It feels weird to finish a Lauren Asher book and not be super pumped about it. I’m so used to finishing her books and wanting to scream about them to everyone I know… and this just wasn’t my favorite.

📕 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Love Unwritten by Lauren Asher

📙 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Lakefront Billionaires character series. Book 2.

📗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: E-book on Kindle. 🆓 on KU.

📘 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: Contemporary romance

📔 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: Single dad, nanny, forbidden romance, slow burn, vacation vibes, he loves her scars, all of the feels, forced proximity.

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Ellie has been a nanny for the closed off Rafael for about a year, and she’s no closer to figuring him out. Their relationship has had ups and downs - he fired her, then begged her to return… but as his little boy Nico begs for one last trip with his eyesight intact, the pair is forced to put their feelings under a microscope.

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: When Lauren Asher said she was writing a single dad/nanny romance, I was so down. So I’m a little bummed I didn’t LOVE it. But I truly think it was a good book as long as you know what you’re getting into - and luckily, you have me!

Ellie and Rafa’s story was ALL of the feels. Both characters were deeply broken, and there was a lot of work that had to be done to bring them to a place where they can find love. It’s absolutely a slow burn - as advertised - and the couple don’t do much more than kiss until 75%.

Unfortunately, that messed with all of the pacing to me. I truly admire Lauren Asher’s proclivity to do right by her characters, but I needed this book to be 150 pages shorter and have a little more romance. I felt a little like I was trudging through the middle (it was 600+ pages). The last 10 percent was so swoony, and I wish I got more of that.

All in all, I’m still up on this series… and I can’t wait for Lorenzo and Lily’s story next. 

𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 3/5 🌶🌶🌶