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sammijo99's review against another edition
4.5
A quick brother’s best friend romance with a feisty FMC
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Grief
dogoodwithbooks's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Closed Door Mod: Chapter 26 (some parts, Chapter 30 (some parts) Chapter 31, Chapter 34, Chapter 36, Chapter 40 (some parts)
This is the second romance I read by Elsie Silver and it certainly won’t be my last one. Silver really crafted up the dream book boyfriend in Ford Grant, and the tension and longing between Ford and Rosie made want to find out what happens to them in the end. Additionally, the setting of Rose Hill as well as the cast of characters came to life for me in this book and it made imagine myself right there in the midst of it all. Perfect for fans of the brother’s best friend, ‘it’s always been you’, and grumpy x sunshine and want a book set in a charming small town setting, you need to read this book.
This is the second romance I read by Elsie Silver and it certainly won’t be my last one. Silver really crafted up the dream book boyfriend in Ford Grant, and the tension and longing between Ford and Rosie made want to find out what happens to them in the end. Additionally, the setting of Rose Hill as well as the cast of characters came to life for me in this book and it made imagine myself right there in the midst of it all. Perfect for fans of the brother’s best friend, ‘it’s always been you’, and grumpy x sunshine and want a book set in a charming small town setting, you need to read this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness
Minor: Infertility, Violence, and Terminal illness
unboundbooklover's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content
Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Grief
Minor: Infertility, Violence, and Terminal illness
amateur_bookworm's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
My summary: Ford Grant has recently moved back to Rose Hill, the small town he spent his summers at while growing up, and next door to his childhood best friend, West. The son of a famous guitarist, Ford went on to make his money on his own. Recently named the world’s hottest billionaire by Forbes, he is now settling in to what he hopes to be a quieter life as he sets up his own music studio. But nothing goes to plan when Ford is unexpectedly thrust into single-parenthood and then Rosie Belmont, West’s little sister and his secret crush from when he was a teenager, returns to town. Rosie is running from the big city after losing her job and from a lackluster love life. With an MBA and nothing to show for it except crushing student loan debt, work is hard to find in Rose Hill. When Rosie asks Ford to hire her as his assistant it is basically an offer he can’t refuse—and working together makes their feelings about each other finally unavoidable.
My thoughts:
I absolutely adore this book! This is one of those books that I almost instantly knew I would love—literally within the first three pages of it.
Every character is just fantastic and I love the witty banter throughout. I literally laughed out loud at times. I basically just sat here reading and grinning the whole time. This is a warm and fuzzy feeling romance, with just enough spice sprinkled in.
I really love the backstory of Ford and Rosie being childhood frenemies, with Rosie being the bratty little sister of Ford’s best friend, and Ford being a teenager hopelessly in love with her the entire time. His pining after her all these years has my heart. I also just adore Cora!
This was my first ever book by Elsie Silver and I am so mad at myself for not reading anything by her sooner. I’ve since bought her entire Chestnut Springs series (thanks Target BOGO 50% off!) and I can’t wait to dive into it. It will have to tide me over until the next Rose Hill book is out in September.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment
irisvdn's review
emotional
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Love love love love this book, best thing Elsie Silver has written so far. I love Ford, Rosie and especially Cora.
I have a two critiques (but the book is 5 stars as I couldn't stop reading)
I have a two critiques (but the book is 5 stars as I couldn't stop reading)
- Cora talks like a 15 year old, not like she is 12
- People lick their lips too much
But WOW what a book, I may have cried at the end. This book might have turned me into a slow burn fan.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Blood
graceev's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Grief
beckyyreadss's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I wanted to read this book because I'm really enjoying the Chestnut Series and when I heard that Elsie was writing a new series, I instantly pre-ordered this book.
