Second First Impressions: A Novel

A lovely read, I immediately bought this after reading The Hating Game and it did not disappoint! I would definitely recommend!

Good packing and printing quality.The font's good too.

Loved her other books. This one did not grab me. Quit after 75 pages.

“This is it. Another moment I’ll look back one day with either a headshake or a mental high-five. I had a gorgeous, single next door neighbor, a risky one for sure, but I am a champion at guarding my feelings. I have been training for this big, tattooed mistake all my life.”Second first impressions is a story about self discovery, second chances and following your heart and dreams. its a heartfelt and feel good romance, I believe everybody comes to your life for a reason and this book proves that point to perfection.Synopsis:Ruthie is a 25 year old that acts and dresses like she’s 125, she works the front desk at Providence Retirement villa, and almost never leaves. She’s super anxious about security and she loathes change. She is at the beck and call of all her senior residents, and her only other hobby is to take care of the endangered turtles that live there too.Everything changes the moment Theodore Prescott, the long haired, full of tattoos hottie, son of the owner, arrives with his father at Providence, and she learns that Teddy is staying, apparently she will now have to share her cottage with him plus get him a job. She hires him as the assistant of two of the most eccentric residents at the villa, thinking he’ll for sure quit and move out. Much to her horror he becomes the perfect employee, and maybe now everyone really wants him to stay.💫Read if you like•Good girl meets tattooed hottie•Opposites attract•Forced proximity•Lovable side characters•a cinnamon roll MC•Instant attraction•Makeovers“Seems like a lot of people have been telling you what you are like. It’s time to decide if you believe them.”

This was very good. I was a little worried because I absolutely loved The Hating Game. I know there were a lot of negative thoughts about Sally Thorne’s sophomore novel. I haven’t read it, because I was scared, but I’ll definitely pick it up now.I was almost instantly emotionally connected to these characters. Not even just Ruthie and Teddy-the main characters-the Parlonies and Melanie also got to me. Ruthie is kind of a “not like other girls” heroine, but it worked. Her personality and behavior was shown so well. It was an expert example of show not tell. I learned so much about Ruthie from little things she would do and say. Teddy was a sweetheart who just wants to be loved. I was actually surprised how much I understood and cared about him since he didn’t get a POV.The romance was kind of a slow burn. Usually I think about slow burn being closely tied to angst, but this didn’t feel very angsty. It felt perfectly paced especially for Teddy and Ruthie’s characters. Their chemistry wasn’t particularly sexual, but it was so palpable. You could tell they were attracted to each other physically, but also intellectually and emotionally. I don’t think I realized I was missing this in a lot of my romances.A lot of things were predictable about this especially with the secondary plots. But I don’t mind. They weren’t really predictable because it’s convenient or expected, but because Ms. Thorne left some really good breadcrumbs.You know what I hated about this though? The cover. I know what they were going for, but it’s so boring. If I wasn’t interested because I previously read and enjoyed a Sally Thorne book I would’ve skipped right over it. And why does Teddy not have tattoos? Would that have been too hard? I’m not a huge fan of illustrated covers, so I come into this with some bias. I just want this really great book to have an equally beautiful cover.