Review: BEST. BOOK. I. HAVE. READ. IN. MONTHS.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
FANTASTIC! HOT & FUNNY!! I always love a story about a nerdy gal landing the hot guy, but how Lanie goes about landing Kyle in The Do-Over was down right hilarious and hot. I am now a big fan of this author!Lanie is a brilliant but frumpy 28 y/o lawyer who has spent her life focused on building her career, and now she wants to focus on falling in love. She has a BIG secret crush on her co-worker Brad, and she knows they could be perfect together. The only problem is her super-sexy (but oh so bitchy!) sister Cassie is dating him, and he barely notices her!Kyle is a super hot journalist who is hell bent on winning the Pulitzer one day, and who enjoys a carefree single lifestyle having lots of casual sex with hot women without all the fuss of a relationship. But when his best friend Brad calls in a favor and enlists him to have a pity date with his girlfriend's sister Lanie, he is backed into a corner and can't refuse.This is the start of a hilarious game of deception where Kyle decides to help Lanie win Brad by 'fake dating' her. Kyle wants Brad to break free of the bitchy two-timing sister Cassie, and despite his first impression of Lanie being a complete psycho, she rattles him and he finds her a fun challenge. Their plan to make Brad notice her could work, if only she wasn't so dumpy and frumpy! How about a little help, huh??The romance between Kyle and Lanie was super hot! WHEW! Their game of deception turns into a game of self-denial as the 'fake dating' routine turns into true friendship and more. I loved how Kyle went from thinking Lanie a complete psycho to something he couldn't let go of. And the dialogue between these two was awesome!This book was more than just a fun romance comedy with a great deal of steam, it is also had great bit of depth to these characters. We learn more about their family lives and everything that shaped them into the people they now are. Lanie's story of why she was so un-noticeable and reserve blew me away, and made me really get who she was. Kyle had his own demons, and I enjoyed the way he slowly had to deal with them.If I had any niggles it is the lack of an epilogue, which is because I didn't want to let these characters go. I wanted to know how life went on for them, what happened to Brad and Cassie, and everything else about their well deserved HEA. Otherwise, this book was pure fun which I highly recommend. I will definitely read more by this author, I am a big fan now.If you are fans of Emma Chase's Tangled, or RL Mathewson's Neighbors From Hell series, I think you will especially enjoy this one.