Book Review: My December Darling by Lauren Asher

My December Darling by Lauren Asher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was such a really cute novella! It was filled with romance and a little bit of spice, and it had the Lauren Asher charm that I have come to love so much. AND there was a mention of CalLana?? The bakery? My boy's doing well? I'M SO HAPPY. Catalina and Luke working in the hospital made it extra cute as well because they worked there and slowly fell in love, which I liked because at first, she hated him SO SO BAD. After all, he was her ex-boyfriend's best friend. But seeing how Aiden and her sister tricked her into coming over to Aiden and Luke's house to eat and build LEGOS together was really, really cute and fun, and I wanted more of that. It seemed so wholesome and so cute that I almost cried.

I also liked the slightly darker parts of the story, like when they had a loss at work. They both had different ways to deal with it, and it seemed like it was going to be something the both of them worked at, including the disgusting coffee in the NICU that Luke replaced with a better coffee machine.

The one thing I didn't like as much as I thought was Catalina trying her best to stay away from Luke, though it was funny when she called him Lucas. Even though she tried to correct him, she decided not to and just kept calling him that. Even when they shared things about their lives and he even showed up for Christmas carols around the neighborhood Catalina's mom does every year, it was so cute and sweet, even though they were together for a whole month.

I enjoyed the ending. I loved it so much, that they decided to do a long-distance relationship, and it worked somehow, and she was now looking for a job when she came back to Lake Wisteria, which was nice. I even loved the fact that Luke actually kept an eye on jobs for her while she was gone for a month. So I'm glad they are together, even though it took them a month to do so.

I liked this one, it was very cute and cozy and adorable.

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Book Review: The Fine Print by Lauren Asher

The Fine Print by Lauren Asher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

After Rowan and I had a come-to-Jesus meeting and I smacked him around with a baseball bat, I enjoyed this book. I know, I'm not the type of girl that would read a billionaire romance and love it, but honestly, I liked Rowan. He was boyfriend material, I wanted to shake the poor bastard (and yes, I did slap him around a couple of times, he'll be fine) but I still enjoyed this book nonetheless.

So all of this started with a letter from Rowan's grandfather, telling him to be his theme park's director and oversee the project. At first, Rowan was so dang grumpy and mean, cutting almost everything and ensuring everything was running smoothly. Enter Zahra, a Creator who drunkenly sent an application, tearing down a ride and something, and she was hired. Every day Rowan and Zahra kept seeing each other at work, and Rowan thought that she was the most annoying person on the planet. He kept doing and saying things to her to rile her up, but she didn't even move an inch. Instead, she laughed at everything he says to her to his face, which angers her even more.

But slowly but surely, they fall in love, and they even have a date in NYC, where Zahra met her favorite author and they spent that cold NYC day around NYC, doing many things until she got sick. Rowan started getting worried, poor boy almost had a heart attack while he was taking care of her, and when he found her in the floor of his home, face down, that's when Rowan called the hospital and was there for her...until he decided to do some asshole breathing and did the first form on poor, sick in the bed Zahra, and did he feel guilty about what he did?

Yes, yes he did.

Oh, and don't get me started on the fact that he pretended to be 'Scott' so he could find out about her true intentions...which were pure and nothing bad. He even invited her to his house so he can explain everything--his past and all. The spice was good, I'm giving it three chili peppers, but when he revealed everything, Zahra threw up the deuces, told him never to come near her ever again, and even when he tried to win her back after everything he did, she stood her ground and ever broke...until she got a letter from Brady, Rowan's grandfather, about being on the board that will be the final vote.

When Rowan found out about it, he tried to get her to fall right back in love with him, but sadly it didn't work, and when the meeting came, Rowan did a whole presentation to everyone, nearly making Zahra cry of how he presented his information and also mentioned so many people that needed more medical attention and wanted to give them more. I did do a first pump when Zahra told Rowan's father off, and then Rowan invited her to his house again, where he apologized and they got back together, and the ending was just perfect. Very perfect.

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