Do you love grumpy/ sunshine love trope? Or where the setting takes places at an amusement place very reminiscent of Disneyland? Or a handsome boss who’s always grumpy, but secretly finds happiness with the littlest things the female lead does? There’s so much to go on about “The Fine Print” By: Lauren Asher and I haven’t even touched the surface. 

This was another one of Lauren’s books that I’ve been dying to get my hands on! Before reading this book, I was very excited with the premise of Rowan and Zahra working together on a project to improve the theme park that Rowan owns. Just by reading the first few chapters, I could totally see the whole “grumpy/ sunshine” trope shining through the pages. Rowan was very much reserved and serious around everyone, but when he met Zahra, he wasn’t use to her bubbly personality. Almost to the point that, Rowan questioned Zahra’s motives of being positive all the time. Luckily for Rowan, not everyone has an ulterior motive, Zahra was naturally a sweet, lovable person who was kind to everyone. 

I loved seeing Zahra’s personality making little changes in Rowan such as, him smiling at the things she would say over text, or whenever Zahra got excited over an idea for Dreamland, her enthusiasm rubbed off own Rowan and he got excited too. The relationship between Zahra and Rowan was amazing from beginning to end! Rowan was literally the grumpy pants, whereas Zahra was sunshine personified. This was my second time reading the “grumpy sunshine” trope ( 1st one being another one of Lauren Asher’s books 💕). Something about a serious man turning into an absolute sucker, puddle of melted chocolate over the cheery, happy female lead gets me right in the feels ( and heart 🥺♥️). Those types of men make the absolute hopeless romantic in me wish that a man would go above and beyond for me just the way Rowan did for Zahra, a.k.a. Increasing my love for fictional men 💘

One of the many things I loved about Zahra, aside from her cheerful, bubbly personality was her determination to make things better, and stand up for herself. I think sometimes when people meet someone like Zahra, who’s always positive and upbeat, they have the misconception that she won’t fight back, but that’s entirely wrong. In the story, Zahra reclaimed in strength in many ways from applying to becoming a Creator and submitting her ideas for Dreamland, to not allowing others stomp all over here. Zahra may be as sweet as a cupcake 🧁 but she can also stand her ground when she feels like it. In addition, while Zahra was generally happy, she struggled with trusting others specifically men especially since she had a bad experience where a *certain, dumb, ex- male individual betrayed her* Honestly I didn’t blame Zahra for having her reservations when it came to matters of her heart because, she didn’t want to get hurt again. Learning more about what Zahra’s struggles made me appreciate her growth and overall love for it because, it highlighted that even the happiest of people have problems of their own. Zahra was a beautiful character and I absolutely cherished of second reading about her 🥺💘.

For a Rowan to say, “it’s just casual”, is like saying, “look I see pigs flying!”, ok that was an exaggeration with the analogy, but you get my point that everything Rowan did WAS NOT CASUAL! The man freaking organized a book signing event with the author Zahra was obsessed with, took her on a surprise vacation, and watched all 17 different versions of “Pride and Prejudice”. For future reference, if a man isn’t willing to watch my favorite movie, or at least to the level that Rowan went for Zahra…. I DON’T WANT IT!! Lauren Asher over giving me more reasons why the fictional men she was written are superior and leave me all in the feels 💘

Towards the end, I was holding back tears 😭 both from happiness and sadness. Best believe by the time I reached the epilogue and extended epilogue, I was resisting the urge to jump up and down and scream to the rooftops my joy for Rowan and Zahra. Bittersweet that I finished this book, but I’m looking forward to reading about Rowan’s other brothers. Let’s see what’s in store once the other books come out! 

Highly recommend this book and anything by Lauren Asher will guarantee a smile on your face, and bring you absolute joy 🤩