Friday, June 26, 2020

Blog Tour + Review: "Dear Sexy Ex-Boyfriend" by Lauren Blakely

Today, I am thrilled to participate in the blog tour celebrating the release of Lauren Blakely's latest novel, "Dear Sexy Ex-Boyfriend," book #1 of The Guys Who Got Away series. Ms. Blakely never lets me down when I need a good read, and this funny, sweet story was even better than I had hoped it would be. Main characters Summer and Oliver were beyond adorable together and their witty banter kept me laughing for hours.

A full review is included at the end of this post, but in short, I loved "Dear Sexy Ex-Boyfriend" and highly recommend it for all fans of contemporary romance and romantic comedy. I can't wait to get my hands on the next book in the series!

About "Dear Sexy Ex-Boyfriend"

Dear Sexy Ex-Boyfriend, an all-new sexy, fake fiancé, friends-to-lovers romantic comedy standalone by #1 New York Times Bestselling author Lauren Blakely, is AVAILABLE NOW!!!

Let me just say -- none of this was supposed to happen.

I didn't expect the letter to go viral. I didn't think anyone would figure out who Dear Sexy Ex was. And I especially never thought he would find out about it.

Yeah, bit of a miscalculation there.

But see, I need the money to fund my brand new venture. And Dear Sexy Ex, well, it turns out he needs me to save his business.

By becoming his fake fiancée.

Yup, that's the pickle I find myself in -- pretending to be madly in love with the charming, brilliant, and utterly infuriating man known as Dear Sexy Ex.

Only, it's not an act. And he can never know.

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In light of the current situation, Lauren will be donating 10% of all sales (including pre-orders) to Feeding America!

✦Kindle ➜https://blkly.pub/KindleDearSexy
✦Apple ➜ http://blkly.pub/AppleDearSexy
✦Kobo ➜ https://blkly.pub/KoboDearSexy
✦BN ➜ https://blkly.pub/NookDearSexy
✦Google ➜ https://blkly.pub/GoogleDearSexy
✦Audible ➜ http://blkly.pub/AudibleDearSexy


My Review

Lauren Blakely's "Dear Sexy Ex-Boyfriend" was a cute, sweet, and fun story featuring endearing, well-developed characters and a well-crafted friends-to-lovers romance. Main characters Summer and Oliver were beyond adorable together, and their witty banter kept me laughing for hours. I also enjoyed the story structure that provided flashbacks to earlier moments in their friendship throughout the first half of the book. These vignettes made it clear that Oliver and Summer had been fighting their attraction for a long time despite the fact that they were obviously perfect for each other. I completely understood their reasoning - each was afraid of losing a close friend if the romance didn't work out - but it proved to be a risk worth taking since they ended up so much happier in the end.

The secondary characters in this story were also wonderful and added a tremendous amount of depth and humor to the narrative. It was great fun to see Jason again, this time as Oliver's cousin, and I enjoyed meeting their friend Fitz. Summer's brother Logan was an interesting guy too. I am very excited to read Logan's and Fitz's stories later this year!

Overall, I adored "Dear Sexy Ex-Boyfriend" and highly recommend it for all fans of contemporary romance and romantic comedy. I look forward to the next book in the series!

*ARC provided by the author via Candi Kane PR. All opinions expressed are my own.

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