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A review by spellbindingtomes
The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
funny
lighthearted
fast-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? No
4.0
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐บ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐จ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข. ๐๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข.
โข
๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.
โข
Sarah Adams has officially become an auto-read author for me. When I pick up one of her books, I know I'm in for a lighthearted and adorable love story.
Second chance romances aren't usually my must-read trope, but the way Sarah wrote this story was well done! Nora and Derek are incredibly cute. I loved their witty banter and the bickering rivalry going on between the two.
Nora reminded me a bit of Annie Walker and so I automatically loved her - her optimism, her quirkiness, her cheesy jokes and catchphrases were so endearing. Her cluelessness could sometimes be frustrating, but it didn't bother me too much. Derek is the sweetest. I totally understood and felt his anger and initial resentment towards Nora (while also still understanding Nora's side!). Seeing him come to terms with his dyslexia diagnosis and figuring out his identity outside of football tugged on my heartstrings.
Derek's friends were hilarious and goofy. They gave me sisterhood of the traveling pants friendship vibes ๐ I also loved Nora's relationship with her mom and Nicole.
If you want a fun, feel-good second chance romance that has you smiling the entire time, then check out The Rule Book!
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine/Dell for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ/๐ฎ!
๐๐ฆ๐ต'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐ดsecond chance
๐ดdual pov
๐ดfake marriage
๐ดfootball romance
๐ดworkplace romance
๐ดforced proximity
โข
๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.
โข
Sarah Adams has officially become an auto-read author for me. When I pick up one of her books, I know I'm in for a lighthearted and adorable love story.
Second chance romances aren't usually my must-read trope, but the way Sarah wrote this story was well done! Nora and Derek are incredibly cute. I loved their witty banter and the bickering rivalry going on between the two.
Nora reminded me a bit of Annie Walker and so I automatically loved her - her optimism, her quirkiness, her cheesy jokes and catchphrases were so endearing. Her cluelessness could sometimes be frustrating, but it didn't bother me too much. Derek is the sweetest. I totally understood and felt his anger and initial resentment towards Nora (while also still understanding Nora's side!). Seeing him come to terms with his dyslexia diagnosis and figuring out his identity outside of football tugged on my heartstrings.
Derek's friends were hilarious and goofy. They gave me sisterhood of the traveling pants friendship vibes ๐ I also loved Nora's relationship with her mom and Nicole.
If you want a fun, feel-good second chance romance that has you smiling the entire time, then check out The Rule Book!
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine/Dell for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ/๐ฎ!
๐๐ฆ๐ต'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐ดsecond chance
๐ดdual pov
๐ดfake marriage
๐ดfootball romance
๐ดworkplace romance
๐ดforced proximity
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Sexual harassment