This book has two points of view. The first is Ford Grant, he has been labelled by Forbes as the World’s Hottest Billionaire, but he doesn’t care about labels, all he wants to do is escape the press and open a recording studio in the gorgeous small-town Rose Hill. Something that comes to a screeching halt when he ends up face-to-face with a young girl who claims he’s her biological father. Now, he spends his day balancing business with parenting with a sullen twelve-year-old, all while trying desperately to keep his hands the hell off his best friend’s sister, Rosie. The second point of view is Rosie Belmont, she has been living in the city, with a boyfriend who have both fell out of love with each other, a job she’s just been fired from after her boss inappropriately touched her. So now she’s back in her town like a storm. She’s beautiful, messy and chaotic. And she is wide-eyed and desperate to get a job, Ford hires her as his assistant, but he has vowed to keep her at arm’s length. Ford tries to stick to scowls and grumpy one-liners. But with her, verbal sparring is a type of foreplay – friction that soon turns to blistering heat. Ford knows damn well he shouldn’t cross the line but shouldn’t and can’t are two very different things. And the only thing he truly can’t do is resist her.
This book was so fun and flirty, and I enjoyed the romance between Ford and Rosie. I love the Grant family and enjoy the cameo from Willa, she was hilarious, and I've just finished Willa’s book, so I was giggling and kicking my feet. I love that Gemma was no-bullshit type of mum but also as a sex therapist knew exactly what Ford and Rosie were going through with the new relationship troubles. I cannot wait to see the family dynamic grow especially with West during this book. I love Cora and that the women in this family will protect a kid like they are their own.
Rosie was a bit whish-washy at times, one minute she is wanting a big strong alpha to protect her and to fight for her, but then was getting pissed when her brother and her lover did that for her? Like girl, make up your mind. The third act conflict wasn’t needed, Ford needed to stand up for himself and be like this is what you wanted, and I don’t regret it and instead he just gave up and came crawling back.
I love that Elsie has practically introduced all the characters that are going to be in the series within the bowling team (hopefully I'm right about that prediction), and it was a solid first book and I cannot wait to carry on this series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content
Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Violence
kailawalton's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Elsie Silver has done it again. Everything you love about a steamy romcom is wrapped up in this book and I think that’s all I need to say about that. Book two can’t come any sooner.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Grief, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent
dianaschmidty's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Elsie Silver can do no wrong! Rosie and Ford are yet another perfect couple! They had such great chemistry, right from the beginning from knowing each other for so long! I love a good brother’s bestie, but I also loved how this felt more like traditional friends to lovers! It gave them such a strong foundation!
This book did give me a whiplash of emotions because both Rosie and Ford start the book off in tough situations. But I love how both of them grew from those situations.
I really liked the addition of Cora! While I already like a good single dad trope, I really liked this twist of her not previously being in his life! She was also just really funny!
For me, something was just missing in this book that I’ve never experienced with one of Elsie Silver’s books. I just didn’t connect to it the same way. Maybe it’s something about the first book in her series not being the best, but I just didn’t feel a connection to the characters like I normally do. I still highly recommend this book, I just wanted to point out that something felt off…
I’m also really really excited for West’s book!
Thank you so so so much to Elsie Silver, NetGalley, and Sourcebooks for providing me access to this book!
This book did give me a whiplash of emotions because both Rosie and Ford start the book off in tough situations. But I love how both of them grew from those situations.
I really liked the addition of Cora! While I already like a good single dad trope, I really liked this twist of her not previously being in his life! She was also just really funny!
For me, something was just missing in this book that I’ve never experienced with one of Elsie Silver’s books. I just didn’t connect to it the same way. Maybe it’s something about the first book in her series not being the best, but I just didn’t feel a connection to the characters like I normally do. I still highly recommend this book, I just wanted to point out that something felt off…
I’m also really really excited for West’s book!
Thank you so so so much to Elsie Silver, NetGalley, and Sourcebooks for providing me access to this book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Grief
dkh's review
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Mental illness
Minor: Sexual harassment