Happy Tuesday book friends!
Excited to celebrate publication day for this wonderful romcom! This was a group read with my BOOK BESTIES and we all fell in love with this charming story!š
My Favorite Half Night Stand by Christina Lauren
My Thoughts
BOOM!Christina Lauren did it again!!!
Iāve read three books from this writing duo this year, and all three got a huge five stars from me! Christina Lauren has a way of creating the most wonderful and lovable characters that you just cannot get enough of… layer that with humor and exceptional dialogue/banter and then top it off with Bromance, and how can anyone resist? Seriously, I see most of my thriller loving I donāt read romance friends giving this book 5 stars! I think Christina Lauren is going to turn everyone into a Bromance reader… they really have a gift for creating a story that almost everyone can relate to, a story that makes you feel good and puts a big smile on your face!
This is a delightful friends to lovers romance, my favorite trope! Millie is the only girl in a close group of friends, all professors at UCSB…. they all work hard, play hard, and party hard, but none of them have been terribly successful in the relationship department…. with an impending event where they need to take a date the group decides to signed up for an online dating site…. millie is close to all the guys but she is closest of all to Reid… so whatās going to happen after they have one night of friends with benefits, one half night stand? To top that off after their indiscretion āCatherineā Millieās alter ego on the dating site is a 98% match with Reid…. so can best friends become lovers?Or maybe the better question is can Milly open herself up enough to be loved?
Love Milly I loved her sass and her sarcasm and her quiet strength… but in a rare turn of events I related to Reid more than Millie… he was emotional an open and really wanted someone to share themselves completely with him, I could see why Millie would drive him a bit crazy, because she would drive me crazy too! The rest of the gang Kris, Ed, and Alex were all fantastic characters and I am hoping that this is not the last time we see these characters, I would love a HEA in each of their futures! And my review would not be complete if I did not give a shout out to Reidās fantastic parents! Wow there were just so many amazing characters in this book and so much going on, I just absolutely loved it! Please do yourself a favor and read this!
Absolutely recommend to anyone with a heartbeat!š
*** many thanks to Gallery for my copy of this most amazing book ***
About the Book
By theĀ New York TimesĀ bestselling author who āhilariously depicts modern datingā (Us Weekly),Ā My Favorite Half-Night StandĀ is a laugh-out-loud romp through online dating and its many, many fails.
Millie Morris has always been one of the guys. A UC Santa Barbara professor, sheās a female-serial-killer expert whoās quick with a deflection joke and terrible at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow professors, is perma-single.
So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, Mille and her circle make a pact that theyāll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for the event. Thereās only one hitch: after making the pact, Millie and one of the guys, Reid Campbell, secretly spend the sexiest half-night of their lives together, but mutually decide the friendship would be better off strictly platonic.
But online dating isnāt for the faint of heart. While the guys are inundated with quality matches and potential dates, Millieās first profile attempt garners nothing but dick pics and creepers. Enter āCatherineāāMillieās fictional profileĀ persona, in whose make-believe shoes she can be more vulnerable than sheās ever been in person. Soon āCatherineā and Reid strike up a digital pen-pal-ship…but Millie canāt resist temptation in real life, either. Soon, Millie will have to face her worst fearāintimacyāor risk losing her best friend, forever.
Perfect for fans ofĀ RoxanneĀ andĀ Sheās the Man, Christina Laurenās latest romantic comedy is full of mistaken identities, hijinks, and a classic love story with a modern twist. Funny and fresh, youāll want to swipe right onĀ My Favorite Half-Night Stand
š be sure to check out all of their reviews they’re all spectacular! So much love for this book!š
Book friends are the best friends! Berit