping houses to keep busy and trying to forget his glory days. But he can’t even cross the street without someone recapping his greatest hits. Or making a joke about his… bat. And then there's Georgie, his best friend’s sister, who is not a kid anymore. When she proposes a wild scheme—that they pretend to date, to shock her family and help him land a new job—he agrees. What’s the harm? It’s not like it’s real. But the girl Travis used to tease is now a funny, full-of-life woman and there’s nothing fake about how much he wants her...
Series
2 primary booksHot & Hammered is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Tessa Bailey.
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“Little sister tit” uh okay lol ... someone needs to not watch pornhub while also writing a book
DNF at 15%.
She was going to cry in front of her childhood hero turned mega-crush turned object of her every sexual fantasy. Seriously, Travis was the reason she couldn't hear “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” without getting horny. Meanwhile, if she cried right now, he'd probably lose his boner next time he smelled blueberries. Of course, while all these thoughts raced through her head, she said absolutely nothing, simply stared up at the former Hurricanes shortstop while her eyes ached.
I feel like three stars is a safe and reasonable rating for this. It wasn't my favourite book but it wasn't the worst.
I feel like it had major potential and I loved that Georgie was a very strong character in the way that she wasn't afraid to go for what she wanted and she spoke her mind. I also loved how empowering the ‘the club' that Georgie made with her sister and Rosie was. I love the idea of women supporting women.
What I think let me down was that I didn't feel like I could connect with the characters as much as I wanted to. Also, I'm the biggest fake relationship fan but the idea that Georgie felt like she had to rely on a man to be taken seriously bothered me. Maybe I am reading into that too much (could be possible).
Also, if I have to hear ‘baby girl' one more time...
There were many cute moments between Travis and Georgie. I enjoyed that they always had one another's back. Overall, I did like this!
The more I think about this book, the less I like it.
The book switches between infantilizing Georgie and empowering her. Georgie is birthday clown, but she runs her own business.
The book harps on her virginity and how she's Travis's friend's little sister, but Travis constantly calls her “baby girl” as an endearing nickname.
Her family doesn't trust her in the family business, but they are absurdly overbearing and overprotective.
The last conflict in the book also feels shoehorned in. The further along I got in this book, the less I liked it.