Blog Tour + Review: "Frenemies" by Emma Hart

Happy release day to "Frenemies" by Emma Hart! I have been looking forward to reading this book for what feels like forever, and I am thrilled that it is finally here. This story delivers a great second chance romance with a touch of enemies-to-lovers thrown in for good measure. Add in a matchmaking grandma, an adorable toddler, and a prank war between two grown adults, and it's a recipe for a delightfully funny, charming, and sweet story that I didn't want to put down. My full review is included at the end of this post, but bottom line, "Frenemies" is yet another winner from Emma Hart, and I highly recommend it for both new and existing readers of her work.

About "Frenemies"

There are some things you just have to deal with.

Like your hot as hell college booty call moving in next door with his adorable daughter.
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The only time we’ve ever gotten along is under the sheets. Old habits die hard because two minutes on my front porch is how long it takes us to bicker.
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Not that a little fact like that bothers my healthy, eighty-year-old grandmother and roommate who’s determined to see me married before she bites the dust.
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Unfortunately for me, she’s got her eye set on Mason Black.
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She’s barking up the wrong tree. He’s not The One, no matter how much I swoon when I see him with his daughter. I have no intentions of rekindling anything with him—until a rubber spider in my mailbox starts off the mother of all neighborhood prank wars, just like the ones we had in college, and throws me right into his path.
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One that leads right to his bedroom…

 My Review

I loved Emma Hart's "Frenemies," a funny, charming, and sweet second chance romance featuring likeable, well-developed main characters. The male lead character, Mason, was endearing, sexy, and a great dad. Basically, he was the whole package, every girl's dream boyfriend, and I can't believe the female lead character, Immy, was able to resist him for as long as she did! In addition, Mason's relationship with his daughter Maya's mom, Fran, was really lovely. It was refreshing to see a depiction of a healthy co-parenting relationship rather than one where the two sides were constantly at odds. Maya was an adorable little girl, and I'm sure that was mostly because her parents worked so well together to make her needs their top priority.

The female lead character, Imogen or Immy for short, was a lot of fun even if she was a bit hot-tempered at times. She was very good with Mason's daughter, and I liked that she took Maya's feelings into consideration before jumping into a new relationship with Mason. She may also have been using Maya as an excuse because she was scared that Mason would hurt her again the way he did in college, but I could tell that she genuinely cared about Maya and was afraid that she would be hurt if things between Immy and Mason didn't work out.

Immy and Mason's prank war was totally juvenile but tremendously amusing. They were like kids pulling each other's hair to get attention because they refused to just come out and admit that they liked each other. I also loved Immy's matchmaking Grandma Jen; she was completely outrageous, but unapologetically herself, and I want to be just like her when I grow up. The conversations Jen had with her friends during their "book club" meetings were absolutely hysterical, especially the one involving nipple clamps.

I also enjoyed getting to know Immy's cousin/BFF, Hannah. I look forward to reading more about her in the next book, along with Isaac the hot British vet, and of course, more Grandma Jen!

*ARC provided by the author.  All opinions expressed are my own.