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Close to You by Kristen Proby

mandyreads's review against another edition

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4.0

Loved it! Just like every other KP book I ever read. She is easily becoming one of my go to authors that I save for when I want something light, quick, and fun. I always get sucked into her books and can easily finish them in one or two sittings.

hlcaldwell's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.0

readwithkiekie's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5 Stars

Overall I really enjoyed this book. I loved Cami and Landon together but my main issues were how sex scenes were used as fillers and how quickly situations were resolved. For example: They notice the tills being down by a lot and it was all resolved within a page. Which I think was too quick!

melly2966's review against another edition

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SOOO CUTEE!!! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!!!!!!!

krissyranae's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

nitzanschwarz's review

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3.0

So, I find that often my least favorite books in series or by favorite authors are the "childhood friends turned lovers" verity. It's not because I don't like the trope - quite the opposite, it's one of my favorite premises. But, there is just something about it that makes authors... lazy, in my eyes.

Like, okay - I get it, they have this shared past. They've loved each other for ages but never acted on it. Cool. But I didn't get to see that, so it's not enough for you to just tell me this. You have to establish it. You have to make me feel it and believe it. Perhaps give me insight to these childhood times. You need to show me this love, and it's somehow doubly hard for authors to do when they have this crutch of "they are childhood friends. They've known each other for ages" to lean on. It's the same with me and soul mates - I love the idea, but it often just gives authors a way out of building and establishing the relationship.

Also, this novel was very, very predictable to me.
The second they slept with each other for no protection and Cami was all calm because of the pill, I thought there was going to be a pregnancy plot line. The moment it was revealed Addie was pregnant, I knew for sure there will be. And ultimately, this baby was just such a throwaway, meant to add some tension to the story. That was resolved in two seconds flat. On the one hand, I'm happy this didn't drag. On the other, did you have to kill a baby for it? Sure, it made me emotional, but eventually I just kind of wondered what was the point. This was clearly done just for the "emotional weight" and not for any other story reasons, because it gave nothing to this characters,/spoiler>.

Oh, and let me just tell you... I don't find a guy breaking into the girl's place when she hasn't invited him romantic. You can tell me they're childhood friends and are comfortable with each other, you can try to make it seem okay by saying the girl used to break into his place to, but what this is is plain creepy. Stop. 

frenchpressbookworm's review against another edition

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3.0

This was good... it has everything I normally like. And pretty much no angst which is always a plus but I just couldn't connect with the characters. There was nothing that clicked for me...

jenlynnhill's review against another edition

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3.0

Nice follow up to the first in the series, I really loved the interactions between Landon and Cami. I wish there was a little more info about his accident and recovery, I felt like that would have made the story that much better.

jane_kelsey's review against another edition

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4.0

Really enjoyed the audiobook. The story was romantic, sexy, but also felt realistic. Loved the characters

eviemiller's review against another edition

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5.0

Landon is the absolute epitome of a strong male lead. I adored him! Soft and strong in the same breath. This was a great friends-to-lovers romance with very low angst/drama. There were a few things that I thought would be bigger issues that weren’t and one thing that I didn’t see coming that kind of punched me in the face. But Landon and Cammie pulled through together!!