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Date read: September 4, 2023
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Charlotte Stein
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
When grumpy ex-footballer Alfie Harding gets badgered into selling his memoirs, he knows he’s never going to be able to write them. He hates revealing a single thing about himself, is allergic to most emotions, and can’t imagine doing a good job of putting pen to paper.Thoughts on When Grumpy Met Sunshine: Oh, MAN. Alfie and Mabel are pretty much their own worst enemies when it comes to being in a relationship. They both have so much baggage that they can't see how well they fit together until things fall completely apart and the truth is pretty much spoon-fed to them.
And so in walks curvy, cheery, cute as heck ghostwriter Mabel Willicker, who knows just how to sunshine and sass her way into getting every little detail out of Alfie. They banter and bicker their way to writing his life story, both of them sure they’ll never be anything other than at odds.
But after their business arrangement is mistaken for a budding romance, the pair have to pretend to be an item for a public who’s ravenous for more of this Cinderella story. Or at least, it feels like it’s pretend—until each slow burn step in their fake relationship sparks a heat neither can control. Now they just have to decide: is this sizzling chemistry just for show? Or something so real it might just give them their fairytale ending?
I don't mean that in a bad way, either. They're both tangled up in their own heads so much that they don't see the truth until it smacks them in the face.
Mabel can't believe that someone as famous and incredible as Alfie could find her even remotely attractive considering the type of women he normally dates. Alfie adores Mabel's sass and he thinks he's being straightforward with how he feels, but they're both on slightly different wavelengths when it comes to communicating and neither sees what the other is saying until things blow up on them.
Heck, even then they don't see it. It takes time and courage (on both their parts) before they get to the place they both need to be in.
A grump with a whole lot of baggage he doesn't even realize he can sort through, a lady who has all the worst things she believes about herself bandied about by gossip columns, sass, steamy kisses (and one not so great kiss), sweet moments, and a whole lot of embarrassment as these two work their way through their feelings. *heart eyes*
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