The Catch

This is the last book of the series, and in my opinion, it may be the best one of them all. This book had all my favorite tropes: Grumpy X Sunshine, Fake Marriage, small town romance where he falls first and HARD. This book was such a unexpected surprise. The romance was sweet, and swoon-worthy. There was also a lot of action / plot points. I feel like a lot of romances just have a lot of internal wrestling of feelings (which don’t get me wrong…that’s great), but this book had a lot of actual things happening that helped the feelings part occur. I really devoured this book in a day.

The characters were also all so likeable. Evan was truly grumpy fisherman and Melanie was your average insta influencer, but it really worked. I don’t like to slam other author’s books (really…. you like what you like. I just may not be a fan), but I feel like this book did what Tessa Bailey was trying to do in It Happened One Summer without the poorly done spicy to cover up the massive plot holes. They had chemistry and a short timeline that they were falling love with each other, but it felt…realistic? if that is even possible. I mean he learns to take selfies for her, shows her how delicious poutine is, and bought her fake eyelashes cause she ran out even though he had no idea what he was doing. If that doesn’t have you swooning, I don’t know what will.

The ending is also not one to be scoffed at. Overall, the book was all about taking a chance on love. I really enjoyed how the ending played out. It felt realistic for the couple. It wasn’t rushed, but an actual compromise which is kind of rare to see. I didn’t feel like strangling either of them over miscommunication issues, and that is saying a lot.

If you have ever liked Sandra Bullock romantic comedy movies, you will love this book. It truly is a mix of the Proposal and While You Were Sleeping. I can’t recommend this book enough. Even if you didn’t like the others, I really recommend this one. It felt different in such a good way.