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lisamh68's review against another edition
5.0
This was a really cute story.. Took them long enough to figure out who the daddy was.. It was a shorter story than I thought.. I saw after that it stated in the blurb that the book ended at 58% after I read the book. Good story if you like secret baby stories.
jaime_bookworm's review against another edition
4.0
This was a quick read and a great Cinderella story. I really enjoyed how Penny and Blake kept searching for what was right under their noses the whole time. Michelle made a great evil stepsister, who you love to hate. Zoe is a sweet little girl, who brings everyone together and helps to heal old wounds in a beautiful way.
I received an advanced reader copy of this book and voluntarily provided this honest review.
I received an advanced reader copy of this book and voluntarily provided this honest review.
dianed's review
4.0
What a cute story. A rich man helps his friend out at a masquerade. A catering employee is dragged in to help her step-sister (a very evil one at that) at the same party. They meet, they dance, they get together (to put it politely) in the conservatory and plan to meet again after the masks are removed at midnight - you know the story. After the unmasking, the wicked step-sister gets rid of the heroine because she wants the hero for herself - only 9 months later a baby shows up.She finally gets a job at a great company with a wonderful boss - little do either of them know that they are the ones who they've been looking for all this time.
Sophie Brooks has done a amazing job of keeping this story cute and fun when it could have gotten sleazy. Blake is a genuinely good guy who wasn't in for just hook-up. Penny is a hard working, independent woman, not looking for her baby daddy but actually just looking for the man she fell in love with. The ending was particularly satisfying when all the people get what they deserve.
Sophie Brooks has done a amazing job of keeping this story cute and fun when it could have gotten sleazy. Blake is a genuinely good guy who wasn't in for just hook-up. Penny is a hard working, independent woman, not looking for her baby daddy but actually just looking for the man she fell in love with. The ending was particularly satisfying when all the people get what they deserve.
arwy's review
5.0
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Five Awesome Blake & Penny Stars
Another modern Cinderella story! Yay! I don’t know how I managed to read two books with the same theme in a row but I did. However, they were so different, so it was such a pleasure to read them both.
This book! I think I started to cry somewhere around the middle of the book and didn’t stop until the very end. It had such an emotional impact on me. I’m not sure if anybody else would be crying their eyes out during the second part of the book. It’s not like something tragic happened the entire time. There were many good things and a few misunderstandings mixed up here and there. I don’t know why exactly I was crying. Maybe because this book besides being a modern Cinderella story has a lot of suspense and angst there, at least for me. During most of the book I was sitting on the edge of my seat trying to figure out if main characters would ever find out that they had already met, and that they had a daughter together, and it was a bit nerve-wrecking for me to follow their journey. I was just so invested in this book.
Both main characters, Blake and Penny, were wonderful. I really liked Penny’s devotion to their baby, and I was so impressed about some of the things Blake did in the second part of the book. I actually don’t think I remember reading about another such a considerate hero. He literally blew my mind. That’s why I was so rooting for them to find each other. It’s amazing that after a year and a half since the charity ball, they were both looking for each other and really trying to find one another, despite all the roadblocks.
The side characters were also wonderful. Well, most of the characters except for Penny’s evil stepsister Michelle. I think what she did to Penny and Blake was beyond just mean. It was evil, cruel, and unforgivable. I actually wish they could sue her and put her in prison for this for many years. A person like her should be isolated from society. I just don’t think there is a law that could allow to sue for her actions. But if I could, I would. I don’t want to spoil anything, I really want you to discover the story for yourself. Let me just say, I thoroughly enjoyed the second part of the epilogue especially because I couldn’t figure out what was going on almost till the very last page. But when I did, I was not disappointed.
Also, I regret that we do not live in the Middle Ages. Otherwise, I would really enjoy burning the evil stepsister like a witch on a bonfire. 🔥
Highly recommend.
Five Awesome Blake & Penny Stars
Another modern Cinderella story! Yay! I don’t know how I managed to read two books with the same theme in a row but I did. However, they were so different, so it was such a pleasure to read them both.
This book! I think I started to cry somewhere around the middle of the book and didn’t stop until the very end. It had such an emotional impact on me. I’m not sure if anybody else would be crying their eyes out during the second part of the book. It’s not like something tragic happened the entire time. There were many good things and a few misunderstandings mixed up here and there. I don’t know why exactly I was crying. Maybe because this book besides being a modern Cinderella story has a lot of suspense and angst there, at least for me. During most of the book I was sitting on the edge of my seat trying to figure out if main characters would ever find out that they had already met, and that they had a daughter together, and it was a bit nerve-wrecking for me to follow their journey. I was just so invested in this book.
Both main characters, Blake and Penny, were wonderful. I really liked Penny’s devotion to their baby, and I was so impressed about some of the things Blake did in the second part of the book. I actually don’t think I remember reading about another such a considerate hero. He literally blew my mind. That’s why I was so rooting for them to find each other. It’s amazing that after a year and a half since the charity ball, they were both looking for each other and really trying to find one another, despite all the roadblocks.
The side characters were also wonderful. Well, most of the characters except for Penny’s evil stepsister Michelle. I think what she did to Penny and Blake was beyond just mean. It was evil, cruel, and unforgivable. I actually wish they could sue her and put her in prison for this for many years. A person like her should be isolated from society. I just don’t think there is a law that could allow to sue for her actions. But if I could, I would. I don’t want to spoil anything, I really want you to discover the story for yourself. Let me just say, I thoroughly enjoyed the second part of the epilogue especially because I couldn’t figure out what was going on almost till the very last page. But when I did, I was not disappointed.
Also, I regret that we do not live in the Middle Ages. Otherwise, I would really enjoy burning the evil stepsister like a witch on a bonfire. 🔥
Highly recommend.
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